Cranmer Gardens

 

PHOTO: Huadu Groups’s reworked plans for Cranmer Gardens apartment complex in Christchurch. A basement and several apartments have been removed from the plan to cut costs.

A Chinese investor has boosted his stake in a luxury Christchurch apartment project as former mayor Sir Bob Parker and other local investors bow out.

Foundations are about to be dug for the $70 million-plus Cranmer Gardens development opposite Cranmer Square, first launched with Parker as frontman in 2017.

The apartments will be priced at up to $4.25m, with most for sale in the $1m to $2.2m bracket.

Launched when New Urban Group bought the site in 2015 and revealed its plans in 2017, the project was paused last year for a cost-saving redesign.

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