Northlands Shopping Centre

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Northlands Shopping Centre
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Northlands Shopping Centre
Location Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand
Coordinates 43°29′39″S172°36′31″E / 43.4941°S 172.6086°E / -43.4941; 172.6086
Address55 Main Road North, Papanui
Opening date1967
Owner Kiwi Property Group
No. of stores and services118
No. of anchor tenants 5
Total retail floor area 41,538 m2 (447,110 sq ft)
No. of floors1
Website northlands.co.nz

Northlands Shopping Centre, in Christchurch, New Zealand, is the South Island's second-largest mall. Founded in 1967, it is owned by Mackersy Northlands Limited Partnership. [1]

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The Shopping centre is single-level, with over 110 tenants, including shops, bars, cafés and restaurants. It also has a multistorey car park. The main occupants of the shopping centre are Farmers department store, The Warehouse retail store, Hoyts cinema, Pak'nSave supermarket (until 2024), and Woolworths New Zealand supermarket. The mall was extended with addition of food court, "winter garden" style dining conservatory, and outdoor seating area. [2] [3]

History

Plans for the shopping centre were announced in July 1966. The first stage would be the construction of a 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) Hay's department store and supermarket, with the second stage being the construction of the 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2) mall with a variety store, supermarket and around 25 specialty stores. The entire shopping centre would include off-street parking for 500–600 cars and would cost £1 million to construct. Construction began on the Hay's store in September 1966 followed by the mall in February 1967. [4] [5]

The Hay's store opened to shoppers on 18 October 1967, [6] with the full shopping centre with 22 stores opening two weeks later on 1 November 1967. [7] On the opening day of the Hay's store, traffic trying to enter the carpark backed up along Main North Road, at times blocking the Harewood Road roundabout 200 metres south of the shopping centre. [8] On 3 November 1967, the shopping centre's first Friday late-night opening, traffic backed up along Main North Road and Papanui Road at times as far back as Blighs Road, 700 metres south of the shopping centre. [9]

A major extension to Northlands opened on 10 October 1979, bringing the mall to 44 stores and 160,000 sq ft (15,000 m2), including a New World supermarket. [10]

The building was extensively strengthened after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. [11]

In December 2022 Kiwi Property arranged a conditional deal to sell the shopping centre to MP Holdings 5 Ltd. a Queenstown based company owned by Mackersy Property, the deal is subject to approval from the Kiwi Property board. [12] [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kiwi Property invests $18.8m in Christchurch Northlands shopping centre expansion".
  2. ↑ "Plans for new shops and foodcourt at Christchurch's Northlands Mall".
  3. ↑ "Northlands Shopping Centre unveils new dining destination".
  4. ↑ "PAPANUI SHOPPING CENTRE". The Press . 19 July 1966. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Northlands Centre Work Approved". The Press . 3 November 1966. p. 18.
  6. ↑ "Hay's magnificent new fully air conditioned store opens today at Northlands". The Press . 18 October 1967. p. 7.
  7. ↑ "Opening 9 a.m. Today – Northlands Shopping Centre". The Press . 1 November 1967. p. 21.
  8. ↑ "CARS JAM ROAD – Congestion At New Shop". The Press . 19 October 1967. p. 1.
  9. ↑ "Northlands Traffic Jam". The Press . 4 November 1967. p. 14.
  10. ↑ "Northlands Shopping Centre Expands". The Press . 10 October 1979. p. 17.
  11. ↑ "Northlands Shopping Centre to be earthquake strengthened".
  12. ↑ "Queenstown operator to scoop up Christchurch mall for $160m". NZ Herald. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  13. ↑ RNZ (7 September 2022). "Kiwi Property Group secures conditional deal to sell Northlands shopping mall". Stuff. Retrieved 4 July 2023.


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