Stockland Wetherill Park

Stockland Wetherill Park (known as “Stockies” to locals) is a shopping mall in Wetherill Park, Sydney, Australia. Being an indoor and outdoor shopping centre, it is 47th-largest by area in the country.[1] Costing $142 million to build, the centre was established in 1983 and has been through four phases of redevelopment, with the major one completed in September 2016, where it had undergone a $228 million renovation with some 5,600 m2 (60,000 sq ft) of retail space.[2]

Stockland Wetherill Park
LocationWetherill Park and Prairiewood
Coordinates33°51′32″S 150°53′56″E
Opening date1983
DeveloperStockland
No. of stores and services200+
No. of anchor tenants5
Total retail floor area71,356 m2 (768,070 sq ft)
No. of floors2
Parking2,637
WebsiteStockland Wetherill Park

Features

The shopping centre features Coles, Woolworths, Big W, Kmart, JB Hi-Fi, Angus & Coote and 200 specialty stores, including over 20 fashion stores. It also features a refurbished, twelve-screen Hoyts cinema with leather seating and recliners, a 24-hour gym and alfresco dining with floor-to-ceiling windows. The center features "The Grove", which contains an 800-seat indoor-outdoor food terrace with 14 restaurants, cafes and food operators, with those outside being in a lane-way setting. Cuisines in the eateries include Thai, Mexican, Vietnamese and Italian, among others.[3]

The center has also opened an extra 910 car parking spaces in 2016, bringing the total to close to 2700 spaces, which is a 30% increase on the number of spaces available before the redevelopment. The mall's height is roughly around 15 metres. Furthermore, the shopping centre also includes a children's playground, which is on the outdoor section of the mall.[4]

Reception
Stockland Mall before the major redevelopment (2010).

Stockland Group Executive and CEO of Commercial Property, John Schroder, stated: “There is no other mall quite like Stockland Wetherill Park anywhere in Australia. It delivers an unparalleled retail experience, anchored by fresh food and fast casual dining with a modern twist on laneway-style street food vendors and entertainment.”

On the reopening Chris Bowen MP, Member for McMahon, Shadow Treasurer, Dr Hugh McDermott MP, Member for Prospect and Mayor of Fairfield City Council, Frank Carbone attended the official opening and toured the centre.

Since opening stage 1 in 2015, Stockland Wetherill Park has received more than 5 million people through the new subdivisions of the mall. Furthermore, Stockland attained a 5 Star Green Star Retail ‘Design’ rating through the Green Building Council of Australia earlier that year.[5]

Access

The Liverpool-Parramatta Rapid Bus Transitway has a station just approximate to the mall, as well as a number of encircling bus stops that belong to Transit Systems Sydney. A taxi zone is located on Polding Street which are both within the realm of the shopping mall.

See also

References
  1. Stockland to redevelop Wetherill Park mall, Carolyn Cummins by the Sydney Morning Herald
  2. Stockland Wetherill Park
  3. Stockland announces $222m expansion of Wetherill Park Shopping Centre, The Urban Developer
  4. Stockland Wetherill Park grand opening, Fairfield Champion
  5. Stockland Wetherill Park Redevelopment Opens, Monique Jones, Media Relations Consultant
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