Applicant
Metlifecare Limited
Case number(s)
202100626/7
Decision date
Type
Notification
Parent Decision
OI Case number
202100626

Notification

Section 23A Overseas Investment Act 2005
Schedule 4(2) – Residential land – standing consent

Notification number

7 of 20

Date

12 April 2024

Investment

Acquisition of a freehold interest in approximately 0.0798 hectares of land at 7A Nicolls Street, Blenheim, Marlborough.

Consideration 

$660,174

Consent Holder

Metlifecare Limited 
100% owned by EQT Partners Infrastructure Fund IV, which is 100% overseas owned. No one entity holds more than 5% of this fund 

Vendor

Leigh Francis Wells
New Zealand 100%

Background

The Consent Holder holds a Standing Consent under the increased housing, non-residential use and incidental residential use pathways. 

This standing consent permits the Consent Holder to acquire up to 300 hectares of residential (but not otherwise sensitive) land in up to 25 transactions by 20 July 2027. 

This is the seventh acquisition of land under the Standing Consent. The Consent Holder will develop the land, together with other properties surrounding the land, as part of the development of 24 new retirement units within the next 2 years.  

More information

Andrew Petersen 
Bell Gully 
P O Box 4199
Auckland 1140