Multiple options for Tauranga industrial
A large industrial- zoned property on five titles in a strategic Tauranga location offers buyers immediate security and multiple future options.
The 1.6ha investment property at 42 Taurikura Drive, within Tauranga’s Tauriko Business Estate, is being sold by Deadline Private Treaty closing 4pm on 6 October, 2016.
Colliers’ Duncan Woodhouse, who is marketing the property with colleague Simon Clark, says the combination of a international brand tenant along with future development potential makes for an appealing investment.
“The property — with a substantial office building and prominent, expansive yard — still has nine years remaining on a 15- year- lease to Downer New Zealand, so it stacks up as a sound investment opportunity in its own right.
“The probability of future commercial zoning changes to the property within its very fast developing vicinity adjacent to the new Tauranga Crossing Shopping Centre adds a significant future- proofing feature to the investment as well.”
Woodhouse says the majority of the 1.6ha corner site i s a secure, fenced asphalt yard providing an ideal blank canvas for any potential future development. “The remaining nine year lease to a high profile, estab- lished tenant offers both excellent, secure rental income and ample time for new owners to explore subsequent development possibilities across the property’s five titles.”
The property i s returning a net annual income of $ 795,000, with guaranteed growth of 2.5 per cent pa.
Downer i s a major provider of infrastructure services in New Zea- land including transport, technology, utilities, engineering and construction and has more than 19,000 employees worldwide.
Buildings on site include a 1400 sqm modern, two level office block with a lift, as well as an 1100 sqm highstud warehouse with mezzanine floor and long run iron roof and cladding.
Clark says the property’s location within Tauriko Business Estate adjacent to Tauranga Crossing provides unrivalled opportunity and prominence. “Tauranga Crossing Shopping Centre is a retail innovation for the region with the first stage due to open next month. The 13ha site will eventually accommodate more than 44,000 sqm of retail floor space and 2500 car parks.”
Anchor tenants include t wo of New Zealand’s leading retail brands, The Warehouse and Pack n Save as well as Noel Leeming and Warehouse Stationery.
“The integrated development makes it the only shopping centre in Tauranga to include both bulk retail and industrial- use activity within its immediate catchment. It will be Tauranga Crossing’s point of difference from other retail facilities in the region.
“The bulk retail zoned land is immediately opposite the property at 42 Taurikura Drive and will be utilised by bulky goods retail devoted to retailing of large goods like appliances, furniture, and building supplies.
“Given the phenomenal growth and development within the property’s immediate vicinity, anticipated future growth with more commercial use ideally positions the property for substantial development or resale. This is an investor’s chance to establish a significant foothold in the location ahead of those changes,” says Clark.
The property i s only 6km from Tauranga’s CBD, and a further two to the Port of Tauranga. It offers excellent access to all major roadways around Tauranga including State Highway 29 over the Kaimai Ranges to the Waikato business district.