Westfield WestCity
| Location | Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 36°52′52″S 174°37′59″E / 36.8812°S 174.6331°ECoordinates: 36°52′52″S 174°37′59″E / 36.8812°S 174.6331°E |
| Opening date | 1974 |
| Management | Westfield Group |
| Owner | Westfield Group |
| No. of stores and services | 130 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 36,921 m2 (397,414 sq ft) |
| Parking | 1,492 spaces |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Website | westfield.com/westcity |
| Information cited above in article or from Westfield.[1] | |
Westfield WestCity is a major regional shopping centre located in Henderson, a suburb of Waitakere, Auckland, New Zealand, 15.9 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of the Auckland CBD. It is immediately adjacent to Waitakere Mega Centre, an integrated bulk retail centre, and is in direct competition with Lynnmall in New Lynn and another Westfield Group centre Westfield St Lukes in Morningside.
The centre has a current catchment area of 174,340 persons, and annual turnover at the centre for 2006 was $161.1 m NZD with 8.5 million visitors per year.[1]
History and development
The shopping centre had its origins in the 1960s, when the Henderson Borough Council established it, with the first stage opened in 1968, with a Woolworth's store as the main tenant. The second and third stages followed by 1970, and by 1974 the centre rivalled LynnMall in size.[2] In 1997, St Lukes Group redeveloped the centre and renamed it WestCity Shopping Centre,[1] a name Westfield kept (plus the standardised 'Westfield' prefix) after purchase of the property. In 2000, Westfield began a 16-month, $80 million redevelopment program. The result was the first "Street" entertainment and leisure precinct in New Zealand, launched at WestCity in July 2001.[1]
In a 2008 rating of New Zealand shopping centres by a retail expert group, Westfield WestCity 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.[3]
Transport
The centre is accessible via the nearby Henderson Train Station and by bus services from Britomart Transport Centre and New Lynn Train Station.
Facilities
The centre contains the Event Cinemas 8-screen cinema.
Major retailers
Major retailers operating within the shopping centre include;[1]
- Farmers
- The Warehouse
- Countdown
Major food restaurants
Major food retailers within the centre include:[4]
- Burger King
- McDonalds
- Nando's
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Property Portfolio - Westfield WestCity" (in en-au). Westfield Group. Archived from the original on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
- ↑ A brief history of Henderson (from the Waitakere City Council website. Accessed 2008-06-07.)
- ↑ Gibson, Anne (2008-07-07). "How your shopping mall rates against the rest". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ↑ "Our Stores - Westfield WestCity". Westfield Group. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
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