Westfield Queensgate
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Westfield Queensgate is the largest shopping centre in the Wellington Region
, New Zealand. Commonally known just as 'Queensgate' The centre underwent a large scale development that was completed in August 2006.
The centre features:
. It is also the location of a major bus interchange with buses going to Upper Hutt
, Waterloo Interchange (Hutt Central) Railway Station
, Petone
and Wellington City
. The centre is also a short walking distance from Melling railway station
. The centre has over 1,855 car park spaces.
41.2102283°N 174.9067748°W
Wellington Region
The Wellington region of New Zealand occupies the southern end of the North Island.-Governance:The official Wellington Region, as administered by the Wellington Regional Council covers the conurbation around the capital city, Wellington, and the cities of Lower Hutt, Porirua, and Upper Hutt, each...
, New Zealand. Commonally known just as 'Queensgate' The centre underwent a large scale development that was completed in August 2006.
The centre features:
- 2 floor FarmersFarmers (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 - Large The Warehouse store
- New WoolworthsWoolworths Supermarkets (New Zealand)Woolworths is a New Zealand supermarket chain and a unit of Woolworths Limited.- 1929 - 1979 Woolworths :Founded in 1929 by Percy Christmas, the chain was separated from the parent company Woolworths Limited in Australia and was called Woolworths New Zealand...
supermarket - 9 screen SkyCity cinemaVillage CinemasVillage Cinemas is an Australian cinema chain. Its Australian sites are owned and operated by Village Roadshow-Amalgamated Holdings Limited joint venture Australian Theatres. The group has rebranded several of its premier Australian and New Zealand cinemas as Event Cinemas since 2009. Village...
- Plus over 170 specialty stores.
Transport
The centre is located on the corner of Queens Drive and Bunny Street in the centre of Lower HuttLower Hutt
Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...
. It is also the location of a major bus interchange with buses going to Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt is a satellite city of Wellington. It is New Zealand's smallest city by population, the second largest by land area. It is in Greater Wellington.-Geography:Upper Hutt is 30 km north-east of Wellington...
, Waterloo Interchange (Hutt Central) Railway Station
Waterloo Interchange (Hutt Central) Railway Station
Waterloo Interchange railway station is a two-platform urban railway station in Waterloo, a suburb of the city of Lower Hutt in the Wellington region of New Zealand’s North Island. It is on the Wairarapa Line , between Pohutukawa Street and Cambridge Terrace...
, Petone
Petone
Petone is a major suburb of the city of Lower Hutt in New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of the narrow triangular plain of the Hutt River, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour...
and Wellington City
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
. The centre is also a short walking distance from Melling railway station
Melling, New Zealand
Melling is a suburb of Lower Hutt, to the north of Wellington in the North Island of New Zealand. It is on the west bank of the Hutt River, on State Highway 2, the Wellington-Hutt main road, and directly across the river from the centre of Lower Hutt...
. The centre has over 1,855 car park spaces.
History and Development
The centre first opened in 1986. The centre refurbished in 1991 and was then purchased by Westfield in 1999. The centre then underwent a huge 2 year development between 2004 and 2006 doubling the size of the centre. The centre has a catchment area of 375,030 people. The centre has a footfall of over 8 million people per annum. The centre's floor space is 45,467 m² (489,406 ft²) and the centre has an annual turnover of NZ$202.5 million.Resources
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41.2102283°N 174.9067748°W