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New Zealand's largest property investors can't get enough of Manukau City.
Nearly one-third of AMP's $500 million property portfolio is in Manukau City and the company wants to expand that.
It owns 50 per cent of the Botany Town Centre and the Manukau Supa Centre, plus a property with the Vodafone call centre in Manukau.
Those properties provide more than 1000 jobs and the retail properties generate annual sales of more than $200m.
AMP property portfolio general manager Murray Jordan believes Manukau City has a real advantage over any other location in New Zealand.
"There's a whole lot of immigration and migration coupled with new infrastructure and buildings and a council that's really receptive to investors," Mr Jordan says.
During building of the Botany Town Centre the council placed a whole compliance team specifically on the project which shows the council's willingness to help new investors in the city, he says.
"It meant we got good decisions very quickly and we could meet our budget requirements which gives investors like us security."
The way the council works encourages investors into the city and makes it easy for them to spend money, he says.
"They do that by having streamlined processes in-house and they have a proactive approach to infrastructure and, in particular, roading.
"We would have to say the council is very accessible and the mayor is accessible to discuss issues that are important to the city and to us."
One of those issues is roads which AMP sees as vital for a successful city, both from a private vehicle and public transport perspective.
"Our customers and residents need to be able to get about their business," Mr Jordan says.
AMP considers Manukau a great place to invest in because of the diverse and generally young population and the current and proposed infrastructure.
"We like their acceptance of new ideas. They support their own local communities so we have a very loyal catchment area for the Botany Town Centre and the Manukau Supa Centre," he says.
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Nearly one-third of AMP's $500 million property portfolio is in Manukau City and the company wants to expand that.
It owns 50 per cent of the Botany Town Centre and the Manukau Supa Centre, plus a property with the Vodafone call centre in Manukau.
Those properties provide more than 1000 jobs and the retail properties generate annual sales of more than $200m.
AMP property portfolio general manager Murray Jordan believes Manukau City has a real advantage over any other location in New Zealand.
"There's a whole lot of immigration and migration coupled with new infrastructure and buildings and a council that's really receptive to investors," Mr Jordan says.
During building of the Botany Town Centre the council placed a whole compliance team specifically on the project which shows the council's willingness to help new investors in the city, he says.
"It meant we got good decisions very quickly and we could meet our budget requirements which gives investors like us security."
The way the council works encourages investors into the city and makes it easy for them to spend money, he says.
"They do that by having streamlined processes in-house and they have a proactive approach to infrastructure and, in particular, roading.
"We would have to say the council is very accessible and the mayor is accessible to discuss issues that are important to the city and to us."
One of those issues is roads which AMP sees as vital for a successful city, both from a private vehicle and public transport perspective.
"Our customers and residents need to be able to get about their business," Mr Jordan says.
AMP considers Manukau a great place to invest in because of the diverse and generally young population and the current and proposed infrastructure.
"We like their acceptance of new ideas. They support their own local communities so we have a very loyal catchment area for the Botany Town Centre and the Manukau Supa Centre," he says.
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