Hamilton’s business best to gather beneath 70 metre crane at city awards night

Hamilton’s standout CBD businesses are set to be celebrated under a 70 metre tower crane as the under-construction Pullman Hotel transforms into an unlikely awards venue.

The Hamilton Central Business Association will hold its annual Love the Centre awards in the foyer of the hotel on October 21, giving attendees a behind-the-scenes glimpse of one of the city’s biggest developments.

General manager Vanessa Williams told the Waikato Times the association first approached developers Sanjil Mistry of Pragma and Pienaar Piso of Vision Complete Earthworks about using the space without realising how the prominent the crane would be.

“We didn’t really do it with a view to having a crane as part of the decoration,” she said, adding the tower had attracted plenty of interest from the general public.