Key points
- In 2019, there were 2.15 million square metres of building floor space in the Christchurch central city, including the South Frame and Victoria Street. This included 557,200 square metres of office floorspace, 296,500 square metres of retail floorspace and 172,200 square metres of hospitality floorspace.
- Vacant floorspace comprised 297,400 square metres (14%), with 1.85 million square metres of floorspace in use.
Note, this is an interactive chart, and you can select the legend items to change what is shown on the graph.
Commentary
Over the past few years, as Christchurch has been rebuilt following the earthquakes in 2010 and 2011, the amount of retail floorspace in the central city has been growing. In 2014, there were 98,000 square metres of retail floorspace in the central city. By 2019, there was an additional 198,500 square metres of retail floorspace – double the amount of retail floorspace in the central city in 2014.
No data notes.
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Data source |
JLL customised tables for Christchurch City Council |
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Data access |
Available on request to Christchurch City Council |
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Date updated |
To December 2019 |
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Data download | |
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Page updated |
June 2021 |
Data breakdowns available
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Geographic area |
Christchurch CBD (main CBD plus South Frame and Victoria St) |
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Other variables |
Vacancy rates |
- Information(external link) from JLL about the main cities retail trends
- Stats NZ information about retail and wholesale trade(external link)
- Colliers reporting about retail trends(external link)
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