Stage Two Car Park Building - Rendered Image - May 2025

An exciting opportunity for the future is a five-storey car parking building on the south side of our site. This is not part of our Stage One focus, which is to complete the church building, but rather a strategic addition, as parking spaces will be in high demand in the surrounding streets.

One significant feature of the Resource Consent for this building is permission from Council to open it to the public and collect valuable parking revenue. This means that when our church has lower demand for parking (e.g. Monday to Friday during business hours), revenue can be generated at times when public and commercial demand (from Te Kaha, Ara, etc.) is at its highest.

Parking revenue creates the opportunity for external investment that contributes to construction costs. This could take the form of a joint venture, or involve various ownership and/or lease structures.

We’re currently undertaking a feasibility study using projected income against construction costs to evaluate the return on capital. This will help inform decisions around the best ownership and operating model.

Until the car park building is established on site we plan to make use of the land on St Asaph St as a standard ‘on-grade’ asphalt ground-level car park, providing around 85 spaces.

Surrounding businesses that don’t operate on Sundays and on-street parking within walking distance of our building will provide the remainder of the parking we need.

The key thing for now is to keep the option open for a future parking solution that meets our needs.