Southland Shopping Centre
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| Southland Shopping Centre | |
 Southland Logo |
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| Location | Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia |
| Opening date | September 1967 |
| Developer | Westfield Group |
| Management | Westfield Group |
| Owner | Westfield Group |
| No. of stores and services | 502+ stores |
| No. of anchor tenants | 502+ stores |
| Total retail floor area | approx 124,000 m² |
| Parking | 6000 |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Website | Westfield Southland |
Southland Shopping Centre, also known as Westfield Shoppingtown Southland, is a large retail complex located in the suburb of Cheltenham, approximately 16 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD in Australia. Southland Shopping Centre is the second largest shopping centre in the Southern hemisphere, behind number one Westfield Parramatta in Sydney by a mere ~50 stores. It is thus the largest shopping centre in Victoria.
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[edit] History
Southland was one of Melbourne's premier shopping centres at the time of its opening in 1968. It was quite a small shopping centre with only a few stores such as a Myer department store, Woolworths supermarket, and a special roof garden.
After 30 years the centre has gained many more stores and has expanded on to what was the former Cheltenham Market site, which was closed in 1996.
During Southland's history, many renovations and facelifts have shaped the centre such as the development of a Village Cinemas complex and food court in 1990. In 1996, construction started on the centre again and the demolition of most of the centre made way for more shops and a new food court. It was also expanded across the Nepean Highway by a large pedestrian bridge, which has shops and a road link to the other side. Construction also included a new larger cinema complex and a youth-oriented mall called The Street, which opened in April 1999. The development was completed by late 1999.
[edit] Anchor Retailers
Southland is the only shopping centre in Melbourne which features all major anchor reailers in the one centre. It features 3 department stores, 3 discount department stores, 3 supermarkets, 1 electrical (computers, television etc) retailers and a 16 screen Village Cinemas multiplex.
- David Jones department store
- Harris Scarfe department store
- Myer department store
- BIG W discount department store
- Kmart discount department store
- Target discount department store
- Safeway supermarket
- Coles supermarket
- BI-LO supermarket
- Harvey Norman electrical store
- Village Cinemas 16 screen cinema multiplex
[edit] Southland in Film and Television
A large part of the ABC-TV comedy series Kath & Kim is filmed at Southland, although the centre is masquerading as Fountain Lakes Shopping Centre.
[edit] Trivia
Southland, due to its immense size, features multiple instances of food outlets within its confines. For example, there are two Muffin Break and Gloria Jean's stores and three Donut King kiosks that services separate sections.
