Wagga Wagga Marketplace
 Baylis Street entrance |
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| Location | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
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| Opening date | 17 March 1997 |
| Developer | Woolworths Limited |
| Architect | James Thiessen & Associates[1] |
| No. of stores and services | 71 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 (BIG W, Australia Post and Woolworths) |
| Total retail floor area | 21,000m²[1] |
| Parking | 850 spaces |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | www.waggamarketplace.com |
Wagga Wagga Marketplace is a shopping centre located in the regional city of Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia and is the largest retail shopping centre in the catchment area.[2] The centre is located in Wagga's CBD with the main entrance on Baylis Street, with other entrances from Forsyth Street, Morgan Street and the underground carpark. The anchor tenants of the centre are Woolworths, Big W and Australia Post. There are also over 60 specialty stores and an undercover carpark.[3] Wagga Wagga Marketplace was originally constructed by Woolworths Limited and was acquired by ISPT in July 1997.[3] The centre was officially opened on the 17 March 1997 by Leader of the NSW Opposition, Peter Collins, some five months after the main retail outlets opened in 1996.
In February 2006 the shopping centre went underwent a refurbishment which include repainting and new signage, these upgrades were complete by May of the same year.[4]
In the same way as the city itself, Wagga Wagga Marketplace is often referred to simply as Wagga Marketplace.
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Woolworth's inside the Wagga Marketplace
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BIG W at the Wagga Marketplace
[edit] Footnotes
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This article relies on references to primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject, rather than references from independent authors and third-party publications. Please add citations from reliable sources. (January 2008) |
- ^ a b "Marketplace's sheer scale made design a challenge". The Daily Advertiser: p. 31. 15 March 1997.
- ^ "Wagga Wagga Marketplace - About Us". Wagga Wagga Marketplace. http://www.waggamarketplace.com/aboutUs.asp. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
- ^ a b "Links". ISPT. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20080719035229/http://www.ispt.net.au/links.html. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ "Wagga Wagga Marketplace - About Us". Wagga Wagga Marketplace. http://www.waggamarketplace.com/aboutUs.asp. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
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Coordinates: 35°6′54″S 147°22′17″E / 35.115°S 147.37139°E
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