Dress Smart
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Dress Smart as viewed from Galway Street, Onehunga. | |
| Location | Onehunga, Auckland City, New Zealand |
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| Coordinates | 36°55′17″S 174°47′09″E / 36.921298°S 174.78596°ECoordinates: 36°55′17″S 174°47′09″E / 36.921298°S 174.78596°E |
| Opening date | 1995; 21 years ago |
| Developer | Argyle Estates[1] |
| Owner | ING/Prime Retail Management [2] |
| No. of stores and services | 110 |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | dress-smart.co.nz |
Dress Smart is a franchise of shopping centres in New Zealand that specialises in factory outlet stores.
History
Dress Smart opened in Onehunga in 1995 with the concept of being New Zealand's first factory outlet shopping centre. Onehunga was chosen as the ideal location for Dress Smart in Auckland as it is centrally located and provides direct access from the city and the airport.[3] Dress Smart initially opened with 20 outlet stores opened on the former premises of the 3 Guys supermarket (and some other surrounding retail premises).[4] 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[5]
Other Branches
There are also a number of Dress Smart shopping centres in other cities:
- Christchurch (opened 1998).[4]
- Tawa, Wellington (opened 1999)[4]
- Te Rapa, Hamilton (opened 2006).[6]
References
- ↑ Argyle Estates About Us. (Accessed 16 July 2013.)
- ↑ Australia's Lend Lease Corp given approval to buy Dress Smart outlet chain New Zealand Herald. 2 June 2010. (Accessed 16 July 2013.)
- ↑ About US (Auckland) Dress Smart. (Accessed 16 July 2013.)
- 1 2 3 Onehunga shop bonanza New Zealand Herald. 9 June 1999. (Accessed 16 July 2013.)
- ↑ Dress-Smart Expansions Near Completion scoop.co.nz. 18 October 2005. (Accessed 16 July 2013.)
- ↑ Outlet Shopping At Dress-Smart Te Rapa Opens scoop.co.nz. 2 March 2006. (Accessed 16 July 2013.)