Westfield Parramatta

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Westfield Parramatta, as seen from the bus stand at Parramatta railway station
Opening date	1975
Owner	Scentre Group
No. of stores and services	498
No. of anchor tenants	11
Total retail floor area	137,407 m2 (1,479,037 sq ft)
Parking	4,206 spaces
Website	westfield.com/parramatta

Westfield Parramatta is a shopping centre in Parramatta, a city within the Greater Sydney Metropolitan area Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The centre is owned and managed by The Westfield Group. In July 2014, the Westfield Group became two companies Scentre Group and Westfield Corporation. This shopping centre is now managed by Scentre Group. It has a net leasable area of approximately 137,407m² and contains 498 shops built over five levels, making it Australia's fourth largest shopping centre by Gross Leasable Area (GLA).

Westfield Parramatta's trade area population is 665,720; one of the largest markets for shopping centres in Australia, and its 28.7 million customer visits per annum makes it Australia's busiest Westfield shopping centre.

Westfield Parramatta is a super regional shopping centre in the Parramatta Central Business District (CBD). Reflecting Parramatta's status as Sydney's second CBD (being an important economic, commercial and retail hub in Greater Sydney), Westfield Parramatta serves a large resident and worker population; its trade area larger than the average of large regional centers in Australia.

Westfield Parramatta has 5 levels of retail and 9 levels of car parking spread across 5 city blocks. Two pedestrian air bridges connect the central portion of the centre with the western and eastern peripheries.

Level 1 is wholly underground and connects to the Parramatta Transport Interchange. A 3 level office tower sits atop the shopping centre near the corner of Church and Argyle Streets.

The centre features two food courts (levels 1 and 5), two full line department stores, two discount department stores, 3 supermarkets, a fresh food market, an 11 screen cinema complex, a gymnasium and a medical centre among specialty retailers.

The centre houses two McDonald's outlets,one kiosk in the lower food court,and one kiosk in the upper food court.

Westfield Parramatta is located in the southern part of the Parramatta CBD occupying a number of city blocks bordered by Church Street, Argyle Street, Marsden Street, O'Connell Street and Campbell Street. It is connected to the Parramatta Transport Interchange and Parramatta railway station via an underground retail concourse and pedestrian link.

The site upon which Westfield Parramatta currently stands has had a long history of retail. In 1933, Grace Bros. opened their first Sydney suburban department store on a site on the corner of Church and Argyle Streets. This block, bounded by Aird and Marsden Streets, was predominantly occupied by retail properties and expanded the Parramatta town centre south of the railway line.