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PEGASUS POST Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>May</strong> 7 <strong>2019</strong> 3<br />
News<br />
Petition started to keep Kmart<br />
• By Matt Slaughter<br />
KMART IN the Palms<br />
Shopping Centre is set to close.<br />
It will mark the end of the<br />
store’s 23-year tenancy at the<br />
mall.<br />
But the news has not gone<br />
down well with residents,<br />
prompting<br />
Shirley’s<br />
Josiah<br />
MacKay<br />
to start a<br />
petition to<br />
save the store.<br />
“Kmart is<br />
the closest<br />
Josiah MacKay<br />
thing<br />
Shirley has<br />
to The Warehouse, the closest<br />
The Warehouse stores are<br />
in Northwood, Linwood or<br />
Riccarton.<br />
“With enough support, I<br />
believe that we could have a<br />
chance in convincing Kmart<br />
Australia to look over their<br />
decision in relocating our Kmart<br />
store.”<br />
AMP Capital, which owns The<br />
Palms, was asked what impact<br />
the closure is expected to have<br />
on trade within the shopping<br />
centre, but did not comment on<br />
this specifically.<br />
Instead, a spokesperson<br />
ON THE MOVE: Residents are concerned the relocation of<br />
The Palms Kmart to Papanui will mean the “death’’ of the<br />
shopping centre.<br />
PHOTO: FINDCHCH.COM<br />
said “AMP Capital has a longstanding<br />
partnership with<br />
Kmart across its portfolio and<br />
would like to thank Kmart for<br />
its support of the centre since<br />
the store opened. The Palms<br />
looks forward to announcing a<br />
new tenant for this space in due<br />
course.” Meanwhile, Papanui<br />
residents have given the thumbs<br />
up to the store’s relocation to<br />
Langdons Rd.<br />
A 4500 sq m store is set to<br />
open in the Northlink shopping<br />
precinct in early 2020.<br />
Mr MacKay does not oppose<br />
the idea of moving Kmart to<br />
Papanui, but wants an entirely<br />
new store to open at Papanui,<br />
instead of relocating the existing<br />
Shirley store.<br />
A post about the relocation<br />
on the Think Papanui Facebook<br />
page generated more than 3500<br />
comments in 12 hours.<br />
Many expressed their<br />
concerns about the effect it may<br />
have on The Palms and the lack<br />
of access to a Kmart store for<br />
people in the east.<br />
“This will be the death of The<br />
Palms,” said one comment.<br />
However, the move has<br />
sparked positive feedback from<br />
residents in the north-west about<br />
employment opportunities,<br />
less travel distance to Kmart<br />
and a large amount of off-street<br />
parking near the new site.<br />
Kmart New Zealand country<br />
manager Jason Picard said the<br />
decision was part of a vision<br />
to grow the store’s network in<br />
Christchurch.<br />
“We are doing this by<br />
ensuring our stores are in the<br />
best locations to service our<br />
customers now and well into the<br />
future. It’s important we support<br />
the communities we operate<br />
in and we hope customers will<br />
enjoy the benefits of our new<br />
store in Papanui.”<br />
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NEW FLYING FOX<br />
A new flying fox is likely to<br />
be installed at Broad Park,<br />
Waimairi Beach, between July<br />
and August. City council staff<br />
met with the flying fox supplier<br />
to confirm the specifications.<br />
Staff are working with the<br />
contractor to confirm the<br />
installation date. The park’s<br />
existing playground will be<br />
modified to ensure the flying<br />
fox platform meets playground<br />
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The project to repair the<br />
earthquake-damaged tennis<br />
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