Otago Land Group Ltd director Martin Dippie admires the bright colours of a section of the new staff quarters on the second floor of the Kmart Dunedin building. The second floor contains numerous staff rooms, staff toilets, office spaces and meeting... : Kmart's size 'will surprise'

The exterior of the new Kmart Dunedin store in Anderson’s Bay Road, South Dunedin. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH : Kmart's size 'will surprise'

Contractors raise themselves towards the ceiling to work on the overhead lighting in a ground floor storage space of the Kmart Dunedin building. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH : Kmart's size 'will surprise'

Supplies and machinery are laid out across the 4000sqm ground floor retail space of the Kmart Dunedin building. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH : Kmart's size 'will surprise'

Contractors lay a cota of grey paint along the concrete flooring of a newly expanded section of the Kmart Dunedin building. Concrete panels were removed from between the concrete columns, which mark the original building line. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH : Kmart's size 'will surprise'

Contractors get to work on an indoor storage space next to a stairwell leading to the second floor of the Kmart Dunedin building. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH : Kmart's size 'will surprise'