A handful of tradespeople have offered their help to save Wellington's Begonia House from demolition. City councilors are considering the future of the glass house as they look for savings.
Wellington City Council staff say a patch-up job won't do, and a full replacement would cost in the range of $25 million. City councilor Ray Chung told RNZ a developer has offered to take care of its redevelopment in exchange for a lease for a restaurant at the site.
"And he said 'look, I reckon we can just do a deal on this because I can access glass at a reasonable cost and so I can actually do that in exchange for a lease to open up a restaurant in the Begonia House at night.'
So, he's very interested," Chung said. While it was a back-of-the-envelope kind of conversation, Chung said he mentioned it at the council.
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