[1] Temperance & General used to occupy half of the eight-storey building, with the rest of the space leased by professionals such as lawyers, accountants and doctors.

[2] The building was classified as a Category I Historic Place (places of "special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") by Heritage New Zealand in 1990.

Internal walls were demolished and about 1000 tonnes of brick rubble was removed from the interior of the building to open it up to more light and give prospective tenants flexibility in layout.

[5] Dunajtschik argued that the building had lost value after the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, and said that although it would not fall down in a severe earthquake, the historic ornamentation on the façade was dangerous and would cost too much to make good.

In 2016 the restored building was leased for 20 years to hotel operator Sarin Investments,[8] and in 2018 it opened as a 106-room Hilton Doubletree hotel under a franchise agreement with Sarin Investments.