RLB CRANE INDEX®

As a result, the Queenstown region has a total of 11 cranes, down from 15 in our last count. The residential sector remains the focal point of activity in the region, accounting for 72.2% of all long-term cranes.

Three new long-term cranes were added to:

• 341 Arrowtown-Lake Hayes Road, Arrowtown (Commercial)
• 108 Wynyard Crescent, Fernhill (Residential)
• 1820 State Highway 6, Gibbston (Residential)

Seven cranes were removed from:

• 2 Brunswick Street, Queenstown (Commercial)
• Skyline at 53 Brecon Street, Queenstown (1 removed) (Commercial)
• 7 Dalgleish Lane, Millbrook (Residential)
• 15 Ploughmans Lane, Millbrook (Residential)
• 85A Atley Road, Queenstown (Residential)
• 6 Manchester Place, Queenstown (Residential)
• 5 Domain Road, Queenstown (Residential)

Cranes remain at:

• 6 Third Avenue, Lake Hayes (Aged Care)
• Skyline at 53 Brecon Street, Queenstown (one crane remains) (Commercial)
• 9 Ploughmans Lane, Millbrook (Residential)
• 9 Angelo Drive, Queenstown (Residential)
• 6A Snowy Place, Queenstown (Residential)
• 12 Livingstone Lane, Queenstown (Residential)
• 5 Tree Tops Rise, Queenstown (Residential)
• 447 Speargrass Flat Road, Queenstown (Residential)

Building consents for the Otago region grew 3.7% for the twelve months to June 2023. Residential consents fell by 5.4% to $1.4b. Non-Residential consents grew by 29.7% for the twelve months with significant increases in the hospitals, nursing homes, and other sector, and the office sector. The hospitals, nursing homes, and other sector grew by 222% to record $198m for the year, the office sector grew by 92% to $100m.