Centre Place

{{About|the new Zealand shopping mall|the laneway in Melbourne, Australia|Centre Place, Melbourne}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox shopping mall

| name = Centre Place

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| address = Hamilton Central

| location = Hamilton, New Zealand

| coordinates = {{coord|37|47|9.91|S|175|16|48.78|E|display=inline,title}}

| opening_date = 1985

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| owner = Kiwi Property[http://www.centreplace.co.nz/about About us] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624060139/http://www.centreplace.co.nz/about |date=June 24, 2014 }}, centreplace.co.nz (ownership information) (Retrieved 9 June 2014)

| number_of_stores = 100

| number_of_anchors =

| floor_area = {{convert|26,000|m2|sqft}}

| floors = 2

| parking =

| website = {{URL|centreplace.co.nz}}

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File:JPG Farmers Centre Place 2013.jpg

Centre Place Shopping Centre is a shopping mall in Hamilton, New Zealand. It is located in the suburb of Hamilton Central. Centre Place is one of the city's three major malls along with Te Awa at The Base and Chartwell Shopping Centre.

A scheme for the former Hamilton Central station site was promoted in 1969,{{Cite web |date=24 May 1969 |title=Press |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19690524.2.206.2 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} though the site was still an undeveloped car park in 1981.{{Cite web |date=3 Feb 1981 |title=Retrolens Survey SN5857, Run A, Photo 5 |url=https://files.interpret.co.nz/Retrolens/Imagery/SN5857/Crown_5857_A_5/High.jpg}} Development started in 1984 and Centreplace opened in 1985.{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YXiGAgAAQBAJ&dq=centreplace+hamilton+%221984%22&pg=PA22 |title=New Frontiers of Space, Bodies and Gender |last2= |first2= |date=2002-01-04 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-73280-7 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Centreplace Heart of the City |url=https://heritage.hamiltonlibraries.co.nz/objects/22123/centreplace-heart-of-the-city |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Hamilton Libraries Heritage Collection Online |language=en}} In October 2013, an extension of Centre Place replaced the former Downtown Plaza. With the expansion, the centre has a total retail floor space of approximately {{cvt|26,000|sqm}}, with an anchor tenant of Farmers ({{cvt|7,000|sqm}}).[http://www.centreplace.co.nz/leasing_opportunities Retail Leasing], centreplace.co.nz (square meter information), Retrieved 9 June 2014Garnder, Chris (18 October 2013). [http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/9297259/Centre-Place-the-centre-of-attention Centre Place, the centre of attention], Waikato TimesFox, Andrea & Christ Gardner (17 October 2013). [http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/business/9292194/Queues-from-4am-as-Centre-Place-revamp-opens Queues from 4am as Centre Place revamp opens], Waikato TimesFox, Andrea (17 November 2011). [http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/5981660/40m-facelift-for-shopping-plaza $40m facelift for shopping plaza], Waikato Times