Whangarei City

• Shops Closing• No Parking• No Shoppers• Sewerage overflows• Parking times too short• Concern over Safety for Shoppers• City fragmented• Traffic Flow/Congestion issues• Not enough Open Spaces• No Sense of place

What is Happening within the CBD of Whangarei?

Whangarei Central Business District February 2012

Not Enough ParkingNo Customers

Shops CloseNo Renters

No Construction

No Money Recycling

People Unhappy

People Move Away

No Rates coming in

Ghost Town


• Farmers Dairy and Beef• Horiculture• Central Schools• Central Emergency Services• Main Business Hub for Northland• Central Base for Artists and Musicians

• Mainly Service Industry businesses


What is the core business of Whangarei?


With an out of the district large cash injection, within the construction industry the following is

possible.

We need to change how we do things in Whangarei?

• Construct Large Shopping Mall• Provide inner CBD Parking• Provide Hotel complex• Provide Employment• Provide Services• Provide Safety and protection of public• Provide link between CBD and Town basin• Provide Re-vitalised City with HEART

V. Cocurullo Submission for Whangarei 09/05/11

Traffic Layout


Points of Congestion


Alternative Layout





What will a construction project like this Cost?

• All affected property owners must be shareholders• Approx. $450 to $500 million to construct• Use only local contractors to design and construct project• Approx. 400 plus people will be employed to build• Approx. 21 plus people to maintain• Approx. 4500 central city carparks created• Approx. 200 bed central hotel and conference facility• Approx. 20 plus food outlets• Approx. 200 plus shops/businesses• Completely covered area to walk around• Ability to repair all the services within the CBD

• Approx. Minimum Income $50 million per year at half capacity

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