A new Mitre 10 trade and distribution centre worth $6.8 million has been approved for the growing Tauriko Business Estate.

Tauranga City Council’s latest building consents report says the build at 1 Ihakara Place will include a new warehouse and offices built across three lots.

Juted Holdings, which owns and operates Tauranga Mitre 10 Mega, partnered with commercial construction company Tuatara Structures to design and build the centre.

Tuatara Structures and Juted Holdings Limited declined to comment.

Tuatara Structures said in a Facebook post from September that the “purpose-built facility” would support stores in Waihī, Tauranga, and Rotorua.

It would be a “central hub for trade supplies and distribution” across the Bay of Plenty.

The the building would be 4120sq m, the post said, which included 3030sq m of premium warehouse storage, 815sq m across two breezeway canopies, 45sq m of canopy, and 230sq m of office space.

Council head of environmental planning Alex Miller said developments like Mitre 10 were a part of Tauriko Business Estate’s wider plan.

The development would provide jobs and support Tauranga’s growing population and the regional economy, he said.

The council had approved 19 building consents within the Tauriko Business Estate in the past four months, to a total value of $13,433,912.

Miller said the council had also approved four resource consent applications in the estate, including one variation to an existing resource consent.

Another major building consent that was granted was for the second stage of refurbishments at Ōtumoetai College.

It included a new two-storey, 10-classroom block near the action centre valued at $5.6m.

Ōtumoetai College principal Russell Gordon said the three-stage project replaced a 57-classroom rebuild promised by the Labour Government in 2018.

The initial $47m investment included a redevelopment of the 57 classrooms, teaching spaces, the library, and the main entrance.

The Ministry of Education pivoted to a three-stage refurbishment in 2023.

Ōtūmoetai College Head of IT Ros Lee with principal Russell Gordon outside the admin block during 2025 construction. Photo / Brydie Thompson.

The first stage covered the construction of three new classrooms, which opened in 2025, and a refurbishment of the administration block.

Gordon said stage two’s construction began in November and would take a year.

Stage three would follow next and included classroom refurbishment.

“Our students will be learning in well-appointed and well-resourced classroom learning spaces,” Gordon said.

“This will enhance the learning experience for both our students and staff.”

March’s building consents report showed 111 building consents were issued, valued at $70m.

Pāpāmoa and Tauriko saw the highest number of consents at about $15m each.

Sixty-five new dwelling units valued at $35m were issued across the city, and 29 commercial building consents were issued for a total value of $27,503,105.

March’s five biggest building consents

1 Ihakara Place

New warehouse and offices built over three lots.

$6,800,000

11 Fasching Lane

A two-storey, six-bedroom dwelling with two attached double garages and a separate storage shed.

$8,000,000

105 Windsor Road - Ōtumoetai College

New two-storey, ten-classroom block including wall and roof cladding, fire safety systems, specified systems, balustrade window shrouds, glazing and joinery, and internal building services.

$5,633,527

90 Bill Miller Drive

A base-build envelope, internal partitions and finishes for the new Mitre 10 MEGA in Pāpāmoa.

$5,000,000

130 Sixteenth Avenue

Three two-storey two-bedroom dwellings, eight two-storey two-bedroom dwellings, and five two-storey, two-bedroom dwellings and retaining walls.

$3,220,000

Bijou Johnson is a multimedia journalist based in the Bay of Plenty. A passionate writer and reader, she grew up in Tauranga and developed a love for journalism while exploring various disciplines at university. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies from Massey University.