Centro Arndale

Armada Arndale is a shopping centre located in the suburb of Kilkenny in Adelaide and is managed by Armada Funds Management. It used to be managed by Vicinity Centres (formerly Federation Centres) and Westfield. The facility is located at the intersection of main arterial roads, Torrens, Hanson and Regency roads. There are approximately 120 retailers including Harris Scarfe (previously John Martin's), Big W, Woolworths, Coles and Greater Union cinemas with over 2,500 parking places.

Armada Arndale was first opened in 1963. It was built for the UK Development company Arndale Property Trust. It was the first in Australia of a chain of shopping centres by the Arndale development group, the other being Westfield Marion. It was the first fully enclosed shopping centre in Australia to have air conditioning.

The centre had a number of extensions in 1970, 1984, 1999, 2004 and most recently a significant refurbishment completed in August 2013.

A redevelopment of Arndale was approved by the Charles Sturt Council on 11 October 2006, for the addition of 5,800 m² of lettable area and providing up to 50 new stores.

This has resulted in a $100 million development, adding a total of 11,350 m² of floor space or roughly 28 percent more space than previous levels. The redevelopment includes a larger Big W store, refurbished Woolworths supermarket, two small new malls, three new entrances, and additional parking spaces.

Changes to the Charles Sturt development plan require for the rezoning of part of the site to include the use of supermarkets, discount shops and restaurants have been approved.

Former owner Vicinity Centres also had plans for at least another two stages of development, expected to cost between $100 and 150 million.

In May 2016, Armada Funds Management announced the other two stages will go ahead with the creation of over 70 stores, and over 1500 jobs and in January 2017 Armada announced plans to include a third stage of development, worth around $200 Million. And creating another 130 stores, Overall the project will create 200 stores, bringing the total number of stores to over 300.

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