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Countdown supermarket owner Progressive Enterprises plans to build a 4000sqm supermarket and retail shopping development at Bureta Park.
“It is an exciting opportunity for not only our business but also a great opportunity to bring the value of Countdown supermarkets to Bureta Park residents,” says Progressive Enterprises spokesman Luke Schepen.
This land is planned for clearance to enable the construction of a Countdown supermarket.
“Our nearest store is about 3km away and we believe it will enable residents to conveniently access their grocery needs close to where they do live.”
Progressive Enterprises bought the land of previous owners The Brian Perry Charitable Trust in December.
The trust’s plans to develop the hotel site into a residential apartment and retail and bar restaurant block had been declined consent on zoning issues.
An Environment Court appeal was being mediated when Progressive Enterprises offered to take it off the trust’s hands.
“There are still a lot of steps to go through,” says Luke.
“We do need to go through the resource consent process.
“We have purchased the site and we are at the very early stages of planning at the moment.
“But in terms of that planning our thinking largely involves placing a full sized supermarket on the site.”
A supermarket of about 4000sqm, plus a small number of additional retail outlets and car parking, will take up about half the available 3.2ha site.
Countdown’s Fraser Cove supermarket is 5000sqm.
“We are also continuing to look at options for the balance of the land and one of those options could include sub dividing the balance of the land into smaller residential lots,” says Luke.
“It’s a good opportunity to provide a supermarket on the site, it will stack up from a customer point of view and from a business point of view.
“At the end of the day we are always investing in our network as a business as we have got a plan for anywhere between three and five new supermarkets a year.
“That means we are not only reinvesting back into our supermarkets and improving the customer offer that we have in our existing stores, but we are always looking at opportunities to develop new stores as well.
“And on the flipside it also provides residents convenient access to their grocery needs.”
Posted on 08-02-2012 20:06 | By Hebegeebies
@ G Maupesante -another clown that doesn’t want any rules and regulations. Welcome to the new wild west @ Planet Bongo. FITH