Willows Shopping Centre
Location | Kirwan, Queensland, Australia |
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Management | Dexus Property Group |
Owner | Dexus Property Group |
No. of stores and services | 130 |
No. of anchor tenants | 6 |
Total retail floor area | 38,000m2 |
No. of floors | 2 (1 retail, 1 Rooftop Carpark) |
Parking | 1,700 Bays (approx) |
Website | www.willowsshoppingcentre.com.au |
Information from DB RREEF.[1] |
Willows Shopping Centre is a sub-regional shopping centre, located in Kirwan, a suburb of Townsville, Queensland. It is one of Townsville's largest shopping centers with a total of 130 retail stores. An Australian Breastfeeding Association five-star-rated parents' room is provided, complete with children's play area, as well as male, female and disabled room facilities. Willows Shopping Centre also hosts Northern Australia's largest Big W Department Store at 8,500 square metres as well a revamped Target department store with new feature facades and ceramic and wooden floor tiles inside the store.
History and development
The centre was originally opened in 1985 and contained Woolworths, Franklins and approximately 70 shops. In 1994, Coles and Target opened at the present sites. Soon after, Franklins closed and moved across the road and the space was converted to Crazy Clarks. In a 2009 expansion this area was used to create space for the mall heading towards Big W and Best & Less.
The centre was purchased by DB RREEF (which has since rebranded to Dexus Property Group) in 2006 for approximately A$100 million (2006).[2]
Expansion
Dexus Property Group has gained approval to expand the retail floorspace up to four times which includes a cinema and commercial space as part of a 20-year master plan with floor space of up to 82,500 square metres.
Stage 1
Construction of the expansion commenced in August 2008 and opened 30 October 2009. The expansion included an 8,500 square metres Big W store, two mini majors, about 50 new specialty stores, 600 additional car parks and upgrades to amenities including new outdoor areas.
Transport
The centre is serviced by public transportation run by Sunbus Townsville.
Stores
Majors:
- Harris Scarfe Department Store (Coming Soon-2017)
- Big W Discount Department Store
- Kmart Discount Department Store (Coming soon-2020)
- Target Discount Department Store
- Coles Supermarket (New format store-2017)
- Woolworths Supermarket (New store-2016)
Mini Majors:
- Best and Less
- Cotton On Mega (Currently trading a small store- Relocating in 2017)
- JB Hi-Fi
- Priceline Pharmacy
- Prices Plus
Food Retailers:
- Hungry Jacks
- Oporto
- Gloria Jean's Coffees
- Subway
- McDonalds
- Coffee Club
- Sumo Salad
- Muffin Break
- And much more.
Stores:
- Terry White Chemists
- Salt 66
- Typo
- And much more.
See also
References
- ↑ "Leasing - Willows Shoppingtown". Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ "Townsville appeals to Deutsche fund". Inside Retailing. 2006-10-23. p. 9.
External links
Coordinates: 19°18′55″S 146°43′36″E / 19.31528°S 146.72667°E