Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch

Initial plans to rebuild the hotel were replaced by a shopping and office complex.

[3] Above the 14th floor, 36 people were trapped and spent several hours in the damaged building during a series of large aftershocks before being all successfully rescued.

[4][5] Fear that the building would totally collapse hampered search and rescue missions in the vicinity.

[9] In April 2014, it was announced that the hotel would not be rebuilt on its original site, and would be replaced by shops and offices instead.

[10] In September 2019, Grand Central confirmed that a replacement hotel would be on a new site on the southwest corner of Manchester and Armagh streets.