Picturesque Nelson property with estuary views for sale
An attractive freehold property on the edge of the scenic Waimea Estuary in Nelson, with the quaintly anachronistic address of 30 Quiet Woman Way, is for sale by Deadline Private Treaty, closing December 16, unless sold prior.
The Quiet Woman Way site covers 722 square metres, including a 35-metre coastal roadside frontage. The fully leased building is 330 square metres. Downstairs comprises a dining room catering for 50 guests and outdoor dining for approximately 80 people. The upstairs conference room/private dining room caters for a further 60 to 80 guests.
Strategically positioned next to the Grand Mercure Resort, it houses the resort’s only restaurant, which is popular with both resort guests and locals.
The picturesque building’s classic architecture is in the same Tudor style as the Grand Mercure and features solid block and hand rendered bricks, old wharf timber beams and lintels circa 1852, terracotta roof tiles, specimen timber joinery, black and white hand cut tessellated stone flooring, and artisan hand plastered walls.
Marketing agent Geoff Faulkner, a director of Colliers International in Nelson, said the management company of Grand Mercure has an eightyear lease which expires in 2028 with another two rights of renewal of eight years apiece. Net annual rental is $98,600 plus GST with the tenant responsible for 100 per cent of the outgoings.
‘‘Nelson is surging ahead economically with a sustained demanddriven boom in commercial development. Growth has been in all quarters, underpinned by the performance of our key industries of horticulture, agriculture and aquaculture. Rising stars in the IT and research sectors are establishing themselves and investment is pouring in.
‘‘The Nelson tourism sector is in good shape. Despite these torrid times, it’s weathering the storm with domestic market successes.’’
Information from Infometrics, for the quarter ended September, shows that Nelson-Tasman has bounced back from the COVID-19 lockdown and is doing well on many fronts. September quarterly performance is strong, and the year to September overall, which includes both the national lockdown and the Auckland lockdown, is showing that Nelson is doing better than the country as a whole.