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club calling a special meeting of members in June 2019 to approve the sale of land to cover half of the estimated shortfall. Just two days later it was revealed that large cavities in the lava beneath the site had had to be filled in with concrete and grout before construction commenced. The "many" millions of dollars that this remedial work cost were part of the shortfall.
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Auckland Trotting Club members, the board launched the 223 Green Lane West lifestyle village in early 2015, with construction due to be completed from late 2017 when the first of the 750 residents was supposed to start moving in. The medium-density mixed-use brownfields development is one of Auckland's largest under construction.
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Auckland Trotting Club's financial position in relation to the development took a serious downturn because of the problems with the construction and major additional costs incurred, so that an estimated $ 30 million profit became an estimated $ 40 million loss. This led to the
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Construction, led to the termination of their contract in July 2018. They were replaced by CMP Construction, whose tower block was meant to be completed by April 2020. As at that date, however, neither that block,
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Alexandra Park's conference centre, considerable investment has been made to upgrade the functions facilities with ongoing improvements to in-house catering. Subsequently, utilisation has risen from corporates, large public entities, service clubs and schools. At the same time Alexandra Park is
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this is believed to be the site of
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