PHOTO: SUPPLIED An artist’s impression of the expansion at Sylvia Park, Auckland.
More than $1 billion of shops, restaurants and bars gained building approval last year, half of them in Auckland, contributing to a record $7b of non-residential consents.
Statistics New Zealand said the $1.1b for the year to November 2018 was 37 per cent greater than the year before.
Of the $1.1b, Auckland made up $516 million of the retail and hospitality building consents, which was almost $200m more than the year before.
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