Today, Tuesday 14 April

14th April 2026 By Staff Reporter | news@propertyticker.co.nz | @propertyticker

The Ticker’s daily roundup of national and international property industry news, views and analysis.

National

New Union Square building set to open in September
WT

Precinct Properties and Chow brothers in row over crane
BD

Sell Christchurch’s temporary stadium site and pay down debt, says Mike Yardley
Press

St James Theatre restoration: How Auckland Council is protecting its $15m grant – Property Insider
NZH

Mega Mt Albert development plan for 4500 homes partially stalled as opponents fight project in court
NZH

Reports of property investment dying may be overstated
RNZ

Calls for independent checks on healthy homes standards
RNZ

First home buyers grab keys in strong start to the year – Cotality
1News

Bring the noise! Or zone housing for choice
NR

No scalable rental options, as build-to-rent flatlines
NBR

International

REIT National Healthcare aims $1.1 billion in valuation in US IPO
Reuters

CapitaLand raises $320m for second Asia Pacific real estate credit fund
IPE

Blackstone launches data center REIT in bet on AI boom
CoStar

CoreLogic accused of ‘systematic and wholesale’ hacking by rival
AFR

Richard Caring seals £1.4bn sale of Ivy-led hospitality empire
PW

The Squeeze: Inside the Crisis Crushing America’s Hotel Owners
Skift

Hotel owners, operators size up investment shifts in Nordics
CoStar

Booking.com warns customers of possible data and security breach by ‘unauthorised parties’
ABC

Sydney pub sells for $40m amid surging hotel market
AFR

Morrisons to cut 100s of head office jobs in cost-cutting AI push
Grocer