Armadale Shopping City

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Armadale Shopping City


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location = Armadale, Western Australia, Australia
opening_date = 1984
owner= ING Real Estate
manager= ING Real Estate
developer=
number_of_stores = 107
number_of_anchors = 4
floor_area = 31,200 m²
parking = 1530 bays
floors= 2
website = [http://www.armadaleshoppingcity.com.au]
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Armadale Shopping City is the major shopping centre in Armadale, Western Australia. It is located between Jull Street and Church Avenue and feature over 100 speciality stores as well as four majors and one mini-major.

Location

Armadale Shopping City is located on Jull Street. The car park entrances are located at Church Avenue, Fourth Road and Whitehead Street.

Redevelopment

In November 2005 an $80 million expansion of the shopping centre commenced, and is due for completion in December 2007. The first stage(completed in December 2006) involved the creation of two new malls, a number of new specialty stores, relocation of existing specialty stores, double storey carpark and rooftop car parking over these malls and the Target store. The second stage involved the opening of the Target store in August. The third stage, due for completion in December 2007 will open up a new food court and alfresco dining area.

Anchor tenants

Target

Kmart

Coles

Progressive Supa IGA

Best and Less (mini major)

Transport

Armadale Shopping City is located in very close proximity to the Armadale Train Station. The train station and the Jull Street entrannce are a very short walk away from each other (i.e. some 100 metres away) and the bus interchange is a 3 minute walk from the shopping centre ( [http://www.armadaleshoppingcity.com.au/Public/GeneralInformation/PublicTransport.asp] ). Bus services stop at the Fourth Road end of the centre.

History

Armadale Shopping City is located on the old Armadale Primary School site and was opened in 1984.

A $40 million expansion was planned for the shopping centre in 1997 ^{[http://www.landcorp.com.au/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/ARA/PUBLICATIONS/03%20CITY%20CENTRE.PDF1]} . However it did not eventuate as it involved chopping down the historic Old Jarrah Tree in the car park on Church Ave, and consequently it drew outrage from local residents. A conservation order was placed on the jarrah tree, preventing the re-development .A minor refurbishment was completed in 1999, opening up the first Best and Less store in WA and adding a number of specialty stores. The current expansion has been designed so that the jarrah tree is preserved.

References

* [http://www.landcorp.com.au/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/ARA/PUBLICATIONS/03%20CITY%20CENTRE.PDF]

External links

* [http://www.armadaleshoppingcity.com.au/ Armadale Shopping City]