Chat: Sylvia Park Mall

Submitted by admin on 11 June, 2006 - 5:46pm.

NZ's newest and biggest mall (sadly http://www.sylviapark.co.nz/ takes you somewhere completely different). I went to go there on opening day but they closed the motorway exits due to traffic chaos!!

Their website is: http://www.sylviapark.org/

Here's some info on the mall:

  • Location: Mt Wellington, Auckland (map
  • Size: about 34 rugby fields (24ha)
  • Carparks: 3000
  • Includes:
    • Warehouse Extra - with groceries (1.3ha)
    • Footwon
    • First 7 day Westpac bank branch
    • ~60 stores... but this is just phase 1 of 4
    • Australian store Kookai to open first NZ shop in August

If you've been, let us know what it was like!

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hideousrockboy 12 June, 2006 - 12:15pm
Get out of my car!!

I always try and shop at Footwon. Nice one Rowlf Laughing out loud

Rocker chic 12 June, 2006 - 11:09am
Make Music, Not War

I saw that on the news

Its HUGE :|

TuiKiwi 12 June, 2006 - 10:53am
Can't beat the old IB days

Aww isn't that just lovely Sticking out tongue

Angel Of Music 11 June, 2006 - 8:45pm
Dory Face

There's a Mt Wellington in Auckland!? :|

blonde 11 June, 2006 - 8:47pm

yeah its sort of the southern end of central Auckland.  it is about 10 minutes on the motorway from the city (On a saturday morning).

Angel Of Music 11 June, 2006 - 8:48pm
Dory Face

oh! lol
How queer.... :|

blonde 11 June, 2006 - 8:36pm

Yeah I went to the mall yesterday with a friend and its big which is cool.  There are some good stores, the classics which is stupid, westpac being open in the weekend is pretty cool but I still wouldn't change tot hem.

They need more carparks most definitely but other than that its pretty cool.  I can't wait for the rest to open.

chevy 11 June, 2006 - 7:52pm
AsiaPacific

twice the size of St Lukes Lol

my aunty who lives across the road on Mount Wellington highway said there are going to be trains pulling up there too. i was at the Burger King there in January and i took a look at it. it was only in the 1st building stages then.

Telecon will probably move their kit box there now like they did in Wellington to Lower Hutt Westfeild

Jem. 11 June, 2006 - 8:00pm
I have awards in playdough sculpting

Weee I hope they do move the KIT boxes. Then its closer to me!

chevy 11 June, 2006 - 8:10pm
AsiaPacific

yes! saliva park is closer to the Motorway then St Lukes and easy to access. just 2minutes from  motorway. then theres more chance that i'll go to a IBVC in Aucks with my aunty across the road from the main entrance Eye-wink

Mr Ubiquitous 11 June, 2006 - 6:39pm

I might go take a look a few weeks from now when all the hype has died down. Smiling

Actually, that reminds me..
A friend of mine had an accident outside there when they were building it.
She drives a road past there every morning around 6-6.30am, and you know how a few weeks ago we had those nasty rainy & dark mornings?
Well, she was driving along on a Friday, doing well under the speed limit, and it was dark and rainy, and suddenly the car in front of her swerved, and she smacked right into these big orange median barrier things that WEREN'T THERE THE DAY BEFORE.

Add to this there there was NO KIND OF REFLECTIVE SIGN, OR AND KIND OF WARNING SIGNAL OR MEN WORKING SIGN, according to her.

She smashed her car into it, but it was still driveable, even though it was really beat up. When she got home that night and had a bath, she found she had brusing all down her left side and cuts to her hands. She was in tears when I talked to her that night.
I asked a policeman friend of mine about it, and he basically said there was nothing she could do!!
He said it's up to the individual motorist to watch where they're going and drive to the conditions, bla, bla..

I think that sucks, to be honest.
In the U.S, those guys would be sued - would have their pants sued off them, but here, there's nothing we can do?
It just didn't seem right Sad

Jem. 11 June, 2006 - 6:08pm
I have awards in playdough sculpting

We went, but it was choca so we left Sticking out tongue

Texas 11 June, 2006 - 6:03pm
People are difficult to govern because they have t

I saw this on the news and those people who actually went there early in the morning are like ANIMALS. Worst than animals. They woke up so early just to buy a freaking $50 TV.

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