Shopping in Townsville
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Local shopping experience includes the markets, with a night market conducted on the first Friday of each month at The Strand Park on the foreshore. Weekly markets (Cotters Markets) are held on Sunday mornings in the Flinders Street Mall in the city centre, with a variety of offerings including fresh produce, foods, arts and craft and other antiquities.
Domain Central is now Australia's largest homemaker centre.[1]
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[edit] Department store for Townsville
David Jones, at that time the only major department store in Townsville, closed in 1993. A survey [2] found that the closure decreased the attractiveness of Townsville's shopping experience and opportunities. The closest major department store is Myer in Cairns 350km away.
Myer have initiated discussions with two of the three largest suburban shopping centres in Townsville and will investigate opportunities which may open up for a site in the central business district. They have indicated that Townsville fits the criteria they are using to determine where to expand their network of stores, the criteria is based on population and the demographic profile of the region. There is an interest in opening a store locally and the company has been seeking to enter into discussions with property owners. A store would require between 6000sq/m and 10,000sq/m.[3]
In December 2006 David Jones indicated that it did not consider Townsville to be within its 3 year plan, but that this will be reviewed in 2008.[4]
Residents in Townsville are Myer's biggest catalogue buyers.[5]
[edit] List of Shopping Centres and markets in Townsville/Thuringowa
Shopping centres and markets in the Townsville/Thuringowa urban centre:
- Annandale Central (Annandale)
- Castletown Shoppingworld[1] (Garbutt)
- Centro Townsville (Corner Ross River Road and Nathan Street, Cranbrook)
- Cotters Market[2] (Flinders Mall, Sunday mornings)
- Domain Central (Garbutt)
- Flinders Mall (Central Business District)
- Hermit Park Shopping Centre (Hermit Park)
- North Ward Shopping Village (two blocks from The Strand, North Ward)
- Parkside Plaza (Kirwan)
- Showgrounds Markets (Townsville Showgrounds, Garbutt, Sunday morning Flea market)
- Stockland Townsville[3] (Corner Ross River Road and Nathan Street, Aitkenvale)
- Strand Night Market[4] {The Strand, North Ward first Friday of the month, May to December)
- Sunland Plaza (Aitkenvale)
- Vincent Village (Vincent)
- Willows Market (car park of Willows Shoppingtown, Kirwan, Sunday mornings)
- Willows Shoppingtown (Corner Thuringowa Drive and Hervey Range Road, Kirwan)
[edit] References
- ^ Tony Raggatt Growth may attract even more retailers Townsville Bulletin published 29 November 2006 p22
- ^ Daniel Bateman 2005 Readers Survey Cities cry out for the return of David Jones Townsville Bulletin published 27 December 2005 p4
- ^ Tony Raggatt Myer's on way to city Townsville Bulletin published 20 December 2006 p1
- ^ Tony Raggatt Retail giants eye boom city Townsville Bulletin published 2 December 2006 p2
- ^ Tony Raggatt Five-star hotel tipped But still no Myer store on horizon for Townsville Townsville Bulletin published 29 November 2003 p6
[edit] External links
Townsville CBD revitalisation campaign website by Townsville Chamber of Commerce
