Wollongong Central
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| Location | Crown Street, Wollongong, NSW |
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| Coordinates | 34°25′29″S 150°53′37″E / 34.42472°S 150.89361°ECoordinates: 34°25′29″S 150°53′37″E / 34.42472°S 150.89361°E |
| Management | GPT Group |
| Owner | GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund |
| No. of stores and services | 250+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
| Total retail floor area | 80,270 m2 (864,019 sq ft) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Website | wollongongcentral.com.au |
Wollongong Central is a major shopping centre in the Illawarra region, located in the CBD of Wollongong, New South Wales approximately 90 kilometres south of Sydney. It is operated and managed by Australian property investment company, General Property Trust (GPT). It is of local importance and is used by much of the Illawarra community as a social and shopping centre. It is situated in the western half of the Crown Street Mall.
Whilst Wollongong Central today is one complete shopping centre, it was originally two separate and distinct shopping centres. Crown Central shopping centre was constructed and opened in 1975 by the Abbey Capital Property Group on the northern side of Crown Street, taking the majority of the Crown Street frontage between Keira Street and Church Street. In 1986, a joint venture between Wollongong City Council and Kern Corporation developed the Crown Gateway shopping centre on the site of the former Coles Building on the southern side of Crown Street, extending through to Burelli Street.
In the late 1990s, Crown Central was purchased by the GPT Group, and a short period later, GPT acquired Crown Gateway from Wollongong City Council. GPT then developed a pedestrian bridge to join the two centres, and re-branded the combined complex as Wollongong Central.
The centre currently features part of a David Jones department store, a Myer department store over three levels, and approximately 140 stores in the centre itself. In addition, there are also around 300 other retail outlets in the adjacent Crown Street Mall, which Wollongong Central is part of.
Wollongong Central underwent a $200 million redevelopment. The redevelopment expanded the centre's GLA (Gross Lettable Area) from 38,900 m2 (418,716 sq ft) to 80,270 m2 (864,019 sq ft), making it the largest shopping centre in the Illawarra region. On the 9th October, 2014, a new three-storey building named West Keira was opened.
West Keira (Building 1) is situated on the corner of Keira Street and Crown Street and has three main floors. It joins to North Building via an underground pathway and pedestrian bridge. Lower ground floor contains Coles and the first floor contains Target and JB Hi-Fi. The building also contains cafes and restaurants outside along Keira Street.
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