Centro Box Hill

Centro Box Hill
Centro Box Hill North and South
Location Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Opening date 1987
Developer Centro Properties Group
Management Centro Properties Group
Owner Centro Australia Wholesale Fund (50%)
Centro Retail Trust (50%)
No. of stores and services

177
North: 72

South: 105
No. of anchor tenants

4
North: 2

South: 2
Total retail floor area

37,971 m2 (408,716 Sq Ft)
North: 14,259 m2 (153,483 Sq Ft)

South: 23,712 m2 (255,234 Sq Ft))
Parking

2534
North: 960

South: 1574
No. of floors 3
Website Centro Box Hill

Centro Box Hill North and South (locally known as Box Hill Central) is a regional shopping centre complex (made up of two separate centres) located in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Box Hill in Victoria, Australia. It is approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Melbourne's central business district and both shopping centres are centrally located within the Box Hill shopping precinct and Whitehorse City Council's Principal Activity Centre.

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History

Centro Box Hill North

Centro Box Hill North was originally opened in the 1980s as Whitehorse Plaza, however due to the lack of patrons it was closed down in 2000. After redevelopment of the entire shopping centre which consisted of demolition of all tenancies with the shopping centre, reconfigure of the main shopping mall & car parks as well as major refurbishment of the external as well as the internal facades by Centro Properties Group it was reopened on 1st July 2003 as Centro Whitehorse (although called Whitehorse City while under redevelopment), the shopping centre has had incremental expansions over time since then. In 2007 Centro Whitehorse was re branded as Centro Box Hill North and expanded to included a brand new Harris Scarfe store, now the flagship store in Victoria. It has been speculated that there will be additional expansion of the shopping centre to include a pedestrian bridge linking Centro Box Hill North & South, additional speciality stores as well as a new Amart sports store.[citation needed]

Centro Box Hill South

Centro Box Hill South was originally opened in the 1987 as Box Hill Central, it was built when the old railway station and level crossing was removed, and Market and Main Streets were closed to traffic. The centre was refurbished in 1998 and in 2000 was acquired by the Centro Properties Group, who have since renamed it to Centro Box Hill South, though many still refer to it as Box Hill Central. Unusually, the shopping centre has a large indoor fresh food market located along the western edge of the complex. The original market opened in 1895 which was incorporated into the shopping centre when it was developed.

Tenants

Major retailers include Woolworths and Coles supermarkets. Target closed on the 16th January 2010 because it was no longer viable and was not a "full line" store. Its size was about 5,400m2. Other stores include Homeart, Harris Scarfe, Liquorland, BankWest, Bendigo Bank, Dick Smith Electronics, The Reject Shop, EB Games and various pharmacies. A Big W opened on November 11th, 2010. Major services providers located at the centre include Australia Post, EastLink, Medicare, and Medibank. The centre is also home to 190 speciality retailers, eateries and service providers, it also contains approximately 100 professional office suites in its professional offices towers.

The Box Hill region is well-known for its large population of Hong Kong Chinese, with smaller groups of mainland China, Taiwanese and Vietnamese. This is reflected in the diversity of the produce in fresh food markets, medicinal herb retailers and clothing shops. In addition to the familiar European market offerings, the market area stocks an extensive range of traditional Asian foods. The two shopping centres have a combined gross lettable area of 37,995 m2 (408,970 sq ft), 2,537 parking spaces and approximately 190 speciality retailers. They have an annual turnover in access of AUD $150 million.

Transport

Centro Box Hill South was built above Box Hill station (Premium Station) and has a major bus interchange on its roof. Centro Box Hill North is right next to the terminus for tram route 109. It passes through the inner eastern suburbs en route to the city and Port Melbourne. It was extended from Mont Albert to Box Hill in May 2003. There are a few bus stops situated around both the shopping centres and they are both situated in Metcard zone 2. Centro Box Hill has 7 levels of undercover car parking. The shopping centre has bicycle racks located at most major entrances as well as an on-site taxi rank.

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Coordinates: 37°49′10″S 145°7′24″E / 37.81944°S 145.12333°E / -37.81944; 145.12333


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