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McLaren's garage to be refurbished

Posted on 30 May, 2017
McLaren's garage to be refurbished

The original garage of motor-racing legend Bruce McLaren, located in Remuera, will be refurbished into a block of luxury apartments by developer Charles Richards and Salmond Reed Architects. The heritage-listed building was built in 1926 and has been the home of the McLaren Trust since its inception in the 1990’s. Richards has assembled a team of heritage specialists led by Salmond Reed Architects to supervise the renovation. Original features of McLaren’s own apartment, including the F1 driver’s signature will be retained. Overall, the building will house six apartments. Franchise owner Graeme Moore, a veteran of New Zealand motor sport, said everyone involved in the project was sympathetic to the needs of the building. "With the McLaren Trust moving to Hampton Downs and a bespoke facility there, the objective of the refurbishment was primarily to ensure the heritage building itself got a new lease of life, a guaranteed future and that original features could be retained in the right way by a team that understood their importance,” he said. “There's so many cues to McLaren and history that any of these apartments would make fantastic places for motorsport people, or for those who are keen to share in part of our history and heritage."