New 31-unit development in Bayswater Work on Bayswater church-site project expected soon

Bayswater build... An image of the town-house project planned for the former St Luke’s Church site

Courtside… an image of the new development at right with Belmont Park Racquets Club in the foreground

Thirty-one townhouses will be built on the former St Luke’s Catholic Church site in Bayswater.

The 3142sqm plot of land next to the Belmont Racquets Club on Bayswater Ave was sold by tender in April this year.

The Tucana development will include two-, three- and four-bedroom homes.

They are being sold off the plans for a 10 or 20 per cent deposit (dependent on purchaser circumstances). The build is expected to be completed by 2023.

Prices are not included in the Tucana information pack but rents have been appraised at $650 to $750 per week depending on the property size.

McCartney rejoins girlhood athletics club

Olympic bronze medallist Eliza McCartney has rejoined the club where she started her athletics career as a Devonport schoolgirl.

The surprise guest was a popular sight at Takapuna Athletics Club’s prizegiving last weekend, joining fellow international pole-vaulter and Takapuna Grammar School old girl Imogen Ayris, who launched a fund to help families struggling with club membership fees. Both women contributed new training shoes to a silent auction.

McCartney told the Flagstaff it felt right knowing she would once again compete in the blue-and-yellow singlet. “I still feel so strongly because Takapuna Grammar School (TGS) also had the same colours,” she added.

McCartney, 26, said high jump had been her favourite event when she started competing for the club at age 10 or 11. But she ended up shifting to the Harbour Bays Club, because it was then the only club to have vaulting poles.

McCartney’s career has been reignited by a strong summer season after a long struggle with injuries.

For Ayris, 22, who followed McCartney through TGS, her time as an all-rounder at the Takapuna club started when she was six. “It was always the highlight of the week.” Although the 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist trains with McCartney at the Millenium Stadium, she is still a regular back at Onewa Domain, helping out youngsters on club nights.

Ayris and McCartney head to Europe to compete next month. McCartney has qualified for the world championships in Hungary in August, while Ayris has yet to make the cut.

“The town houses are spread over three levels, all come with one dedicated carpark or garage. Sitting on freehold titles and they also come with 10 years of Building Warranty Insurance,” the Tucana information pack says.

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Best Community Involvement:

St Luke’s Church was built in the 1960s when the area’s population was expanding, but declining church attendances in recent decades led to its closure a couple of years ago.

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Community Newspaper of the Year: Finalist 2017

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In addition to the Bayswater project, the developer, Unispot, is working on projects at Don Buck Rd, Massey; Riverhead Highway, Coatesville; and Larch St, Avondale.

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An artist’s impression of what the new townhouses