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Shopping mall in Victoria, Australia
Box Hill Central Shopping Centre
LocationBox Hill, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates37°49′10″S 145°7′24″E / 37.81944°S 145.12333°E / -37.81944; 145.12333
Opening date1975 (North) 1987 (South)
DeveloperVicinity Centres
ManagementVicinity Centres
OwnerVicinity Centres (100%)
No. of stores and services177

North: 72

South: 105
No. of anchor tenants3

North: 1

South: 2
Total retail floor area37,971 m (408,720 sq ft)

North: 14,259 m (153,480 sq ft)

South: 23,712 m (255,230 sq ft)
No. of floors3
Parking2, 417

North: 901

South: 1, 516
Public transit accessBox Hill station (embedded)
Websitewww.boxhillshoppingcentre.com.au

Box Hill Central Shopping Centre 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.

History

Box Hill Central – North

Box Hill Central – North was originally constructed in the early 1970s. It was opened in 1975 as a three level regional shopping centre, called Whitehorse Plaza. It housed anchor tenants such as Coles, Kmart, Venture, with other notable tenants being Sussans, Williams The Shoeman, Priceline, Lincraft, Medicare and more retailers, eateries, and services.

Due to lack of tenants, it was closed down in 2000. The shopping centre was completely redeveloped. All tenancies within the centre were demolished, the main shopping centre layout and car parks were reconfigured, and there was major refurbishment of external and internal facades. It was reopened on 1 July 2003 by Centro Properties Group as Centro Whitehorse (although called Whitehorse City while under redevelopment), now a two level regional shopping centre with Coles and Best & Less clothing store.

In 2007 Centro Whitehorse was re-branded as Centro Box Hill North and partially redeveloped, with Best & Less being closed down and the space turned into a brand new Harris Scarfe store.

In 2013 it was re-branded to Box Hill Central - North, as a result of an organisation-wide re-branding of all centres owned by Federation Limited.

On 2 February 2020, Harris Scarfe closed its store at Box Hill, as part of its restructure and downsizing of its store count.

Box Hill Central – South

Box Hill Central – South was originally constructed in the early 1980s, when the old Box Hill railway station and level crossing was removed, and Market and Main Streets were closed to traffic. Box Hill Central opened in 1987, as a single level regional shopping centre. It housed anchor tenants of Target and Safeway.

The shopping centre was redeveloped in 1998 and in 2000 was acquired by the Centro Properties Group, who renamed it to Centro Box Hill South, though many still referred to it as Box Hill Central.

In 2010, the shopping centre was again redeveloped, with Target converted into Big W, and Safeway being converted to Woolworths.

In 2013, it was again re-branded, as Box Hill Central – South, as a result of an organisation wide re-branding of all centres owned by Federation Limited.

The shopping centre has a large indoor fresh food market located along the eastern edge of the complex. The original market opened in 1895 and was consolidated into the shopping centre when it was developed.

Along with Big W in Broadmeadows Central, Big W in Box Hill Central closed in January 2021.

Tenants

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Currently, the two shopping centres have a combined gross let-able area of 37,995 m (408,970 sq ft). This is made up of 2 anchor tenants (Coles and Woolworths) and over 190 retailers, eateries and service providers. Other retailers in Box Hill Central include EB Games, Priceline Pharmacy, Daiso and Dimmeys. The shopping centres also have 2,537 parking spaces, as well as approximately 100 office suites in office towers. Previous tenants of Box Hill Central are Big W, Kmart, Kmart Food, Target, Venture, Harris Scarfe, Best & Less and more.

The Box Hill region is known for its Hong Kong Chinese population, with smaller groups of mainland Chinese, Taiwanese and Vietnamese. This is reflected in the produce in food markets, medicinal herb retailers and clothing shops. In addition to European market offerings, the market area has some shops focusing on traditional Asian foods.

Box Hill Central (North and South) has an annual turnover in excess of A$150 million.

Transport

Box Hill Central was built above Box Hill station and the entrance is contained inside the shopping centre. The complex also has a major bus interchange, with tram route 109 terminating nearby on Whitehorse Road. It passes through the inner eastern suburbs en route to Port Melbourne via the Melbourne central business district. There are a few bus stops situated around both the shopping centres and they are both situated in Zone 2. Box Hill Central 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.

References

  1. "'Really sad': Big W to close down TWO popular stores in just four days". 7NEWS. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

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