Bigger, brighter, better

New Silverdale branch offers customers a better-located and better-stocked store.

PlaceMakers prides itself on supplying quality products – and according to PlaceMakers’ property development manager Matt Grainger, that includes their own facilities.

“After 17 years in Whangaparaoa, we’ve shifted to a new 8,000m² site on the corner of East Coast Bays and Tavern Roads in Silverdale, Auckland,” says branch operator John Gair.

The new purpose-built store has been designed with substantially more undercover storage area compared to the previous site, with an “expansive” and easy-access driveway, 65 car parks and a larger showroom.

“We opened on April, right on schedule, and the change has been great,” says John. “The staff and customers have been hugely supportive of the move, find it a much more enjoyable environment and are impressed with our improved range.”

The store has 5,500 products, including 750 new additions and a core trade range, which is pledged to never be out of stock.

The construction also employed green building initiatives, including daylight-harvesting, energy-efficient lighting and water-saving systems, a pattern PlaceMakers says all of its new stores
will be following.