Hotel development in danger of halting with 150% council rates increases
Some $3 million could be wiped off the value of a typical 150-room establishment – Dean Humphries
Sally Lindsay Wed, 22 Feb 2017
Several hotel feasibility studies and projects in Auckland are likely to be scrapped if the council imposes rates increases of 150%-plus on the accommodation sector to fund Ateed.
Colliers International hotels and tourism director Dean Humphries says he had major developers contacting him