Post by Brent George on Jun 11, 2024 19:34:18 GMT
Queenstown ‘affordable homes’ developer seeks Airbnb-type consent
Stuff - Queenstown: 12-June-2024
Less than two weeks after securing resource consent for a large Queenstown apartment block, the owner wants to turn half of it into visitor accommodation.
Property developer Kurt Gibbons applied to build the 226 Frankton apartments known as Five Mile Villas in March with a personal letter to council planners outlining the need for expediency.
“We have been working on a model for a very long time with the sole goal of providing warm, high-spec, well-constructed affordable homes,” he wrote.
The development was granted non-notified resource consent on May 26 but had already launched to prospective sellers mostly as affordable first homes and long-term rentals.
Stuff - Queenstown: 12-June-2024
Less than two weeks after securing resource consent for a large Queenstown apartment block, the owner wants to turn half of it into visitor accommodation.
Property developer Kurt Gibbons applied to build the 226 Frankton apartments known as Five Mile Villas in March with a personal letter to council planners outlining the need for expediency.
“We have been working on a model for a very long time with the sole goal of providing warm, high-spec, well-constructed affordable homes,” he wrote.
The development was granted non-notified resource consent on May 26 but had already launched to prospective sellers mostly as affordable first homes and long-term rentals.