Malcolm McCracken

Canada Street Cycleway construction underway

Good morning from the bike lane

“The North Shore will never elect someone like you” - and other, far harsher comments stick in the back of my mind from the first time I ran. That time, I won by 128 votes.

So, I apologise for one last celebratory post, but my colleague, Cr Shane Henderson, crunched the final numbers and…

Not just any foreigner either, the worst kind! Kiwis!

Thank you!

And no! If anything you’re probably not getting excited enough

Very exciting - accidentally wore the perfect colour shirt for this too

No one told me Preston was cool. Awesome market, good Main Street and good amount of new development going in

Made the pilgrimage to the giant liquorice allsort station

Walkable, mixed-use and tree lined neighbourhoods - for the win

More renders via architects Ashton Mitchell

Wow, great tweet!

Precinct has announced the commencement of a 638-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development at 256 Queen Street, Auckland

It will be completed for the 2029 academic year with Icon constructing the tower.

Thanks to the North Shore for having me back as your councillor. I’m proud to be the highest polling councillor on the Shore again and with the highest vote tally of any councillor in Auckland this time around.

Please read my long post here: www.facebook.com/share/176XZv...

Three new awesome playgrounds going in at the Carrington/Unitec development

Vere Crescent, Hamilton.
A development of 10 townhouses by Gribbons Group, featuring 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, with a mix of garages and off-street parking.

Progress on the Carrington (UNITEC) housing development - Greater Auckland This is a guest post by Malcolm McCracken. It previously appeared on his blog

How are things going with the development on the former UNITEC site along Carrington Rd?

Find out, in this guest post by @urbanistfromwhk.bsky.social with heaps of nice photos of the new housing and emerging transport links – plus, a surprise playground! 🤸‍♂️ www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/10/09/p...

Construction has started at the University of Auckland on Building 230 (B230) that will provide academic offices, contemporary teaching spaces, student amenities, and a purpose-built performing arts facility.

More here: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

YIMBY Melbourne – Housing Happy Hour ft. Malcolm McCracken Join YIMBY Melbourne members and volunteers for an evening of urbanism and casual drinks. First Thursday of every month!

Melburnians! I am in your wonderful city next week and the good folk at @yimby.melbourne have kindly arranged drinks.

Next Thursday evening at the Queensberry Hotel from 5.30-8pm

If you want to chat about cities, housing and transport, do come along!

events.humanitix.com/yimby-melbou...

This is also a good location for more homes! Close to good open spaces, schools, cycleways and with a frequent bus route on the doorstep.

Some more details below 👇

Check out Pīrangi, a new 88 home development under construction in Point England as part of the Tāmaki Regeneration programme.

It is a mix of apartments and terraced houses, ranging from 2 to 5 bedrooms, which will be social & shared ownership housing.

tamakiregeneration.co.nz/regen/about/...

I love that Auckland FC have many initiatives underway to embrace and build on the identity of the city, beyond simply being a football club.

A club bar in Tyler Street, a coffee shop in College Hill and now a separate fashion brand AKA

ICYMI: my latest post is on progress at the Carrington Housing Development.
The largest single housing development currently underway in Auckland.

Link below

A friend in Berlin just sent me this. Lovely buildings + policies that support the greening of frontages and streets 🏡

Cool moquette and wireless phone charging? The WX1 rocks

Beresford Square partially open!

Tihi, an under construction development from Jalcon Homes in Ōwairaka (Mt Albert).

Nice consideration of layout and creation of a communal greenspace at the centre, partly enabled by amalgamation of several sites as part of the wider Kāinga Ora regeneration neighbourhood

Insight Living have picked up most of the remaining sites within the Ōwairaka Neighbourhood with plans for 71 homes.

Tihi, an under construction development from Jalcon Homes in Ōwairaka (Mt Albert).

Nice consideration of layout and creation of a communal greenspace at the centre, partly enabled by amalgamation of several sites as part of the wider Kāinga Ora regeneration neighbourhood

Progress on the Carrington (UNITEC) housing development In 2023, I published the following post on the plans for the development of land that was formerly part of the Carrington UNITEC Campus.

Wrote an update about the Carrington housing development

open.substack.com/pub/betterth...

Progress on the Carrington (UNITEC) housing development In 2023, I published the following post on the plans for the development of land that was formerly part of the Carrington UNITEC Campus.

Wrote an update about the Carrington housing development

open.substack.com/pub/betterth...