Botany Town Centre, Howick
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Botany Town Centre is one of the largest outdoor shopping complexes in the southern hemisphere. Located in Auckland, New Zealand, it has approximately 150 shops and restaurants, as well as entertainment buildings such as a bowling alley and cinemas.
It is a regular hangout for teenagers and schoolgoers. Many shops are directed at the teenage market and many shoppers are under the age of 25. It has a small library, which is also a recreation area for youth. It has taken over from Pakuranga, Centrepoint and Meadowbank as the main shopping centre for East Auckland. Westfield Manukau remains the main shopping centre for South Auckland.
It is surrounded by upper-class suburbia. It has an array of shops on either side of it.
The centre's anchor tenants are discount retailer The Warehouse, supermarkets Pak'n Save and New World, and department store Farmers.
The centre is expected to face tough competition in the near future with the opening of the nearby Sylvia Park shopping centre in Mount Wellington, which is being built as an enclosed mall instead of in the "Town Centre" format.
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