Dress Smart Explained

Dress Smart is a franchise of shopping centres in New Zealand that specialises in outlet stores.

Auckland

Dress Smart Onehunga opened in 1995 as New Zealand's first factory outlet shopping centre. Onehunga was chosen for its central location and direct access from the city and the airport.^[3] Initially, Dress Smart started with 20 outlet stores on the former premises of the 3 Guys supermarket and other surrounding retail spaces.^[4] Following its opening, additional shops began operating in temporary premises on the southern side of Paynes Lane. This led to a significant expansion of the mall, completed in 2005, increasing the total number of retailers to 110.^[5]

Dress Smart was previously owned by Prime Retail but sold to Australia's Lend Lease Corporation in 2010. LendLease are the current owner of Dress Smart NZ.^[6]

Christchurch

Dress Smart Christchurch is located in Hornby, Christchurch.

Former Branches

There are a number of former branches across the country:

• Tawa, Wellington (opened 1999), now Outlet City
• Te Rapa, Hamilton (opened 2006), now The Base (shopping centre)

See also

• List of shopping centres in New Zealand

Notes and References

1. http://www.argyle.co.nz/aboutus/index.cfm Argyle Estates
2. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10649039 Australia's Lend Lease Corp given approval to buy Dress Smart outlet chain
3. http://www.dress-smart.co.nz/auckland/about-us About US (Auckland)
4. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/news/article.cfm?c_id=8&objectid=7999 Onehunga shop bonanza
5. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0510/S00321/dress-smart-expansions-near-completion.htm Dress-Smart Expansions Near Completion
6. News: Australia's Lend Lease Corp given approval to buy Dress Smart outlet chain Dress Smart . NZ Herald . Anne Gibson . 2 June 2010 . 16 September 2024.