Centro Box Hill
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| Location | Box Hill, Victoria, Australia |
| Opening date | 1980s |
| Developer | Centro Properties Group |
| Management | Centro Properties Group |
| Owner | Centro Wholesale (50%), Centro Retail (50%) |
| No. of stores and services | 190 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 |
| Total retail floor area | 36,813 m² |
| Parking | 2,537 |
| No. of floors | 3 of stores, 2 of professional suites and 7 of car parking |
| Website | Centro Box Hill |
Centro Box Hill (commonly known as Box Hill Central) is a pair of regional shopping centres located in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, about 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Melbourne's central business district. Both centres are located in the centre of the Box Hill shopping precinct and Whitehorse City Council's Principal Activity Centre.
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[edit] History
[edit] 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]
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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Tenants
Major retailers include Safeway and Coles supermarkets, Target and Harris Scarfe discount department stores, Liquorland, BankWest, Bendigo Bank, Dick Smith Electronics, The Reject Shop, EB Games, Homeart and various pharmacies.
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 Chinese, 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 36,813 m2 (396,250 sq ft), 2,527 parking spaces and approximately 190 speciality retailers. They have an annual turnover in access of AUD $150 million.
[edit] 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 onsite taxi rank.
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