LynnMall

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LynnMall
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LynnMall
Location New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Coordinates 36°54′28″S174°41′06″E / 36.9077°S 174.6851°E / -36.9077; 174.6851
Opening date29 October 1963;60 years ago (1963-10-29)
Developer Hammerson & Investment Trust of London
Management Kiwi Property Group
OwnerKiwi Property acquired LynnMall in December 2010
ArchitectWalker, Lewis and Hillary & Co
No. of stores and services121
No. of anchor tenants 3 - Farmers, Countdown and Reading Cinemas
Total retail floor area 31,853 m2 (342,860 sq ft)
No. of floors2
Parking1216 car parks
Website lynnmall.co.nz
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LynnMall is a shopping centre in New Lynn, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. Opened in 1963, it was New Zealand's first shopping mall.

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History

New Zealand's first [2] shopping centre, LynnMall, opened in 1963. Since then, the centre has continued to evolve and in 2015 underwent redevelopment to incorporate an eight-screen cinema complex and an outdoor dining lane. Together with the existing Farmers department store and Countdown supermarket, the centre provides a shopping destination in the developing town centre of New Lynn.

In January 2015, Lynnmall commenced a $36 million expansion, named Brickworks, which included a new cinema, dining precinct and additional stores. [3] In November that year, Brickworks officially opened to the public. [4]

Seven people were injured in a stabbing attack on 3 September 2021 at the mall, one of whom narrowly missed the knife but was still affected. The attacker Ahamed Samsudeen was shot and killed by police. [5]

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References

  1. Kiwi Property - Lynnmall
  2. "Fifty years of the shopping mall". Stuff.co.nz. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. "Multiplex cinema, more shops and dining precinct to give shopping centre big facelift". NZ Herald. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  4. "Social hot spot Brickworks opens in New Lynn, Auckland". Stuff.co.nz. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  5. "Man shot dead at Countdown supermarket in Auckland". RNZ. 2021-09-03. Retrieved 2021-09-03.