Deloitte Centre 3.24

The Deloitte Centre is a high-rise office tower located in Auckland, New Zealand. Built between 2006–2009, it contains 18 levels of offices as well as 4 basement car parks and 3 levels of plant, and a special two storey high architectural feature on the top giving a total height of 100 meters. The building will have 5 stars in the 'Green Star' environmental rating.HistoryThe Deloitte Centre is built on an island site in the CBD, bordered by Queen Street, Shortland Street, Fort Street and Jean Batten Place. The site marks the beginning of the old shoreline of 19th century. Everything north of the tower was under the Waitemata Harbour. The site had previously been occupied by a number of different building including Victoria Arcade (built in 1885), then in 1978 BNZ built their low-rise office block. In 2004, Bank of New Zealand went into negotiations to build a high-rise building.The new building will incorporate the old facades of the Jean Batten Building on the rear sides and the rear (as seen from Queen Street). The demolition of this heritage building for the new development had created some criticism. The architects counter that significant parts of the older structure were retained or reconstructed after the new building went up, creating a positive combination.TenantsApproximately 56% of the office accommodation as well as 70 car parks and a large retail premises fronting Queen Street has been leased to the Bank of New Zealand.The remaining 44% of the office accommodation has been leased to Deloitte Services Ltd who occupy levels 11-18 including 100 car parks and the basement changing facilities.