Westfield Newmarket

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Westfield Newmarket
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Westfield Newmarket
Location Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand
Address277–309 Broadway
Opening dateAugust 2019;4 years ago (2019-08) (after refurbishment)
Owner Scentre Group
No. of stores and services258
Parking2,800
Website www.westfield.co.nz/newmarket

Westfield Newmarket is a shopping centre in Newmarket, a central suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The centre initially opened in the 1980s; in early 2018, the centre closed for a major re-build and expansion; it re-opened in August 2019 after an 18 month closure. The centre is located at 277 Broadway and, since expansion, 309 Broadway; it was often referred to simply as 277 prior to refurbishment.

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Overview

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The Westfield 277 mall prior to refurbishment (2007)

Before refurbishment in 2018 and 2019, the centre featured a Countdown and about 60 specialty stores. In 2005, it had retail sales of NZ$120 million. [1] It contained the New Zealand head offices of the Westfield Group. [2] [3] [ dead link ] In a 2008 rating of New Zealand shopping centres by a retail expert group, Westfield Newmarket received three out of four stars, based on the criteria of amount of shopping area, economic performance, amenity and appeal as well as future growth prospects. Praised were its positions as one of the best-performing centres in the country, though the reviewers noted that parking could be "a nightmare". [4]

Refurbishment and expansion

In 2009, it became public that Westfield intended to construct a $250 million new shopping centre on the southern side of Mortimer Pass. This centre would be linked to the existing 277 Broadway mall site by a two-level airbridge over Mortimer Pass. [5]

In February 2018, the centre closed for a major extension project. [6] The re-opening of the centre commenced in August 2019, with a first stage of 40 stores, the rest opening by the end of 2019. [7] An air bridge over Mortimer Pass between the 309 and 277 Broadway buildings was opened in October 2019. [8] In November 2019, the centre was criticised for deceptive and misleading parking practices. [9]

The extension roughly double the size of the centre, and quadrupled the number of retailers. The 200 shop expansion at 309 Broadway had been planned for some time, and a general expansion of the 277 Broadway site had been prepared for even before Westfield acquired the centre from Auckland One, who demolished a 1980s office tower building to make way for the expansion. [10] [11] [ dead link ] The work was however allegedly delayed because of reluctance by the Village SKYCITY Cinemas chain to move into the new centre from its existing location further north. [2]

The redeveloped and refurbished $790 million mall will eventually contain 230 shops and 2,800 car parks. It was scheduled to open in phases, with the first stage opening between July and September 2019. [12]

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  3. ↑ Corporate Offices (from the Westfield Group website)
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  5. ↑ Gibson, Anne (17 June 2009). "Newmarket happy with Westfield's latest move". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Westfield confirms opening date". Westfield Newmarket. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Auckland mega-mall Westfield Newmarket opens doors after 18 months under construction". Stuff.co.nz. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Shoppers met with buckets and rags at the new $790m Westfield Newmarket mall". Stuff.co.nz . 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "'Total scam': Customers slam Westfield Newmarket over hefty parking prices". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  10. ↑ 277 Broadway (from the Bentley & Co. Ltd. website. Retrieved 2007-09-20.)
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  12. ↑ "First stage of Australasia's largest shopping centre project opening this winter". The New Zealand Herald. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

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