Eastland Shopping Centre
Eastland Shopping Centre
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| Location | Ringwood, Victoria, Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°48′47″S 145°13′45″E / 37.81306°S 145.22917°ECoordinates: 37°48′47″S 145°13′45″E / 37.81306°S 145.22917°E |
| Opening date | 31 October 1967 |
| Developer | Queensland Investment Corporation |
| Management | Queensland Investment Corporation |
| Owner | Queensland Investment Corporation |
| No. of stores and services | 350+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 7 |
| Total retail floor area | 131,000 m2 (1,410,000 sq ft) |
| No. of floors | 4 |
| Public transit access | Ringwood railway station |
| Website | Eastland Website |
Eastland Shopping Centre is a large shopping centre located in the outer eastern suburb of Ringwood, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, which first opened on 31 October 1967.
It is close to Ringwood railway station, located opposite the centre on Maroondah Highway. The centre features 2 main levels of shops, with a 3rd level containing a Hoyts 12 screen cinema complex and restaurants, forming a total of approximately 235 stores. It is the largest shopping centre in the City of Maroondah, and is located in relatively close proximity to Westfield Doncaster and Westfield Knox.
Construction commenced on the two level enclosed complex in July 1966, with a 14,000m2Myer and a 2500m2Woolworths supermarket and variety store as major anchors, along with 40 speciality stores and a 1200 space car park. The initial centre cost $13,000,000 (1966) ($138,000,000 (2008)) to construct, on a 5.67 hectare parcel of land just north of the Maroondah Highway in the heart of Ringwood.
In 1993 a massive redevelopment of the centre was announced, which involved the demolition of the existing centre in its entirety except for the 4 storey Myer building (which was simply refurbished), and after a series of 3 staged openings culminated in the relaunch of a new look Eastland in May, 1995. This extension brought the Centre to 53,300 square metres with major retailers Myer, Safeway and Kmart and 170 specialty retailers.
In 1996 the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) purchased the centre from Coles Myer.
In early 2001, after years of rumors and consumer desire for cinemas in Ringwood, QIC announced plans for a stage 4 expansion. Key to this expansion was a Hoyts 12 screen cinema complex (down from the originally planned 14), a few restaurants (including a Pancake Parlour), a Big-W store, and a 2nd major supermarket, which at the time was scheduled to be a Bilo Mega Fresh store (but only a regular Bilo store was built), and an additional 50 specialty stores, increasing the centre's retail size by approximately 25,000 square metres.
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