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Did You Know? - City Council property
The Territorial Local Authority (TLA) of
Christchurch comprises 45,240ha. Aside from roads, the Council owns
7416ha (18,540 acres) of land in the city –
that’s 16 per cent of the TLA area
Again, excluding roads, the Council
administers 1650 sites, comprising 3034
property titles. The built property assets of the Council
include offices, service centres, libraries,
parking buildings, leisure facilities, art gallery,
crèches, utility sites such as pumping
stations and sewage treatment works,
community halls and centres, heritage
buildings, transfer stations and housing. The Council owns and administers the
second-largest residential housing portfolio
in New Zealand (behind Housing New
Zealand Corporation), comprising 2650
residential units. Apart from rental housing tenancies, the
council administers 780 property leases
covering land/buildings that it owns. The Council owns/administers more than
50 listed heritage buildings, eg Takahe, Kiwi,
Provincial Council Buildings, Robert
McDougall Art Gallery. The total asset value of the Council’s land
and buildings is in excess of $640m. |