PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n Templeton Group www.templetongroup.co.nz Founded in 2014 and led by award-winning developer Nigel McKenna, Templeton Group is a New Zealand property developer known for pioneering genuine master-planned communities. With over $5 billion in delivered developments spanning residential, hospitality, student accommodation, and wellness projects, the company emphasizes context-driven design, environmental stewardship, and creating places that enrich lives for generations. recovery treatments. Another is planned north of Auckland, nestled within covenanted native bushland featuring centuries-old trees and neartotal acoustic isolation from roads. “These are places for people to slow down,” McKenna explains. “Not detox—but purification. Time to reconnect with themselves.” Wellness, he believes, is the fastest-growing sector in global property and hospitality, reflecting a broader shift toward longevity, preventative healthcare, and quality of life. A LEGACY BEYOND BUILDINGS For McKenna, legacy is not defined by scale, but by endurance. Restaurants he developed in the early 1990s in Wellington still trade successfully today. Waterfront precincts he helped shape more than two decades ago remain vibrant. Residential buildings continue to house people who see no reason to leave. Yet the legacy he speaks about most passionately is experiential. Hotels, restaurants, wellness centres, and public spaces allow people to participate in places—to form memories, relationships, and emotional connections. “I can’t show you someone’s apartment,” he says.“But I can invite you into a hotel, a restaurant, a spa—and that’s where people connect.” In that sense, Templeton Group’s work is about more than property. It is about place-making with intention, designing environments that respect land, serve communities, adapt over time, and contribute meaningfully to the social and cultural fabric around them. As Templeton enters its next decade, that commitment—to context, design, wellness, and stewardship—continues to define not just what the company builds, but why it builds at all. Nigel McKenna, Founder and Chairman 42 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 08, ISSUE 01
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