WHAKATANE District Council will today confirm the selection of real estate agency Colliers International to market its landholding at Piripai.
Selected real estate agencies were last month invited to submit proposals for marketing 77 Bunyan Road for “residential and lifestyle retirement village development purposes”.
A formal announcement naming the agency is expected to follow today's full council meeting, which is the last meeting of the triennium.
The council’s desire is for the block to be marketed as a wholesale offering to developers prepared to develop it for residential and retirement purposes in the near future.
In keeping with Environment Court findings, the developer will need to work with Te Runanga o Ngati Awa and the Opihi Whanaungakore trustees to develop a joint buffer zone management plan to ensure the urupa to the east of the block is protected from the effects of urban activities.