"With a common veranda and signage parapet running along the Albert St and Broadway Ave frontages, the centre's three buildings resemble a single structure. They have been seismically strengthened, with a current NBS [new building standard] rating of between 67-80 per cent," says Sherlock.
He describes the centre's retail precinct as having "a friendly neighbourhood vibe", with a complementary mix of businesses rounding out retail and service offerings to be found in the broader area.
The centre has a Pizza Hut, a nail salon, an artisan European-style bakery, laundromat, fruit and vegetable store, a takeaway store, Liquorland, and a wholefoods outlet.
"It has a community feel about it and the businesses all take pride in the location," Sherlock says.
Among tenants, Steve's Wholefoods has operated from the centre for more than 20 years, first trading as Bin Inn and later rebranding and refocusing its business model, while Pizza Hut and Midway Fast Foods have both traded from the site since 2003.
"Having these stalwarts underpinning the centre has given confidence to other businesses and the centre now earns a net rental of $416,177 per annum."
Sherlock points to a general move away from The Square towards Terrace End in recent years. Particularly for destination retail uses and standalone low-level offices — largely driven by seismic work required to bring inner-city buildings up to new compliance thresholds.
"Terrace End remains a desirable family-orientated suburb which is well-resourced with community amenities and commercial business options and this gives credibility to the property from an investors' perspective."
Sherlock says Terrace End recorded 10 per cent annual growth in residential property values in the past 12 months, which is outperforming much of Palmerston North.
Last year CoreLogic and OneRoof named Terrace End one of the 10 fastest moving suburbs in NZ, with properties on average taking just 11 days to sell.
