Dapto Mall is a shopping centre in the suburb of Dapto, a suburb of Wollongong in the Illawarra region, New South Wales, Australia.[1]
Location | Dapto, New South Wales, Australia |
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Coordinates | 34°29′41″S 150°47′43″E / 34.494703°S 150.795226°E |
Address | Moombara Street |
Opening date | 1980s |
Developer | AMP Capital |
Management | Glenn Cochrane |
Owner | UniSuper |
No. of stores and services | 66 |
No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
Total retail floor area | 21,920 square metres (235,900 sq ft) |
No. of floors | 2 |
Parking | 1,102 (845 undercover) |
Website | www |
History
editDapto Mall opened in the 1980s and featured 30 stores. In 2003, the centre expanded to the old Dapto Library site.[2]
The first stage of the $60 million redevelopment commenced in mid 2006 and took around 15 months to complete. This development saw a large car park built and opened on 12 February 2007. The first stage of the expanded centre opened on 6 September 2007 with a refurbished Woolworths supermarket, an expanded Coles supermarket, over 30 new specialty stores (including Big W) along with new customer amenities and parking spaces. It opened on 31 October 2007.[3] The redevelopments upgraded the Mall's total retail floor space from 6,000m²[4] to over 23,000m²,[5] making it the fourth-largest shopping centre in the Illawarra, after competitors Wollongong Central, Stockland Shellharbour and Warrawong Plaza.[better source needed]
On 20 March 2019, $3.5 million facelift of Dapto Mall had commenced.[6] ‘Bringing the outdoors within’ was the design concept of this refurbishment which featured upgrades to level one. The upgrade included a new food court dining concept, a new kids play area, lush internal landscape design and a bespoke Diemme designed and constructed sculpture. The sculpture is a nod to the surrounding countryside and Illawarra coastline, the colours and décor reflect nature with greenery and natural tones. The level one entry and external ramps were also refurbished. This $4.5 million refurbishment was completed on 15 October 2019.[7]
Tenants
editDapto Mall has 21,920m² of floor space. The major retailers include Big W, Coles and Woolworths.
References
edit- ^ "Dapto Mall". AMP Capital. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "The cleared site of the old Dapto... - Dapto History in Photos | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ "Official opening of new Dapto Mall after $60m redevelopment" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2021.
- ^ Wollongong Retail Centre Study Wollongong Council September 2004
- ^ "Dapto Mall Redevelopment". Laing O'Rourke. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ Ellis, Greg (20 March 2019). "Sneak peek at Dapto Mall's $3.5 million facelift". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Dapto Mall brings the outdoors in with new upgrade – Shopping Centre News". Retrieved 22 October 2021.