Merry Hill Shopping Centre of these towns led to both stores being closed on 25 August 1990, some two months before the Merry Hill store opened. A similar situation had arisen with British Home Stores, who had opened a store in the final phase of the complex in November 1989, but continued to trade from its Dudley store; however the opening of the Merry Hill store was followed by a sharp decline in trade from the Dudley store, and the decision to close this store had been taken by March 1990, with the store finally closing June of that year. Twelve months after opening,
Chartwell Shopping Centre Chartwell Shopping Centre Chartwell Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located on a site in the suburb of Chartwell, north of Hamilton, New Zealand. The shopping centre is informally referred to as "Chartwell Square" by many Hamilton residents, as this was its name before The Westfield Group took over ownership. The centre was built in 1974, and underwent a major redevelopment in 1992. Between 2005 and 2007 Westfield Chartwell underwent a NZ$40 million upgrade. This saw the opening of a Skycity Cinema complex, a new food court with 450 seats, multi-storey car parking for 270 vehicles, and many new stores