Post by Brent George on Dec 5, 2022 18:30:48 GMT
Peter Thiel wants water at Wānaka site, despite luxury lodge plan rejection
Stuff - Business: 5-Dec-2022
Billionaire Peter Thiel wants to get water to his high-end Wānaka property, despite not being allowed to build a home on the site.
Queenstown Lakes District Council commissioners rejected plans by Thiel’s company Second Star Ltd to build a luxury lodge on a 193-hectare block at Damper Bay.
It sits on Wānaka’s “millionaire’s row” – a 20km lakefront stretch of land that is considered dotted with the boltholes of millionaires and billionaires.
Designed by Tokyo Olympic Stadium, architect Kengo Kuma and Associates, the lodge was to include 10 bedrooms, a separate owner’s pod, a meditation pod, library, theatre lounge and spa rooms.
Stuff - Business: 5-Dec-2022
Billionaire Peter Thiel wants to get water to his high-end Wānaka property, despite not being allowed to build a home on the site.
Queenstown Lakes District Council commissioners rejected plans by Thiel’s company Second Star Ltd to build a luxury lodge on a 193-hectare block at Damper Bay.
It sits on Wānaka’s “millionaire’s row” – a 20km lakefront stretch of land that is considered dotted with the boltholes of millionaires and billionaires.
Designed by Tokyo Olympic Stadium, architect Kengo Kuma and Associates, the lodge was to include 10 bedrooms, a separate owner’s pod, a meditation pod, library, theatre lounge and spa rooms.