| Location | Main Street and Murnong Street, Point Cook |
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| Developer | Walker Group, VicUrban |
| No. of stores and services | 80+ |
| Total retail floor area | ~25,000 m2 (270,000 sq ft) |
| Website | http://pointcook.com.au/ |
Point Cook Town Centre is a shopping centre in the centre of Point Cook in the west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The main retailers are Coles, Aldi, Target and Harris Scarfe and the more minor stores include The Reject Shop, Best Friends Pets Superstore, and there are about 150 stores in total.[1] During After school times and Weekends, the centre car park is usually full in the Coles, Aldi and sometimes in the Target section.
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Point Cook has been subject to rapid growth. In 2001 Point Cook's population was 1,963 compared to the population in 2006, 14,735 and the expected population in 2015 being 45,805.[2] Therefore, the need for a new shopping destination was essential to take the overflow off Werribee Plaza, Sanctuary Lakes Shopping Centre, Altona Gate and Central Square Shopping Centre.
VicUrban and Walker Corporation have constructed the $150 million Point Cook Town Centre on a 10 hectare site located 23 kilometres south west of Melbourne’s CBD. The design for the Town Centre is a town centre with a ‘main street’ theme with both sides of the street having small retailers with an undercover walkway. Stage one of the construction was finished in mid-2008 with a Coles, Target, Aldi and a further 90 specialty stores and the cost was $90 million. Stage two of the construction was complete November 2010 with a further Harris Scarfe, a food court, and over 40 speciality stores adding to the town centre. The cost of stage two of the town centre was $50 million and overall, it costed about $150 million. The neighbouring library and community centre was built roughly about the same time and is a one minute walk from the town centre.[3]
The bus route 413 travels between Laverton Train Station and Werribee Plaza and stops on Boardwalk Boulevard and Dunnings Road while bus number 416 has stops on Boardwalk Boulevard and travels between Hoppers Crossing railway station and Aircraft railway station. More information on route timetables, maps and stops are on http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/ .[4]
Point Cook Town Centre is approx 20mins drive time (23km) from Melbourne along the Princes Freeway. Drivers can access the Centre from the Freeway by exiting at Hoppers Crossing and turn left onto Boardwalk Boulevard. The undercover parking is accessible from Dunnings road (Target Precinct), Murnong Street (Harris Scarfe Precinct) or via Boardwalk Boulevard (Coles Precinct). There are also four outdoor parking spaces in all four precinct (Coles Precinct, Harris Scarfe Precinct, Target Precinct and Aldi Precinct) and are accessible from all around the areas.[5]
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