26 April 2017 – UPDATE 1

Wellington City Council’s (WCC) Recovery/Resilience Team

Wellington Region Emergency Management Office (WREMO)

Deconstruction work has been delayed on Revera House for the following reasons

Approvals are still needed from the owners of the GCSB building, Old St Paul’s and the Cook Islands High Commission building for the necessary encroachment on to their property to deconstruct Revera House.

Class B asbestos has been found in two test results returned to the owners. This type of asbestos is included within other material in the building. This has been notified to the Wellington City Council (WCC) as well as Work Safe and will need to be noted in the Building Consent submitted to the Council by the building owners before any approval is given to decommission the building.

From the date of the meeting it was estimated that work would not start for another 6 – 8 weeks (late June or early July).

Thorndon Community Meeting – 31 March 2017
Earthquake Recovery/Resilience
Meeting Two: Revera House decommissioning

Thorndon Community Meeting – 23 March 2017
Earthquake Recovery/Resilience

UPDATE – JUNE 2024

48 Mulgrave Street
This site is next to Old Saint Paul’s. This property has consented plans according to the construction company, CMP Construction Limited. They are looking for a sale or a lease. The lease choice is an interesting one in these hard economic times. If there was a full lease, CMP would then build to the approved plans. In the meantime, spaces are leased for carparks. This site has been a dead space since 2016 when the Kaikoura earthquake damaged Revera House, beyond repair, and it was demolished.

Revera House

Revera House (pictured right) is on the northern boundary of historic Old St Pauls, near the intersection of Murphy St, Mulgrave St and Pipitea St.

Media statement on Freyberg House

Freyberg House

Click the image to the left to open a media statement on the demolition of Freyberg House (headquarters of the Ministry of Defence).

Central Community Liaisons Forum Meeting – 7 March 2017