Waikato Business News August/September 2020
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30 WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS <strong>August</strong>/<strong>September</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
LAKEWOOD CAMBRIDGE<br />
CONSULTING ENGINEERS & PLANNERS<br />
IT’S BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE PART OF THE<br />
LAKEWOOD DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.<br />
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.<br />
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING | CIVIL ENGINEERING<br />
Lakewood<br />
makes its mark<br />
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING | PLANNING & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT<br />
FIRE ENGINEERING | MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING<br />
07 839 9107 bcdgroup.nz<br />
<strong>Waikato</strong> | Bay of Plenty | Taranaki<br />
From page 28<br />
the architects with coming<br />
up with something that had<br />
character and tied in and complemented<br />
the existing town<br />
centre and what Cambridge<br />
is renowned for. We’re happy<br />
with the end result.”<br />
Demand proved strong<br />
for the 16 apartments built as<br />
part of the first block. “It was<br />
an untested market. Not only<br />
were we bringing in mixed<br />
use, which was a bit of a new<br />
product for the town, we were<br />
also bringing in apartments.<br />
You never know 100 percent<br />
how the local market will<br />
receive them until you start<br />
taking them to the market and<br />
seeing what interest is like -<br />
but that went really well.”<br />
He says about two thirds<br />
of buyers came from <strong>Waikato</strong>,<br />
with about a third further<br />
afield, including Bay of Plenty<br />
and Auckland.<br />
As for the name, Lakewood,<br />
it was chosen to reflect<br />
Continued on page 32<br />
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Tel 07 846 7166 Mob 027 220 8969<br />
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