why ravenswood central?
The primary catchment area for Ravenswood Central has over 8,000 residents and this is growing strongly. This growth is reflected by residential building consent statistics with on average 100 new houses being built in the primary catchment area each year.
In addition, there is significant potential business that Ravenswood Central can attract from passing traffic on State Highway 1 which, in conjunction with Rangiora, Pegasus, Woodend and Kaiapoi, effectively extends to a large secondary catchment of 69,000+ people.
Service oriented business at Ravenswood Central which may, for example, include childcare, medical centre, gymnasium, will help to bring another captive market of regular customers and this will further support retail activity in the new centre.