Rotorua Chamber of Commerce survey: Businesses say no to housing homeless in CBD
11 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM
4 minutes to read
The Lava Bar and X Base Backpackers on Arawa St. Photo / Kelly Makiha
A proposal to convert the Lava Bar and X Base Backpackers into housing for the homeless has been met with strong resistance from Rotorua businesses. A Chamber of Commerce survey has found 89 per cent of the 365 people who had responded as of Wednesday afternoon did not want the plans to go ahead.
A private property investor from Auckland, Peter Bidois of Torin Holdings, has told the Rotorua Daily Post he had signed a deal to buy the lease of Lava Bar and X Base Backpackers for 15 years.