Forma Group is a dedicated place-maker, committed to developing design-driven spaces that are internationally informed and locally grounded.
Forma Group develops, invests in, and actively manages residential environments across New Zealand. We are vertically integrated — combining development, investment, and operational management within a single, privately held company focused exclusively on the living sector.
Our portfolio spans design-led boutique residences, purpose-built communities, and a build-to-rent portfolio that reflects a long-term commitment to the sector. We build. We hold. We manage.
Guided by an internationally informed design culture and in partnership with leading architects, engineers and delivery partners, we develop environments that are considered in their conception and enduring in their value.
Now Selling
An exclusive collection featuring 32 residences, including five sub-penthouses and three penthouses, spanning one, two, and three-bedrooms. Open and connected spaces, featuring a large outdoor swimming pool, gym, sauna, residents' lounge, and summer house, bring the elegance and ease of resort-style living into everyday life.
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Design discipline is a core pillar of Forma Group's approach. Working with industry-leading architects, engineers, and specialists, we deliver living environments where the standard of what we produce is a direct reflection of the partners we choose and the intent we bring to every project.
Foresight, precision, and disciplined capital allocation shape every decision we make, from site selection to project delivery to long-term asset management. How we assess opportunity, structure partnerships, and manage risk reflects a consistent, considered investment philosophy applied at every stage.
From a foundation of considered, design-led residential development, we have grown into a vertically integrated builder, developer and investor — building the capability, relationships, and pipeline to operate with greater scale and ambition. We are intentional in what we pursue and selective in how we pursue it.
We take a long-term view on everything we create. Our investment horizon extends well beyond completion. We develop with the intention of delivering outcomes that endure in quality, in value, and in contribution to the places we build in. It is a perspective measured not in cycles, but in generations.
Through strong partnerships with local and central government, as well as key institutional stakeholders, Forma Group engages early and collaboratively in planning and policy processes — ensuring our projects align with city-shaping strategies and deliver lasting community and urban outcomes.
Coming Soon
Tapestry is a large-scale living sector development situated at the intersection of Wellington's CBD, cultural core, and primary transport routes, a location that places residents at the centre of everything the capital has to offer. Forma Group is developing Tapestry as a significant investment in Wellington's living sector, an opportunity to deliver a development of enduring urban value.
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Forma Group is a privately held New Zealand development and investment company, operating as part of a wider generational property group with decades of accumulated expertise across acquisition, development, construction, marketing and asset management. This breadth of internal capability underpins our vertically integrated model, giving us oversight and control across every stage of the development lifecycle.
Strategic governance and long-term thinking are integral to how Forma Group operates. Independent oversight and disciplined stewardship sit at the core of our structure, shaping the strategic direction of the group and our ability to deliver.
Partners
Colliers
New Zealand's leading commercial real estate advisory firm, with a Wellington valuation team carrying over 150 combined years of professional experience. Colliers provides the independent market intelligence and research that informs Forma Group's development decisions — and our capital partners' due diligence — are built on.
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Amelia Holmes
One of New Zealand's most respected interior designers, known for a pared-back aesthetic informed by years working in New York and a deep sensitivity to natural materials and proportion. Amelia ensures the design quality Forma Group delivers architecturally is carried through to every interior detail — creating homes that are as considered to live in as they are to look at.
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JB Morrison
A specialist New Zealand law firm with one of the country's most experienced property law teams. JB Morrison advises Forma Group across acquisitions, joint ventures, development structures, and financing — bringing the commercial problem-solving capability that high-value, complex transactions demand.
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CMP Construction
A privately owned construction company with over 30 years of experience delivering large-scale residential and commercial projects across Auckland, Wellington, and Queenstown. Capable, meticulous, proven. CMP's early contractor involvement approach and financial robustness make them a natural fit for the delivery standards Forma Group holds itself to.
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DesignGroup Stapleton Elliot
An award-winning, nationwide architecture practice with over 50 years of experience and studios across New Zealand. DGSE brings design intelligence and collaborative rigour to Forma Group's residential programme — with a track record in multi-unit housing, urban design, and environments that genuinely enrich the places they occupy.
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Silvester Clark
A New Zealand-owned structural engineering firm established in 1979, with offices across Wellington, Auckland, Palmerston North, Hawke's Bay, and Christchurch. Silvester Clark brings 45 years of practical structural expertise to Forma Group's projects — including the seismic design and assessment capability that Wellington development demands.
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Archaus
A Wellington and Auckland-based architecture firm with deep experience in multi-unit residential and mixed-use development. Archaus combines award-winning design with leading BIM capability, improving coordination, reducing risk, and delivering the outcomes that design-led development at scale requires.
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Ortus International
One of New Zealand's most respected quantity surveying firms, with over 25 years of experience providing independent cost control and project management to developers and financial institutions alike
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CBRE
The world's largest commercial real estate services firm, operating across more than 100 countries. CBRE provides Forma Group with globally connected market intelligence and independent advisory capability.
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Tommys
Wellington's most awarded real estate agency and the city's market leader in development sales, with over $1.1 billion transacted in the last five years. Tommy's sells 1 in 3 Wellington homes. Their buyer network, local expertise, and specialist development capability deliver the sales outcomes our projects are designed to achieve.
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Kaihua Consulting
Kaihuia is an advisory practice specialising in property development strategy, acquisition, financing, and insurance structuring. Founded by a practitioner with a career spanning banking, finance, and the management of significant privately held property portfolios, Kaihuia brings independent, commercially seasoned counsel to Forma Group's development programme.
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Spencer Holmes
A Wellington-based multi-disciplinary consultancy with over six decades of experience across structural, civil, and fire engineering, surveying, and resource management planning. Spencer Holmes brings integrated capability and deep local knowledge to Forma Group's Wellington projects.
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ANZ
New Zealand's largest bank and Forma Group's primary banking partner. ANZ's involvement in our development and investment portfolio reflects a long-standing relationship built on a consistent track record of delivery, financial discipline, and the governance standards that responsible development demands.
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Forma Group maintains an active build-to-rent portfolio, a direct reflection of our long-term commitment to the living sector. Our properties are positioned in prime locations proximate to essential services, designed to the same standard we apply across our entire development programme and managed with the same intent.
