The Plaza Shopping Centre

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The Plaza Shopping Centre
The Plaza, Palmerston North, New Zaland (69).JPG
The Plaza Shopping Centre
Location Palmerston North, New Zealand
Coordinates 40°21′25″S175°36′47″E / 40.35696°S 175.613019°E / -40.35696; 175.613019
Opening date1986
OwnerKiwi Property
No. of stores and services100+
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 32,000 m2 (340,000 sq ft)
No. of floors1
Parking1200 Parking Spaces
Website http://www.theplaza.co.nz/

The Plaza Shopping Centre is a shopping mall in the central area of Palmerston North, New Zealand owned by Kiwi Property. [1] It is the largest shopping mall in the Manawatu region.

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History

The PDC Plaza and Department Store in early 1990. PDC Plaza and Department Store, 1990.jpg
The PDC Plaza and Department Store in early 1990.

The mall was officially opened by Prime Minister David Lange on 11 April 1986 as the PDC Plaza. [2] The Premier Drapery Company (PDC) was a major department store in Palmerston North, owned by the Manawatu Co-Operative Society. The mall was developed around the PDC department store in response to the trend away from department stores towards shopping malls. Declining turnover coupled with the 1987 stock market crash saw PDC and the Co-Operative Society go into receivership in 1988, and the mall and department store were sold off. The PDC department store was closed and demolished in 1990 to make way for an extension of the mall. [3]

Originally 19,700 m2 (212,000 sq ft), the mall underwent redevelopment from 2008 to 2010 refurbishing the existing space and expanding to 32,000 m2 (340,000 sq ft). Redevelopment was done in three stages. The first stage opened in March 2009 with a new food court, a multi-level carpark and 15 new specialty stores. [4] The second stage opened in September 2009 with an additional 10 specialty stores. The third stage opened March 2010 with the addition of 32 specialty stores, a two-storey 7,200 m2 (78,000 sq ft) Farmers department store and another multi-level carpark.

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References

  1. ↑ Gibson, Anne (2009-11-07). "Devaluations of $65.8m lead to loss". New Zealand Herald. APN Holdings NZ. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Simon (2019). "Serving the People: work and life at Palmerston North's Premier Department Store". The Manawatū Journal of History (15): 5–16. ISSN   1176-9602.
  3. ↑ White, Tina (15 September 2017). "Co-ops became an institution, with membership peaking in the 1960s". Stuff. Manawatu Standard.
  4. ↑ "First stage of Plaza upgrade opens". Manawatu Standard. Fairfax New Zealand. 2009-03-05. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
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