Auckland City Offices To Cost £215,000

Northern Advocate, 21 August 1943, Page 5

Auckland City Offices To Cost £215,000

(Special) AUCKLAND. This Day. Renewed consideration of a plan i'cu erecting a large municipal block adjoining the Town Hall is to be given as a result of a decision ol' the Auckland City Council. The plan involves the diversion of Grey’s Avenue and the removal of a number ol buildings in the locality. The estimated cost at present-dav levels is in the vieiniiv of ,£215.000. The provision of a new block which would relieve the congested office space at the Town Hal! was considered in 1938, sketch plans being prepared and estimates worked out. The matter was left in abeyance, however, but, was revived again early this year, when the Mayor ■ Mr. J. A. C. Allum.) submitted a report on post-war works. In June, the council's Finance Committee considered the plans already prepared, and instructed Ihe city engineer (Mr. J. Tyler) to submit a report she,wing the present-day cost of erecting the building. The council received this report. The council adopted a recommendation of the Finance Committee that the site be established for the erection of a municipal building, and that the matter be referred to the Finance Committee to consider and report on the question of suitable design.