49 Main Road, Bombay, Franklin

Olive estate and hospitality empire

The land, buildings and businesses sustaining one of the biggest commercially-run olive estates, function venue and restaurant empires in New Zealand has been placed on the market for sale.

Simunovich Olive Estate in the Bombay Hills 50 kilometres south of Auckland is home to approximately 30,000 olive trees which have been yielding progressively bigger crop tonnages for nearly two decades, all of which have been pressed and bottled at the estates own pressing plant.

The countryside hilltop location also houses the Bracu Pavilion function venue, and the separate Bracu Restaurant along with multiple dwellings used for staff accommodation.

Both Bracu Pavilion and Bracu Restaurant are heavily patronised by split customer markets - servicing both corporate events and private bookings such as weddings and family gatherings.

Commercial buildings and residential dwellings on site:
•Commercial-grade olive oil pressing, processing, storage and bottling plant
•Function venue
•Restaurant
•Homestead reconfigured for use to host occasional events and functions
•Three residential dwellings