Christchurch Central Recovery Plan
[3] In August 2013, the city council then openly defied Brownlee's wish to have the Christchurch Town Hall demolished and a new venue built as part of the Performing Arts Precinct.
The Frame (Māori: Te Hononga Mokowā) was to be in three parts (north, east, and south)[a] and was to allow for short to medium term expansion and development of central Christchurch.
The memorial was envisaged as a place of local, national and international significance where individuals could reflect and large groups can gather.
[c] This centre was planned as a focal point for cultural celebration and diversity, and was to be led by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.
[9] The Avon River Precinct (Māori: Te Papa Ōtākaro[10] and Te Papa o Ōtākaro in the initial version of the recovery plan[11]) was the redevelopment of the Avon River corridor through the central city, from the Antigua Street bridge at Christchurch Hospital to the Fitzgerald Avenue bridge at the eastern border of the central city.
The park zoning extended 30 metres (98 ft) from either side of the river and included a proposed redevelopment of Victoria Square.
CERA's regeneration plan proposed lower buildings on the north side to prevent shading (although when Christchurch City Council requested in 2019 that the Crown's rebuild agency take into consideration shading that would be caused by a proposed nine-storey hotel that is part of the convention centre, the request was denied[13]) with little detail provided.
[18][f] By October 2011, private interests had combined and opened a temporary container mall known as Re:START, with Ballantynes, Christchurch's remaining department store, as the retail anchor.
The delay was caused by the planning rule imposed by CERA that each development project must have at least 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft) of land.
[23][24] To break the deadlock, the Christchurch Central Development Unit (CCDU, a subsidiary of CERA) bought up much of the land to overcome the disjointed ownership.
[28] All hotel sites at Te Pae, plus the block of land designated for the Performing Arts Precinct located north of Gloucester Street, was bought by the Carter Group.
[29] The Health Precinct (Māori: Te Papa Hauora) is a project to be delivered by the private sector adjacent to Christchurch Hospital, incorporating part of the South Frame.
[4] By 2020, only two projects have proceeded (restoration of the Isaac Theatre Royal and construction of the performance venue The Piano); both delivered by the private sector.
[38] The northern half of the designated land was acquired by the Carter Group and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch in 2019 for church and education purposes.
[39] The project lead for the central library, named Te Whare Pukapuka Matua in the Blueprint, was Christchurch City Council.
[44] In an analysis published in the Lincoln Planning Review, the author described the Crown's approach to the project as displaying a "level of naïve neoliberal faith that the markets could deliver urban regeneration to a badly damaged city [that] was not seen even in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain".
[n] The stadium is a joint initiative by Christchurch City Council and the Crown, with several other partners including the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).
[49] After many years of discussion, the city council confirmed a stadium investment case in December 2019 and cabinet approved its funding contribution in March 2020.
The Environment Court approved the application in August 2013[52] and the new Hadlee Pavilion opened on 15 September 2014,[53] in time for the 2015 Cricket World Cup; three games were played at the Hagley Oval.
[q] At the time of the Blueprint's release, the EPIC (Enterprise Precinct and Innovation Campus) project was already underway and proximity to the Christchurch Polytech (now known as Ara Institute of Canterbury) was seen as a benefit.
