Demolition of Lion Brewery Khyber Pass

The University has acquired the 5.2ha former Lion Breweries site in Newmarket and is creating a new inner city campus. This landmark decision heralds the beginning of a period of long-term development of the site, spanning a 30 year timeframe, to create a mixed use campus, with purpose-built teaching and research facilities, student accommodation, business development and other facilities. The Newmarket Campus joins the City and Grafton campuses to create an integrated campus cluster, supporting long term growth and enabling the University to deliver to Auckland and New Zealand the full benefits of a multi-disciplinary research university. There is already a comprehensive public transport network of bus and rail routes servicing the area which will greatly facilitate rapid movement between the three campuses. The high density development potential and size of the site will support a further 30 - 50 years of growth, providing the University with a rare opportunity to secure its space needs for the future, as well as the opportunity to contribute to Newmarket and Auckland through the development of a very important inner city site.