Westfield St Lukes
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Westfield St Lukes is one of the big three shopping centres in the western suburbs of Auckland
, New Zealand
, and is located on St Lukes Road. It receives about 6 million shopper visits annually. With 43,000 m² gross floor area (2002 data), it features a Farmers
, K mart
, Foodtown
, a Village SKYCITY
8 screen cinema complex and approximately 125 shops (2004 data). Its main competition is LynnMall in New Lynn and Westfield WestCity
in Henderson
.
The centre opened in 1971 and is one of the oldest in New Zealand. About 100,000 people visited it on opening day. At the time it was considered a fresh style of shopping, but since then the closed-in nature of the centre (with little in terms of outside features save signage and doors) has come to be considered somewhat bland and outmoded. Partly to change this, Westfield has invested around NZ$55 million in the early 2000s to extend and renovate the centre.
In a 2008 rating of New Zealand shopping centres by a retail expert group, Westfield St Lukes received three and a half stars, just under the maximum 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.
. Westfield already own much of the properties in the north of the site, where it wants to expand, but some neighbours and groups have announced they will fight the mall expansion, primarily because of the extra traffic effects.
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 is located on St Lukes Road. It receives about 6 million shopper visits annually. With 43,000 m² gross floor area (2002 data), it features 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 :...
, K mart
Kmart Australia
Kmart Australia Limited is a discount department store chain owned by Wesfarmers. It operates 172 stores in Australia and 15 in New Zealand, with its head office located in Mulgrave, Victoria. Wesfarmers uses the Kmart name under licence from Sears Holdings Corporation.-History:Kmart Australia...
, Foodtown
Foodtown
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, a Village SKYCITY
Village Cinemas
Village 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...
8 screen cinema complex and approximately 125 shops (2004 data). Its main competition is LynnMall in New Lynn and Westfield WestCity
Westfield WestCity
Westfield WestCity is a major regional shopping centre located in Henderson, a suburb of Waitakere, Auckland, New Zealand, west of the Auckland CBD...
in Henderson
Henderson, New Zealand
Henderson is a major suburb of Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 13 kilometres to the west of Auckland city centre, and two kilometres to the west of the Whau River, a southwestern arm of the Waitemata Harbour.-Description:...
.
The centre opened in 1971 and is one of the oldest in New Zealand. About 100,000 people visited it on opening day. At the time it was considered a fresh style of shopping, but since then the closed-in nature of the centre (with little in terms of outside features save signage and doors) has come to be considered somewhat bland and outmoded. Partly to change this, Westfield has invested around NZ$55 million in the early 2000s to extend and renovate the centre.
In a 2008 rating of New Zealand shopping centres by a retail expert group, Westfield St Lukes received three and a half stars, just under the maximum 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.
Expansion plans
In 2009, Westfield applied for a change to the District Plan which would allow the shopping centre to be extended to 92,500m2, with up to 77,500m2 of shops and cafes as well as 15,000m2 of office space and up to six stories of building – which would make the centre larger than any other shopping centre in New Zealand, including Sylvia ParkSylvia 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...
. Westfield already own much of the properties in the north of the site, where it wants to expand, but some neighbours and groups have announced they will fight the mall expansion, primarily because of the extra traffic effects.