139 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, Christchurch City

East Frame

Christchurch City Community Halls

A new Christchurch has begun to take shape after the devastating series of earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. The destruction caused to large areas of this major South Island city is being turned to advantage by city planners. A big part of the proposed changes will be the transformation of the heart of the city into a new urban centre, bringing modern options for inner-city living, designed to offer homes for over 2000 people in three adjacent but different communities.

This new centre, a 14-hectare block of land designated East Frame, will become the linked communities of Avon, Latimer and Lichfield, each with its own distinct character. Residence types will range from family homes in the Avon neighbourhood to studio-style apartments in Latimer and loft living and warehouse style spaces in Lichfield. Restaurants and other amenities, parks and gardens, will round out the development, which is intended as a green-rated group of communities - a first for New Zealand - according to the chosen developer, Fletcher Residential. The company says it has had meetings with the Australian Green Building Council and will adapt a new Australian design tool to enable the East Frame project to meet green rating standards.

Construction of East Frame, an $800 million project, is expected to take about eight years to complete, beginning with the Latimer community in late 2016.

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