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The man behind plans for Hamilton’s next big hotel
The man behind plans for a new $120 million, 4-star hotel in Hamilton’s CBD says he wants to make a big contribution to the city. “Hamilton to me is a city where I think I can make a difference,” Templeton Group founder Nigel McKenna said. His comment came during an exclusive interview starting in his […]
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Abstract is a bohemian hotel that offers great value in Auckland’s CBD
As soon as I walked into Abstract I was struck by how unique it felt. I’ve been in plenty of boutique hotels before and each has its own quirky sense of identity, but this one feels its own kind of special. There are a great deal of bespoke art pieces and clever design flourishes, but […]
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New Hamilton Hotel ‘great’ news for Waikato region and tourism
OpinionBusinessSportPuzzlesSunday Star-Times Regions The man behind plans for Hamilton’s next big hotel Written by Stephen Ward April 21, 2024Share Templeton Group founder Nigel McKenna is an Auckland developer with a solid commercial track record. But he’s also a man with a strong artistic bent that he aims to apply to the proposed $120 million hotel […]
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Now Open: Abstract Is the Karangahape Road Hotel Bringing a Slice of Brooklyn to Auckland
With sleek, chic, but comfortable designs, Abstract is the hotel for the younger generation of guests.
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Sleek and chic New York-style hotel opens on Auckland’s K’Rd
Templeton Group has raised the curtains on Abstract Auckland, after a blessing by Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei, adding a chic New York-style boutique hotel to the creativity and vibrancy of K’ Rd. Templeton Group’s 11-storey, 290-bed hotel is design-led and amenity rich. It offers a new style of inner-city hotel accommodation, with compact rooms complemented by cleverly […]
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Warkworth Ridge celebrates the best things in life
Ask anyone who regularly visits Warkworth, Omaha, Matakana or Tāwharanui what the worst thing about their day out is, and the answer will always be, “having to go home”. Now, they don’t have to. Warkworth Ridge is North Auckland’s newest community located just 30 minutes up the recently extended Northern Motorway. Dubbed the ‘holiday highway’, […]
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Project updates
Warkworth Ridge
It’s been an eventful few weeks in and around the Warkworth Ridge site. Since our last update the hugely anticipated expressway between Puhoi and Warkworth and the Matakana Link Road have opened. They have been gamechangers, to say the least. With the opening of the Matakana Link Road, you can now get a very real […]
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Warkworth Ridge
Needless to say, we’ve witnessed some extraordinary weather events in the past few months. We sincerely hope that you and your family fared well in the unthinkable weather we have experienced. The Auckland Anniversary weekend floods counted as Auckland’s wettest day in history, largely thanks to what experts describe as, “A freak combination of elements, […]
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Light Box at Long Bay
The weather has certainly given us a run for our money of late, but this isn’t the first bout of bad weather we’ve endured through developments, and it won’t be the last. Doing what they do best, our project team and construction partners have made good progress in the last few weeks and have managed […]
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