{"id":446842,"date":"2026-05-26T23:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T23:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/446842\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T23:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T23:39:09","slug":"new-building-planned-for-christchurch-tallest-since-quakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/446842\/","title":{"rendered":"New building planned for Christchurch tallest since quakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prolific Christchurch developer Williams Corporation has unveiled its plans for a new 10-storey tower in the central city.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the tallest building built since the earthquakes and be part of a $103m, six-building, 140-residence complex featuring \u201cresort-grade\u201d amenities across a city block.<\/p>\n<p>The project is called Williams on Worcester. It will be bound by Worcester St, Manchester St, Gloucester St, and Huanui Lane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a full city block, one of the last available in central Christchurch and we\u2019ve designed it as a single connected community rather than six standalone buildings,\u201d Williams Corporation director Blair Chappell told the\u00a0New Zealand Herald.<\/p>\n<p>The project has a targeted completion date of early 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The build will feature the 10-storey landmark tower, five three-storey apartment buildings, and a private resort-grade amenity stack that includes a heated indoor pool, a covered padel court, a gym and the rooftop terrace.<\/p>\n<p>The site sits a few blocks north of One NZ Stadium and another major development that Williams Corporation is involved with, Richard Peebles\u2019 Downtown.<\/p>\n<p>The properties will range from studios to large two-bedroom penthouses.<\/p>\n<p>-Allied Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prolific Christchurch developer Williams Corporation has unveiled its plans for a new 10-storey tower in the central city.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-446842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}