This pic is from Princes Wharf on May 16, 2014. The Downtown Precinct is up for redevelopment. It appears that Precinct Properties now owns the HSBC tower (then one with the shadow of the ferry building tower), the Zurich Building (which is behind), and the entire Downtown Shopping Centre (which is built around the two towers, and averages about 3 stories in height.)
Auckland council has given "in principle agreement" to the idea of selling off Queen Elizabeth Square (or 2,000 square metres of it), so the developer has a bigger opportunity. The green star in this google picture shows the area of civic square involved. (This google pic was likely taken around noon, not in high summer - and you can see the shadow that is cast by the HSBC tower.) (NB: The Zurich Tower looks a little odd in the image - it's the only high rise in the image that does not appear to have a 3D version in Google. The top of the Zurich Building is therefore the rather dislocated grey shape that appears directly below the star.)
This pic is a rough indication of the commercial tower proposed by Precinct Properties. (According to Auckland council briefing papers, it proposes a 36 storey commercial tower on the corner of Lower Albert Street and Custom Street West.) By way of scale, the HSBC Tower is 21 stories high - so the proposed Precinct Properties Tower is 15 stories higher than that. It is unclear what its proposed footprint is however.
And this pic is an indication of a smilar height, but smaller footprint commercial building as viewed from Princes Wharf.
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