About
A Brief History of City Campus
• After planting the church in 1999 at Thorrington Primary School, in 2001 we started leasing Ferry Rd.
• Nine more years of growing attendance and renovations we also leased Unit 4 to create more kids space.
• 2010 bought Ferry Rd building for $1m and insured it after the September earthquake for $2.4m.
• February 2011 earthquakes damaged the building. We held services at South West Baptist for three years.
• 2012 the Ferry Rd site was sold for land value.
• Contacted new owner in 2013 and agreed on a plan to structurally strengthen it and lease it back.
• March 2014 we moved back in and a few months later settled with our insurer for $2.4m.
A Series of Miracles
Buying this site was a series of miracles
Tuam St reluctant vendor very rarely sells property - agrees to sell to us in July 2014 in a negotiated and ‘off market’ deal at $6m.
November 2014 Baptist Savings agree to a loan of $3.5m, insurance secured, valuation comes in at $6.02m.
December 01, 2014 sale goes through.
Within 36 months $3.5m loan is repaid in full.
We’ve been able to attract and retain good commercial tenants paying market rent that not only covers landlords costs like rates, insurance and maintenance but also contributes annually toward our savings goals to complete the fit out.
April 2024 CCC approves our updated Resource Consent for the car park building to include permission to open to the public for parking revenue
Move-In Date
Our current construction programme has a move in date of August 2027
With detailed design now completed and the plans submitted to council for building consent, the focus moves to site works in preparation for building.
Once the demolition of the old building is complete, ground improvement work and piling will start. Work on the foundations is due to start in April 2027.