Retailers: 'Big dig last straw' - Mountain Scene
Mountain Scene December 18, 2020 By PHILIP CHANDLER Coming on top of Covid border closures, some retailers fear an impending dig-up of Queenstown’s town centre could put them under. Council’s about to start a $60 million CBD street upgrade — a ‘shovel-ready’ project it’s co-funding with the government. Retailers in Upper Beach Street, already affected by the O’Connells shopping centre redevelopment, believe the project, running from late summer till early winter, could be the deathknell for their already-stretched businesses. ‘‘It’s out of the frying pan an...
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