Quest Newmarket
31–39 Davis Crescent, Newmarket, Auckland
Developer · 2003 · Sold outDeveloped by
Key facts
- 48 apartments
- 5 penthouses
- 700m² retail over 4 shops
Quest Newmarket is a forty-eight-apartment serviced building on Davis Crescent, in the heart of one of Auckland’s busiest retail and commercial precincts. Heartland developed it as a serviced-apartment investment with Quest as the operator and commercial space below. The design was tuned so each use worked without compromising the others.
The serviced apartments were leased to Quest on a twenty-year term, giving the building a long, stable operating life from the day it opened. The recognition came early: Quest Newmarket was awarded Quest Franchise of the Year for 2005. At ground level, seven hundred square metres of prime retail is laid out across four shops, anchoring the building into the Newmarket street life around it.
Above it all sit five two-storey luxury penthouses with outlooks over the park and across Newmarket, the premium homes that crown the building. The mix of serviced accommodation, retail and penthouse living in one building is a more complex thing to deliver than any one of those uses alone.
The mix
Three buildings in one, without the seams
Quest Newmarket had three jobs from day one: serviced accommodation through the body of the building, seven hundred square metres of retail across four shops at street level, and five two-storey penthouses on top.
The design keeps the three lives separate where they need to be and shared where it pays. The building has run that way since 2003.
The lease
A twenty-year covenant, signed before the paint dried
The serviced apartments were leased to Quest on a twenty-year term. Designing for a twenty-year operating lease changes the brief: everything from the services design to the room layouts had to be planned for two decades of commercial use rather than a sale date.
The recognition
Quest Franchise of the Year, 2005
Within two years of opening, the building was awarded Quest Franchise of the Year for 2005.
Common questions
Where is Quest Newmarket?
At 31–39 Davis Crescent, Newmarket, Auckland, in the heart of one of the city’s busiest retail and commercial precincts, close to the Newmarket rail interchange and Broadway.
Who developed Quest Newmarket?
Heartland Developments developed the building between 2001 and 2003.
Can you stay at Quest Newmarket?
Yes. The building has operated as Quest Newmarket since 2003 and remains part of the Quest network; bookings are through questapartments.co.nz.
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