Don’t panic- it’s coming
The north-west will be getting a Bunnings Warehouse.
Plans for a Bunnings Warehouse in Westgate were announced in February 2016 with an opening date in the first half of the 2017 financial year.
But the signs on the proposed store’s new site had been taken down earlier this month, which prompted a wave of speculation on social media from residents desperate to get their home improvement fix from the Australian retailer.
The theories included that rival Mitre 10 Mega had launched legal action to halt Bunnings operating in Westgate, an overspend at another store forced Bunnings sell the land, that the company failed to obtain resource consent and a rumour Bunnings had taken Auckland Council to court over proposed road changes. A local wag believed Bunnings had pulled out because they had realised the area was a ghost town.
However, Bunnings Group senior public relations coordinator, Veronica Castro, said the signs and mesh hoarding were taken down because they were damaged in a storm and needed to be replaced.
Bunnings Group general manager New Zealand - Jacqui Coombes - said construction of the new store will begin in the coming months.
The store would be located at 21 Fred Taylor Drive, Westgate and be spread over a 17,000 square metre site.