Old school rebuilding to start
The old Normal School redevelopment project was officially opened yesterday by the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr Hamish Hay). Twenty-two luxury apartments, ranging in price from $129,000 to $155,000, are planned for the site. Other planned amenities include squash courts, a sauna, a heated swimming pool, and garages. Mr Hay congratulated the man behind the development, Mr Chris Berryman, of Berryman Properties, Ltd. “This may be one of the first preservation developments in which a former cultural building is being restored for residential use,” Mr Hay said. “It is part of the city’s heritage. It opened as a school in 1876.” Bringing more people back into the inner city would give the city more life. Mr Berryman said that there had been “a lot of interest” in his redevelopment, and he hoped that the first apartment-owners would move in about June next year. It was hoped to have the complex completed by the end of next year. A restaurant and 15 new houses would also be built on the site.
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Press, 13 November 1981, Page 4
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