Dress Smart is a franchise of
shopping centre
A shopping center (American English) or shopping centre (Commonwealth English), also called a shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof.
The first known collec ...
s in
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
that specialises in
outlet store
An outlet store, factory outlet or factory shop is a brick and mortar or online store in which manufacturers sell their stock directly to the public. Traditionally, a factory outlet was a store attached to a factory or warehouse, sometimes allowin ...
s.
Auckland
Dress Smart opened at
Onehunga
Onehunga is a suburb of Auckland in New Zealand and the location of the Port of Onehunga, the city's small port on the Manukau Harbour. It is south of the Auckland CBD, city centre, close to the volcano, volcanic cone of Maungakiekie / One Tree ...
in 1995 with the concept of being New Zealand's first factory outlet shopping centre. Onehunga was chosen as the location for Dress Smart in
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...
as it is centrally located and provides direct access from the city and the airport. Dress Smart initially opened with 20 outlet stores opened on the former premises of the
3 Guys
3 Guys (also operating as Gubays) was a New Zealand, Irish and US supermarket chain that operated between 1973 and 2003.
History
Albert Gubay era
Albert Gubay established the supermarket chain while living in New Zealand from January 1973 to ...
supermarket and some other surrounding retail premises.
[Onehunga shop bonanza](_blank)
New Zealand Herald. 9 June 1999. (Accessed 16 July 2013.) Soon after Dress Smart opened, shops were operating in temporary premises on the southern side of the Paynes Lane. Due to this, the mall was expanded significantly in work that was completed in 2005. This brought the total number of retailers to 110.
scoop.co.nz. 18 October 2005. (Accessed 16 July 2013.)
Christchurch
Dress Smart in
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...
opened in 1998.
Former Branches
There are number of former branches across the country
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Tawa,
Wellington
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(opened 1999),
now Outlet City
*
Te Rapa
Te Rapa is a mixed light industrial, large-scale retail and semi-rural suburb to the northwest of central Hamilton, New Zealand that is built on a flat area that was previously the bed of an ancient river, the forerunner to the present Waikato ...
,
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(opened 2006),
Outlet Shopping At Dress-Smart Te Rapa Opens
scoop.co.nz. 2 March 2006. (Accessed 16 July 2013.) now The Base (shopping centre)
The Base is a regional shopping centre located in Te Rapa, in the New Zealand city of Hamilton. The centre consists of the original outdoor strip mall, and the more recent Te Awa enclosed shopping mall.
History
The 30-hectare block of land ...
See also
*List of shopping centres in New Zealand
The following is a list of shopping centres in New Zealand.
For comparison, the largest mall in Canada, the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada has a retail space of 350,000 m2. The largest in the United States of America is the 230 ...
References
Shopping centres in the Auckland Region
Shopping malls established in 1995
1990s architecture in New Zealand
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