Warrawong Plaza
| Location | Warrawong, New South Wales, Australia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 34°29′10″S 150°53′20″E / 34.4861°S 150.889°ECoordinates: 34°29′10″S 150°53′20″E / 34.4861°S 150.889°E |
| Opening date | 1960 |
| Management | JLL |
| Owner | 151 Property, a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group |
| No. of stores and services | 140 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
| Total retail floor area | 57,582 m2 (619,807 sq ft) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | 2,167 spaces |
| Website | www |
Warrawong Plaza (formerly Westfield Warrawong) is a major shopping centre located in Warrawong, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. With a retail floor area of 57,582 m2 (619,807 sq ft), it is currently the third largest shopping centre in the Illawarra region.
Warrawong Plaza originally opened in 1960 as Lake Market Shopping Centre.
The centre has a current catchment area of 246,680 persons, and retail spending in the catchment area estimated at A$2.3 billion (2005).
Upon acquisition by The Westfield Group in 1985, the centre was extensively redeveloped and relaunched as Westfield Warrawong in 1988. Further extensions were conducted in 1996, adding a 6,000 m2 (64,583 sq ft) Big W to the centre.
Previously, a Big W department store had been an occupant of the centre from 1965, however due to a change in retailling strategy by parent company Woolworths Limited, the then-two-level store was sold to David Jones Limited on April 19, 1971 and converted to a David Jones store which in turn was closed in January 1986. By 2011, the centre had grown to 57,582 m2 (619,807 sq ft) with 140 retailers.
In August 2015, Scentre Group announced it had sold Westfield Warrawong to 151 Property, a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group along with three other centres as part of sell-off of "non-strategic" assets for a total of $783 Million. At the same time it was announced that Jones Lang LaSalle would be responsible for the management of the centre.
On 11 September 2015, the new management unveiled the new name, Warrawong Plaza, and branding going forward.
In 1999, the centre received significant global coverage of its efforts to deal with shoplifting and anti-social behaivour. In an effort to discourage local youth using the centre as a gathering place, the management used the centre's public address system to play older style music, including Bing Crosby's 1938 song "My Heart Is Taking Lessons".
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