Mark Perriam : Mexicali Fresh to come to Timaru

The Landings project manager Mark Perriam said on Thursday the mexican-style chain's plans, which are conditional on finding a suitable franchisee, meant one vacancy would remain on the $10 million building's ground floor.

Mark Perriam : Timaru council to ditch loss-making car park

Timaru council to ditch loss-making car park

Silverfin, of which Macaulay is also a director, took over the car park's management. Fellow Silverfin director Mark Perriam pledged to investigate whether an active lease existed or not.

Dixon said the pay and display meter in the car park would likely be used for spare parts. The meter was "on its last legs anyway" because the council had deferred replacing it while the lease was in question.

The council would put a metal parking sign and a height barrier in storage and sell them for scrap if no use for them could be found.

The car park's owners could face further challenges after the council leaves. The report stated the car park might need earthquake strengthening and its markings needed repainting.

The largely untenanted mall beneath could also face competition from Silverfin's directors for tenants.

Macaulay is a director of Timaru Retail Project, the company behind the $10 million The Landing commercial development on Elizabeth St, and Perriam is the project manager.

He revealed on Wednesday the development, which is expected to be completed in 2016, had 577 square metres of untenanted retail and office space.

 - Stuff

Mark Perriam : Policeman to run Pita Pit at The Landing retail development

Policeman to run Pita Pit at The Landing retail development

Mark Perriam

Project manager Mark Perriam said tilt-slab construction had allowed for rapid progress on the 2100 square metre, two-storey building.

Contractors made the concrete walls and then had them trucked to the site, where they were erected.

"It's ticking along really well."

Those walls now enclose a neighbouring rented house.

Perriam said the building's roof would likely be on by Christmas.

The building, which received resource consent in June, would have two separate car parks with entrances on Sarah St and Elizabeth St, Perriam said.

Resource consent figures suggest the development will have 53 car parks in total.

Perriam said the building still had 300 square metres of untenanted office space available, as well as two retail areas comprising 85sqm and 192sqm respectively.

The building is not the only development planned in the neighbourhood. An empty section opposite the bowling green on Sarah St is expected to be turned into two two-storey townhouses.

 - Stuff