Strip club owners the Chow brothers have dropped plans for a controversial, central-city, 15-floor super-brothel, in a last-minute backdown welcomed by opponents of Auckland’s burgeoning flesh trade.
John Chow said a bruising liquor licensing battle had exhausted the brothers’ patience.
“I think with the new liquor licence and the law change, we will be looking to reconsider our project opposite SkyCity,” he said. “We need to balance the risks and make a commercial decision. The project had been dragging on for some time, and sometimes you lose your mojo.” continue reading