A piece of South Otago history is up for sale, after heritage regulations thwarted the owner’s ambitions for development. Ezra Eini, who bought the Bruce Woollen Mill complex in Milton in 2012, told the Otago Daily Times heritage restrictions had stalled his redevelopment plans, prompting him to sell on to ‘‘new blood’’. Mr Eini began demolishing a derelict 19th-century flour mill on the site several years ago, but was halted by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga as the building fell under heritage protection, due to its age. The three-storey building began life as McGill’s Flour Mill, and was built in 1887 to replace a wooden structure that burnt down. It later passed into the ownership of Flemings, of Creamoata fame, before being sold to the adjoining woollen mill for use as a wool store. The woollen mill closed in 1999. In 2022, Mr Eini said the building had fallen into serious disrepair, and required demolition for safety reasons. He also wished to develop the site.…