Botany Town Centre, Howick
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Botany Town Centre is located in Auckland
, New Zealand
and has approximately 200 shops spread across three complexes and restaurant
s, as well as entertainment buildings such as cinemas. Botany Town Centre provides an award-winning shopping experience.
It is a regular hangout for teenagers and schoolgoers. Many shops are directed at the teenage market and many shoppers are under the age of 25. It has a small library, which is also a recreation area for youth. It has taken over from Pakuranga, Centrepoint and Meadowlands as the main shopping centre for East Auckland. Westfield
Manukau
remains the main shopping centre for South Auckland.
Botany Town Centre offers over 2,400 free parking spaces and 135 undercover spaces.
The centre's anchor tenants are discount retailer The Warehouse, a New World
supermarket, and a Farmers
department store.
The centre has gained tough competition with the opening of the nearby Sylvia Park
shopping centre in Mount Wellington, which was built as an enclosed mall
instead of in a 'town centre
' format. However, Botany Town Centre sees this as its strength, and considers that elements like providing doctors or a library in the shopping mall makes Botany more attractive.
In a 2008 rating of New Zealand shopping centres by a retail expert group, Botany Town Centre received three-and-a-half stars, just under the maximum rating of four stars, based on the criteria of amount of shopping area, economic performance, amenity and appeal as well as future growth prospects.
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and has approximately 200 shops spread across three complexes and restaurant
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
s, as well as entertainment buildings such as cinemas. Botany Town Centre provides an award-winning shopping experience.
It is a regular hangout for teenagers and schoolgoers. Many shops are directed at the teenage market and many shoppers are under the age of 25. It has a small library, which is also a recreation area for youth. It has taken over from Pakuranga, Centrepoint and Meadowlands as the main shopping centre for East Auckland. Westfield
The Westfield Group
The Westfield Group is an Australian shopping centre group undertaking ownership, development, design, construction, funds/asset management, property management, leasing and marketing activities...
Manukau
Manukau
Manukau City was a large territorial authority in Auckland, New Zealand. The city was sometimes referred to as South Auckland, but this term did not possess official recognition and did not encompass areas like East Auckland, which was previously within the official boundaries of Manukau City...
remains the main shopping centre for South Auckland.
Botany Town Centre offers over 2,400 free parking spaces and 135 undercover spaces.
The centre's anchor tenants are discount retailer The Warehouse, a New World
New World (supermarket)
New World is a New Zealand full-service supermarket chain owned by the Foodstuffs cooperative.Founded in 1963, New World was the first American-style full-service supermarket brand of Foodstuffs, and the second in New Zealand...
supermarket, and a Farmers
Farmers (department store)
The Farmers Trading Company is a New Zealand mid-market department store chain. Based in Flat Bush in Auckland, Farmers operates 56 stores across New Zealand, specialising in fashion, beauty, home-wares and furniture.- History :...
department store.
The centre has gained tough competition with the opening of the nearby Sylvia Park
Sylvia Park
Sylvia Park is a large business park and shopping centre in the Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Mount Wellington. Less commonly known, the area around the centre is also called Sylvia Park...
shopping centre in Mount Wellington, which was built as an enclosed mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
instead of in a 'town centre
Town centre
The town centre is the term used to refer to the commercial or geographical centre or core area of a town.Town centres are traditionally associated with shopping or retail. They are also the centre of communications with major public transport hubs such as train or bus stations...
' format. However, Botany Town Centre sees this as its strength, and considers that elements like providing doctors or a library in the shopping mall makes Botany more attractive.
In a 2008 rating of New Zealand shopping centres by a retail expert group, Botany Town Centre received three-and-a-half stars, just under the maximum rating of four stars, based on the criteria of amount of shopping area, economic performance, amenity and appeal as well as future growth prospects.