Burnside Village

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[edit] Introduction

Burnside Village is a popular fashion mall and shopping centre located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is situated in the City of Burnside suburb of Glenside, in the eastern suburbs.

Despite the demographics of the local area being largely 50 years and over, Burnside Village is popular with younger generations lured from other areas by its prestige. It includes smaller owner operated stores as well as major clothing and footwear franchises.

[edit] History

Burnside Village began as a ribbon development shopping centre, at the Corner of Portrush and Greenhill Roads. It origins included two small supermarkets along the Portrush Road frontage and a set of shops to the rear. During the 1980's, sections of the surrounding block were bought up and the current site was redeveloped. It included an underground carpark and integrated the old supermarkets into specialty stores. The new section included a Coles supermarket, food specialty stores and niche clothing and homeware stores.Burnside Village is currently home to 82 stores, including a large Coles Supermarket on the south side.