Capital cinema complex captures new supermarket
Progressive Enterprises is to open an inner-city Countdown in Wellington's biggest cinema complex in Courtenay Place.
Progressive Enterprises is to open an inner-city Countdown in Wellington’s biggest cinema complex in Courtenay Place.
The new supermarket will be built on top of the surface car park on Wakefield St, immediately behind the existing Reading Entertainment complex.
Countdown managing director Dave Chambers says the company has been searching for the right Wellington CBD location for a number of years.
“It’s no secret that we have been interested in investing in central Wellington for some time but we were also determined to find the right site, of the right size for the sort of offering we want to provide, and with the access that our customers demand.
“We’ve been under-represented in the Wellington market and in the last six months we’ve been working to change that by opening stores in Newtown, Tawa and shortly, Petone," he says.
“The customer response has been great, and we’ve also been able to employ nearly 500 new people as part of our Countdown team.”
Reading chief operating officer John Hunter says the ground floor of the existing centre will be completely updated and reconfigured to integrate Countdown and add new tenants that will complement the supermarket.
It includes the 3870sqm Countdown supermarket and changing about 929sqm of existing space. Access to the existing centre cinema and the 1190 space car parks will also be reconfigured.
It is expected that the supermarket and overall project will open in June 2015.
NBR Staff
Mon, 13 May 2013
Mon, 13 May 2013
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Capital cinema complex captures new supermarket
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