Rich owners leave block barren

PHOTO: The new promenade along Oxford Tce between Colombo and Manchester streets. It’s part of the Avon River precinct and north frame anchor projects.

Surrounded by rebuild progress in central Christchurch is one completely vacant block. Why can’t its owners get with the rebuild programme? LIZ MCDONALD reports.

There is a prime riverside block of land in central Christchurch, bordered on all sides by many millions of public dollars worth of beautification and improvement.

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