Century City Developments | About Us | Terry Serepisos - Director, Century City Developments

A self-made entrepreneur, Serepisos has made his name in property development and sport. He owns and operates the Century City group of companies from a landmark waterfront property in central Wellington.

Terry brings style, sophistication, vision and glamour to his “projects”. From fashion design to entertainment, to property development and to sports in New Zealand. In the last 3 years Terry Serepisos and his Century City group of companies have set new standards for development projects and for New Zealand sport.

Terry Serepisos acquires the Hyundai A-league licence from the Auckland Knights at the 11th hour, and re-ignites football in Wellington and New Zealand with the new Wellington Phoenix Football Club.

Century City brings the world’s most famous football player - David Beckham and the LA Galaxy to Wellington, setting a New Zealand football crowd attendance record at the time.

Century City completes the Grand Mercure Century City Hotel in Tory Street, Wellington setting a new design standard for a Style Hotel in Wellington’s entertainment district – Courtenay Place.

Terry establishes the architectural design practice One Architecture, including state of the art animation and visualization software. The studio includes senior and graduate architects and designers. The studio develops landmark projects involving:

New Zealands Tallest building in Wellington – NZ1, 63 floors, multi-use on Lambton Quay

Petone Foreshore Gateway project – Petone Wharf and IBM site re-development

Shelley Bay – masterplan project linking Wellington, Petone and Eastborne

The first greenstar designed commercial building in the Hutt City on Petone’s foreshore - the IBM Building.

Century City has developed several impressive Wellington landmark sites:

Renaissance Apartments (the former Bank of New Zealand Manners Street),
Maison Cabriole Apartments and National Bank Building (Courtenay Place),
Prudential Building (Lambton Quay),
Century City Tower (former World Trade Centre, Victoria Street),
Lone Star Building, Century City Carpark Building (Tory Street),
Dixon Street and Victoria Corner development sites,
Todd and ASB Bank Buildings, Hunter Street,
The Farmers and Deka Buildings, heritage buildings in Cuba Mall

Century City Hotel, Car-park and Apartments, 70 Tory Street.

Century City is the major sponsor of the Wellington Racing Club a significant annual event in the Wellington Region.

Century City is the major sponsor of the Wellington Century City Saints basketball team. Pero Cameron – leading New Zealand basketball player and captain has recently become head coach this season.

Terry Serepisos has recently been selected to fill the shoes of American tycoon Donald Trump in the local version of the hit international series – The Apprentice New Zealand. A challenge which Serepisos says he is incredibly excited about. "It's a great honour and something I'm looking forward to. I've always set high standards, goals and challenges in my business life, and this is a challenge I'm truly excited about. It's a significant commitment time-wise, but I'm fortunate to have great people involved at my companies, who will keep things running smoothly. That is a significant reason why I agreed to get involved in The Apprentice - I understand the importance of getting the right people for the right jobs."