Summer read: Tauranga CBD in crisis : National retail brands Just Jeans, Moochi, Michael Hill and more leave
1 Jan, 2021 07:00 PM
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The Bay of Plenty Times is bringing back some of the best premium stories of 2020. An exodus of national retail brands from Tauranga s Devonport Rd has added to the dozens of empty shopfronts plaguing the city centre.
A city leader has attributed the demise of the CBD to past planning decisions, while retailers and their representatives have asked for help to bring people back to a CBD in crisis .
As you walk along Devonport Rd, For Lease signs take up space in the windows of many of the vacant shops. Between Elizabeth St and The Strand, the Bay of Plenty Times Weekend counted 29 empty shops and 51 businesses still operating.
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