Estate Development History From humble beginnings at its inception in 1883, the University’s estate has developed significantly in size, distribution, and complexity through to the present day. In 1883 a disused courthouse and jail served as premises for 95 students and four teaching staff. The early 1900s saw the addition of Old Choral Hall, the ClockTower, and the Biology Building. By 1949 the Tāmaki site had been acquired, igniting a debate to relocate the University there. In 1960 a decision was finally reached to set aside the Princes Street area for the University. This decision was a turning point for future development and opened the door for an ambitious planning and building programme through the 1960s and 1970s. In 1969 Old Government House was transferred to the University. The University’s footprint then began to spread and rise as multi-storey buildings were built for Science, Engineering, Human Sciences, Architecture, and the Library at the City Campus.
The University Estate
Our Estate spans the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand, from Wellington in the south to Tai Tokerau (Whangārei) in the north. The estate buildings encompass a gross floor area (GFA) of 719,046m 2 , within 237 buildings, 84% of which are owned by the University and the remaining 16% are leased. Over 99% of building GFA is located within the Auckland region. The Estate provides 403,052m 2 useable floor area (UFA) of which: 94% is allocated; 4% is under renovation (primarily for the development works underway for relocating the faculty of Education and Social Work to the City Campus and the Recreation and Wellness Centre); and 2% is vacant, non-contiguous space used primarily for decant during development works. A total of 68,616m 2 UFA is leased. The largest space types are student residential accommodation (24%), office accommodation (20%), laboratories (16%) and general teaching space (10%). The student residential accommodation UFA portfolio is 58% owned and 42% leased.
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237 Buildings across North Island. 90% located in Auckland region. 84% owned : 16% leased. $2.16 billion building assets owned. 206 hectares of land. 77% located in Auckland region. 79% in Reserves & Research land. 77% freehold owned : 23% leased. $1.08 billion land assets owned.
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In recent times the progressive transfer of titles from the Crown to the University supported the ability to effectively manage the estate. The Grafton Campus was established with the development of the Medical School. The Tāmaki Campus provided sports grounds and associated facilities and the City Campus Recreation Centre opened. The University progressively acquired and incorporated neighbouring properties into its portfolio to provide for future developments. The Department of Māori Studies complex was constructed in modest buildings on Wynyard Street with its wharenui and whare kai establishing Waipapa Marae which opened in 1988. Development and expansion continued across the portfolio through the 1980s, 1990s, and on into the 2000s with the addition of the Epsom and Tai Tokerau Campuses for the newly-formed Faculty of Education (2004), the acquisition of the Newmarket Campus (2013), expansion of student accommodation and the opening of the Tai Tonga Campus in South Auckland (2020). A strategy of campus consolidation has seen the relocation of the School of Population Health from Tāmaki to Grafton Campus (2019) followed by the divestment of Tāmaki campus and the exit from Mercy Hospital and Auckland District Health Board leases. The campus consolidation strategy also underpinned the 2020 decision to relocate the Faculty of Education and Social Work (EDSW) from the Epsom Campus to the Auckland City Campus in 2024. The University estate is a key enabler and facilitator of the University’s vision, its engages with mana whenua and communities within Aotearoa, and supports the world-leading teaching and research that the University delivers. The Auckland City Campus (City Campus) is home to a number of historically important sites that predate the University’s presence in Tāmaki Makaurau, Tāmaki. Herenga Waka. Apihai Te Kawau’s, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei paramount chief, gifted 3,000 acres to establish Auckland as the country’s capital in 1840. This gift was confirmed near Te Wahanga Ture, The Law School at Te Rerenga-ora- iti. Such places are of national and cultural significance and form part of Aotearoa’s story.
The physical campus environment will continue to be the foundation platform for the University activities, even as online and hybrid modes of operating develop further and mature. Estate- wide priorities that will be progressed through to 2030 will see improvements across our campuses and will include major projects, environmental sustainability and achieving a net zero carbon estate, distinctive campus projects, brilliant basics packages, teaching space upgrade, rolling refurbishment, asset replacement, space management, and business continuity and resilience. The total capital expenditure between 2021- 2030 is projected to be between $1.8 billion and $2 billion with an annual average commitment in excess of $200 million.
Scale: The length of one square is 200m
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