ReStart Mall

When the Christchurch CBD was destroyed by an earthquake in 2011, a container mall was created near the city centre. This allowed many retailers to get trading again. The container mall has become a bit of a tourist attraction.

The site of the container mall is now needed for the construction of a new building. The mall has been shifted across the street to a vacant site so it can operate for two more years.

This is the crane lifting the containers onto a truck. The large curved building behind the crane is a hotel that still needs to be repaired.

The photo below is the new site being prepared. The first containers have already arrived. They host a coffee shop. The parking building at the back is still waiting to be repaired.

I took these photos a week ago. The entire mall has now been transferred. We cycled in on Sunday and the new area was open.