Westfield Chermside

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Westfield Chermside is the largest shopping centre in Queensland, located in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs. The centre currently features a 3 floor Myer, Kmart, Target, Big W, Coles, BiLo, Woolworths, Borders, JB HiFi and about 360 speciality stores all on the first floor. The second floor is only partial to the shopping centre and includes a Rebel Sport, a bowling alley and a 16-screen Birch Carroll & Coyle cinema complex. The centre contains the Chermside bus station, a major hub for busses north of Brisbane. A new David Jones Limited is due to open in August 2007.

[edit] History

Chermside Drive-In Shopping Centre (Now Westfield Chermside) opened on 30 May 1957. It initially contained a department store, a supermarket and 22 speciality stores. In 1965, the centre was air-conditioned and a restaurant was constructed. A Myer store was opened in June 1977. Several renovations were completed in 1985, 1986 and 1987 adding another 29 stores and an underground carpark to the centre. A business mall was constructed in February 1992.

Westfield Group purchased the property in December 1996. In 1999, work began on a major redevelopment of the centre which was to nearly double its floor space. Stage one opened on August 9, which contained a Coles and a new bus interchange. In 2000, the second stage of the redevelopment opened, containing a Kmart, Bi-Lo Target, 900 seat food court. In 2005, construction began on another expansion, which officially opened on October 19, 2006 and contained 2,300 more car parks, and over 100 new specialty stores, most of which are clothing and shoe stores. ^[1].