Apartment complex plan revealed for former Redcliffs supermarket site

This is what the former Four Square and New World site in Redcliffs will look like if it gets city council approval.

Fletcher Living has applied for resource consent to turn the site on the corner of Augusta St and Main Rd into a three-storey 22-unit residential complex with a commercial unit on the ground floor.

• Old New World site may become apartments

The plan is to dismantle the first and second floors, retain the ground floor car park and build two new floors of apartments above it. The site, which had been home to a store for more than 100 years, will be known as the Redcliffs Apartments.

The commercial unit on the Augusta St corner might suit a food and beverage or retail outlet, the developer said.

The first and second floors will each contain 11 residential units with mainly two or three bedrooms and two 50 sq m one-bedroom units.

The resource consent will be made under the District Plan because it is a non-complying activity for the zone. 

It will not be notified, so will not be subject to public consultation.

A Fletcher Living spokesperson said the building should cover a similar footprint to the existing supermarket.

The spokesperson would not say what the apartments might sell for.

“We are working through a design process and hope to apply for building consent later this year. The development is realistically 18-24 months from completion.” 

City council records show the property was purchased by Fletcher Residential Ltd for $5.5 million.

The supermarket was rebuilt after the February 22, 2011, earthquake. It was then converted into a Four Square in 2020, which closed less than a year later. The site has been vacant since.

-By Tony Simons