CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL | COLOMBO AND ARMAGH ST CNR | 17L | 70 Metres | Refurbishment Completed

I think we should all get used to Cathedral Square being a mess. Anglicans who will accept no help from anyone have stated that they will not build a new contemporary cathedral until they have all the monies to do so. At this point in time they are 10's of millions short. They stated 2 years ago that to raise the monies needed and to build will take at least 10 YEARS. They will not take on any loans. The real danger is that they demolish,and then years later find they cannot raise the money and can the whole show and Christchurch gets nothing,
Best option as far as I can see is to hand it over to Anderton's lot I imagine it is easier to fund raise to restore than to fund raise to build from new.
My 2 cent's worth.

voyager8907 said:

There seems to have been a real issue with NIMBYs in that area. Its good that the council appears to largely ignore them now. They just started 30 years too late.

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Ignore them, yeah right. Maximum height of 6 stories says it all really.
They did kick up back in the 1980's when there was a proposal to build The Tower in Victoria Square. 168 metres high if my memory is correct.

jarden said:

Hopefully they can still make the scheduled open date is it May or June?

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Would have to depend in how much work they have to do inside. All those bathrooms, bedrooms etc, down stairs you've got the reception and bar(s) and restaurant(s). Big job converting an office building into a pretty classy hotel.