The 90-unit block where the residents live is only 12 levels high and sits between Beaumont St and Madden St.<\/p>\n
The existing apartment block is across the road from 188 Beaumont St, where the 23-level tower is planned.<\/p>\n
Plans by Precinct Properties and Orams Marine for the waterfront site at 188 Beaumont St, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland. Image \/ www.fasttrack.govt.nz<\/p>\n
The project, yet to win approval, is proposed by NZX-listed Precinct Properties <\/a>and Orams Marine.<\/p>\n Westhaven Residential Limited Partnership has applied for fast-tracking.<\/p>\n The application for 188 Beaumont St seeks consent for \u201ca marker building containing approximately 215 residential apartments with in-built flexibility for use as serviced apartments, ground-floor retail activities and associated car parking\u201d.<\/p>\n Three buildings proposed include:<\/p>\n Tower Building: 23 storeys, 80m, 125 units;Marina Building: eight storeys, 31m, 18 three-bedroom units;Beaumont Building: 10 storeys, 37m, 72 units with the option of serviced apartments for visitor accommodation.<\/p>\n All up, 42,098sq m is planned for 45 three-bedroom units, 126 two-bedroom units, 44 one-bedrooms and carparking in the podium levels.<\/p>\n The application was lodged on September 4.<\/p>\n On December 19, Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop referred the project for fast-tracking. <\/p>\n The developers seek:<\/p>\n 550sq m of ground-level shops;Vehicle access via Beaumont St only;273 car parks, primarily for residents;152 bike spaces;Internal connectivity with the adjacent Orams Marine facility.<\/p>\n Height is emphasised as a plus in the application.<\/p>\n \u201cSited at the interface between the city grid and the Te Ara Tukutuku axis, the proposal acts as an orienting device and a marker in the cityscape,\u201d the design proposal says.<\/p>\n The 23-level tower sought to deliver a new type of identity reflective of its Wynyard Quarter location, plans said. The plans are by Warren & Mahoney.<\/p>\n Having three buildings enabled stratification of offerings, because each of the blocks was envisaged to have a differentiated identity.<\/p>\n Precinct CEO Scott Pritchard was reluctant to discuss plans when he met the Herald at a Mt Eden site the company plans to develop.<\/p>\n Consent has been gained for that scheme, a much lower-rise five-level project.<\/p>\n Orams planned a much smaller scheme a few years ago.<\/p>\n This is not the first time Wynyard Quarter residents have battled<\/a> Orams over height and bulk, over what is now the three-shed service sheds on the waterfront.<\/p>\n In 2022, then Wynyard Quarter Residents Association Inc president Marc Potter said his group had filed the legal action against Auckland Council and Orams Group, seeking a judicial review over consent for the sheds in the $140 million scheme.<\/p>\n But it lost, and the sheds were built.<\/p>\nMark McGuinness and Megan Paine inside 30 Madden. Photo \/ Dean Purcell<\/p>\n
The outdoor terrace at 30 Madden. Photo \/ Dean Purcell<\/p>\n
Wide views from 30 Madden. Photo \/ Dean Purcell<\/p>\n
Instrastructure Minister Chris Bishop referred the project for fast-tracking. Photo \/ Mark Mitchell<\/p>\n
Silo Park is shown at the far right. In the centre is an image of apartment and carparking plans for 188 Beaumont St, Wynard Quarter, Auckland. Image \/ www.fasttrack.govt.nz<\/p>\n
Megan Paine (left) and Mark McGuinness of Willis Bond at 30 Madden. Photo \/ Dean Purcell<\/p>\n
Apartments up to 80m tall are planned for 188 Beaumont St, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland. Precinct Properties and Orams Marine plan this scheme. Image \/ www.fasttrack.govt.nz<\/p>\n
Orams Marine’s Beaumont St base with the new sheds (centre) which are now finished. <\/p>\n