Makeovers don’t get much bigger than this revamp of a hangar-like, 7000 square-metre warehouse and 750 square-metres of office in Wiri. Previously occupied by a food manufacturing facility, with all that entails in terms of a very bespoke setup involving internal cool store areas, custom infrastructure, production plant, and so on. The 1980s building essentially had to be gutted and then thoroughly reconfigured to suit the current requirements of a fast-paced logistics market. During the extensive demolition phase, everything other than the primary structure was removed – services, manufacturing plant, high level gantry system and walkways.

Much of the building’s shell remained untouched, but there was some rejigging of the footprint involving intricate structural canopy and breezeway extensions,