Dress Smart

Dress Smart is a franchise of shopping centres in New Zealand that specialises in outlet stores.

Dress Smart Auckland

Dress Smart as viewed from Galway Street, Onehunga.
Location	Onehunga, Auckland; Hornby, Christchurch
Address	151 Arthur Street, Onehunga, Auckland 1061, New Zealand; 409 Main South Road, Hornby, Christchurch
Opening date	1995; 30 years ago (1995)
Developer	Argyle Estates[1]
Owner	ING/Prime Retail Management [2]
No. of stores and services	100+ (Auckland); 45+ (Christchurch)
No. of floors	2
Website	dress-smart.co.nz

Auckland

Dress Smart Onehunga opened in 1995 as New Zealand's first factory outlet shopping centre. Onehunga was chosen for its central location and direct access from the city and the airport.^[3] Initially, Dress Smart started with 20 outlet stores on the former premises of the 3 Guys supermarket and other surrounding retail spaces.^[4] Following its opening, additional shops began operating in temporary premises on the southern side of Paynes Lane. This led to a significant expansion of the mall, completed in 2005, increasing the total number of retailers to 110.^[5]

Dress Smart was previously owned by Prime Retail but sold to Australia's Lend Lease Corporation in 2010. LendLease are the current owner of Dress Smart NZ.^[6]

Christchurch

Dress Smart Christchurch is located in Hornby, Christchurch.

Former Branches

There are a number of former branches across the country:

• Tawa, Wellington (opened 1999), now Outlet City
• Te Rapa, Hamilton (opened 2006), now The Base (shopping centre)

See also

• List of shopping centres in New Zealand