Christchurch's rebuild is firing up, with a surge in planned building work.
The value of building consents reached an all-time high in August with over 1.5 billion dollars worth of聽building work
consented across New Zealand聽in August.
Twenty-five percent of that came from commercial buildings in Christchurch.
Business indicators senior manager Neil Kelly said $671 million dollars worth of non-residential consents were processed across the country.
"Christchurch by itself has got 57 percent of that total so basically $384 million worth of non residential consents in Christchurch."
Kelly said he expects the garden city will retain the top title for a while longer....at least until the rebuild tapers off.
"I know that looking out of my window I can see quite a few cranes and I can see quite a few bits of empty land so there's obviously still a fair bit to go."
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