Largest By Total Retail Space
| Name | City | First constructed | Floors | Total retail space | Retail stores | Anchor tenants | Cinema screens | Parking spaces | Visitors annually | Total sales | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Base | Hamilton | 2005 | 1 | 81,000 m² | 183 | 8 | 6 (Opened August 2011) | 2153 | 8.0 million | $325m | The new enclosed shopping mall "Te Awa" made The Base New Zealand's largest retail centre by rentable area under one ownership. Further stages of development are underway A new level with 50 stores is planned to open in 2013. This level has already been constructed. A further 25,000m2 of large format retail is already consented and will open from 2012 to 2014. |
| Sylvia Park | Auckland | 2007 | 2 | 71,000 m² | 204+ | 6 | 10 | 4000 | 6.3 million | $300m | Sylvia Parks Development has finished |
| Westfield Riccarton | Christchurch | 1965 | 2 | 55,149 m² | 200 | 7 | 7 | 2400 | 9.8m (2007) | $332m (2009) | First NZ mall to reach $300m in annual sales (2007) |
| Westfield Albany | Auckland | 2007 | 2 | 53,154 m² | 150 | 4 | 8 | 2300+ | ? | $281m (2009) | 70,000 m² total indoor space includes 17,000 m² of office space |
| Westfield Queensgate | Lower Hutt | 2006 | 2 | 45,467 m² | 174+ | 2 | 9 | 1855+ | 8m+ | $203m | |
| Westfield St Lukes | Auckland | 1971 | 1 | 43,000 m² | 168 | 4 | 8 | 2000+ | 6m | ? | |
| Northlands Shopping Centre | Christchurch | 1967 | 1 | 42,159 m² | 135+ | 5 | ? | 1700+ | ? | ? | |
| Westfield WestCity | Auckland | 1974 | 3 | 36,921 m² | 230 | 4 | 8 | 1492 | 8m | ? | |
| Westfield Manukau City | Auckland | 1976 | 2 | 36,793 m² | 197 | 2 | 10 | 1885 | 7.5m | $176m (2006) | |
| The Palms | Christchurch | 1997 | 2 | 34,000 m² | 110 | 3 | 8 | 1450+ | ? | ? |
For comparison, the largest mall in Canada, the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Canada has a retail space of 350,000 m². The largest in the United States of America is the 230,000 m² Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Melbourne's Chadstone Shopping Centre, which has been described as the largest shopping centre in the Southern Hemisphere, has 190,000 m² of retail space.
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