Lakeview cash crunch and the role of a Government deal-maker

Now on Crux Substack.

Does Queenstown’s Lakeview progress depend on an Auckland hotel sale?
We ask about the Government “whizz kid” who played a key role in setting up Lakeview’s Queenstown relationship/sales network. And then left.
Is the current sewage crisis a factor in the Lakeview development coming to an apparent halt?

The developers of Queenstown’s Lakeview development, who appear to have downed tools in terms of starting any local construction activity, have put their recently completed Auckland Hotel Indigo on the market in an apparent bid to raise cash.