“I’m putting a wellness centre into Mark II [which] will have a large heated pool, sauna, spa, club room, wine room, private dining and outdoor barbecue area, yoga and exercise room and a communal foyer with a barista.
“I’m creating a hotel services-at-home type environment, which is a very avant-garde and sophisticated way of apartment living which I can see happening within major cities around the world such as New York, Melbourne and Sydney.”
Mark II will be a neighbourhood in itself and on the doorstep to further amenities, like the new state-of-the-art shopping mall at Newmarket, plus bus, train and motorway connections to all directions.
It will also be on the doorstep of beautiful green spaces like Mt Hobson.
“We’re pet-friendly so you can take your dog for a walk in this huge open green space, so it’s quite a special place.”
There will be one, two, three and four bedroom apartments, from a studio of about 55sq m to luxury penthouses up to 277sq m that also add exclusive use of the rooftop garden.
“The penthouses are something else. They have their own rooftop gardens with trees and low maintenance gardens, and they have 360-degree unbeatable view.”
Other apartments, too, will have water, city or volcanic views.
“People said to me, ‘what’s going on here, what’s your design and what’s your philosophy?’ and I said, ‘what we have is all these volcanoes throughout Auckland which are green and this is another green space’. “We’ve got green roofs, fully covered with green plants, trees, shrubs, and then we’re having a huge communal garden with exotic trees and plants to attract the birds and the bees, so what we’re doing is creating our own man-made volcano in the heart of the city.”
The apartments will be open plan with sun rooms, which are like an internal deck that can be opened up. They will also feature “full frontal” sliding glass doors. Squared-off oak parquet flooring has been designed for this building, and the build will be steel, glass, concrete and wood. They will appeal to downsizers, young professionals, families and single people, John says. “We’re basically building a community.”
View the full details of Mark II here.
This article is compliments of Catherine Masters, oneroof.co.nz
