What is going in that gap: Wintec Carpark (cnr Ward and Angelsea)

A few weeks ago, I posted about a prominent gap in Hamilton, on the corner of Ward and Angelsea streets.

That gap has been vacant for all my years in Excel, but may not remain that way - a new 5 storey contemporary building and piazza, and resource consent has been granted already.

City Gate proposal - cnr Ward and Angelsea streets, Hamilton

I appriciate the above impression of the building - it looks like effort has been put in. Not like the buildings on the surrounding three corners of the intersection. Moreover, the triangular plan allows for vistas of the recently restored remainder of Wintec house (it's ironic that the building was half torn down, and half restored).

This is what the site looks like at present:

Cnr Ward and Angelsea Streets, Hamilton 19 Jan 2011

All going well, construction should start late this year, with completion in late 2012. This would be a good project to show that the Hamilton CBD is still in business, despite the recession and competition from sites outside the CBD.