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Work on Wellington’s controversial Shelly Bay development will begin next week, says the victorious developer.
The $ 500 million development jumped a massive hurdle Wednesday night after three councilors, Jenny Condie, Diane Calvert and Teri O’Neill, opposed the pre-election promises and voted in favor.
The Ian Cassels-led development still faces two judicial hurdles: a Superior Court case arguing that the sale of iwi land there was illegal and a judicial review of the resource consent process.
ROSA WOODS / Things
Ian Cassels of The Wellington Company said work on its Shelly Bay development would begin next week.
But Cassels told the RNZ Morning Report on Thursday that he would not slow down. “Anyway, we will start next week,” he said.
Wednesday’s council meeting lasted nearly eight hours before the vote, where the council agreed to sell and lease 0.9 hectares in Shelly Bay on the Miramar Peninsula to an entity chosen by Cassels’ The Wellington Company and the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust. , on behalf of Wellington iwi Taranaki. Whānui.
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It is not yet clear what that entity is.
Cassels could not be reached Thursday for details on exactly what work he intended to begin next week.
Before the 2019 local body elections, a business group from Miramar asked the candidates if they would support development if consent of the resources was granted. This consent was subsequently given.
Successful counselors Jenny Condie and Diane Calvert said they would vote against it later. Councilwoman Teri O’Neill said she would vote for the development but, once the poll was released, she called Things and he said he meant he would vote against it.
All three voted in favor of the sale and lease on Wednesday.
