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Westfield 277 Newmarket Location Newmarket, New Zealand Owner Westfield Group No. of stores and services ~70 No. of anchor tenants 2 No. of floors 2 Website westfield.com/newmarket 
North-east entry of the centre.
Two Double Seven (officially known as Westfield 277 Newmarket)[1] is a medium sized shopping centre with upmarket shops located at 277 Broadway, in the Newmarket suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It features a Foodtown, a nearby Farmers and about 60 speciality stores. In 2005, it had retail sales of NZ$120 million.[2] It contains the New Zealand head offices of the Westfield Group,[3][4] and another new Westfield-owned shopping development, Nuffield Street, is nearby.[5]
A major extension is planned for the future, which is to double the size of the centre,[2][6] by spreading to another site directly south of 277 Broadway. The 200 shop expansion at 309 Broadway has 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.[7][8] 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.[3]
In a 2008 rating of New Zealand shopping centres by a retail expert group, Westfield 277 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.[9]
In 2009, it became public that Westfield intends to construct a $250 million new shopping centre just south of Mortimer Pass (opposite of Westfield 277 Broadway), which is to be linked to the existing centre with a two-level airbridge.[10]
References
- ^ "277 becomes Westfield 277 Newmarket". The Bob Dey Property Report. 3 February 2007. http://www.bdcentral.co.nz/afa.asp?idWebPage=8338&idBobDeyProperty_Articles=7924&SID=341473033. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ a b Mega mall looms over retailers - New Zealand Herald, Monday 17 April 2006
- ^ a b Justin Lynch - Low-flying master of the mall game - New Zealand Herald, Saturday 19 May 2007
- ^ Corporate Offices (from the Westfield Group website)
- ^ War of the malls getting bigger - New Zealand Herald, Saturday 03 June 2006
- ^ Options for Downtown mall wide open - New Zealand Herald, Saturday 07 April 2007
- ^ 277 Broadway (from the Bentley & Co. Ltd. website. Retrieved 2007-09-20.)
- ^ Newmarket glass image shattered - New Zealand Herald, Wednesday 17 January 2001
- ^ Gibson, Anne (2008-07-07). "How your shopping mall rates against the rest". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10520245&pnum=0.
- ^ "Newmarket happy with Westfield's latest move". The New Zealand Herald. 17 June 2009. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/news/article.cfm?c_id=8&objectid=10578856. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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Coordinates: 36°52′15″S 174°46′35″E / 36.870901°S 174.776301°E
Categories:- Westfield Group
- Shopping centres in New Zealand
- Buildings and structures in Auckland
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