Both our founding families, the Naylors and the Loves, established construction companies in Dunedin in 1910. Here’s what happened next…
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1910
WH Naylor builds his first house in Portobello, Dunedin.
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1910
Love Brothers Construction established in Port Chalmers, Dunedin by JY, Bill and Bob Love.
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1916
Love Brothers build the Provincial Hotel, one of their largest contracts in Port Chalmers.
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1917
WH Naylor builds his first major commercial project, a Bank of New Zealand in Mosgiel.
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1925
WH Naylor awarded the contract for the Dunedin Dental School at the University of Otago, still in use as the Department of Zoology.
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1925
Love Brothers build the New Zealand & South Seas Exhibition in a joint venture with Fletchers.
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1927
Love Construction awarded the tenders for both the Regent Theatre and Dunedin Town Hall.
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1927
W H Naylor awarded the contract for the Evening Star building in Dunedin, still a prominent Dunedin landmark.
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1937
Love Construction builds 38 state houses in Pine Hill, Dunedin. They also built a number of state houses around Otago after the war.
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1939
A Love Construction/Fletchers joint venture builds the Social Security building in Wellington.
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