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St Ives Shopping Village is a shopping centre in the suburb of St Ives in Sydney's Upper North Shore. It opened in the 1960s, and includes multiple supermarkets and over 40 stores. In the 1970s, St Ives Shopping Village became the main commercial area for St Ives and now has over 100 stores. The main major tenants are Harris Farm Markets, Coles and Woolworths. It is across the road from the Village Green and a skate park.
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"St Ives". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 28 April 2016.