Excellence award for redeveloped Otago Business School

University of Otago chief operating officer Stephen Willis (left), chief financial officer Sharon van Turnhout and director of campus development David Perry stand in the atrium of the Otago Business School.

The redeveloped building, which cost $18.5million and was formally opened in March, won an excellence award in the education category of the New Zealand Property Council Awards, held in Auckland on Friday night.

Before its redevelopment, the building was the subject of complaints because of its slippery tiled floor in winter.

It was the site of numerous injuries, including a serious accident which resulted in a $60,000 payout and an apology from the university in 2015.