STACY SQUIRES/Stuff Land Information NZ has given notice of its intention to use the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act to buy the NG building on Madras St. It was then, during a television announcement, that co-owners Roland Logan and Sharon Ng learned their building was in the footprint of the planned stadium in the new Christchurch Central Recovery Plan. By this time, Logan had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars strengthening the building – bolting kauri floors to brick walls, interior posts to their exterior counterparts, new angle brackets to the facade and an added steel exoskeleton for extra strength. With about 70 per cent of Christchurch’s inner city buildings gone or tagged for demolition, it became a post-earthquake hub for designers, architects and artists – as well as the NG Boutique – as a symbol of heritage resilience and continuity.