Bennetts Green is a

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of the City of Lake Macquarie in

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, located southwest of Newcastle's

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on the eastern side of

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Economy

It contains very few homes and is mainly a commercial shopping, small factory-warehouse area. Current businesses include: *

Harvey Norman Harvey Norman is a large Australian-based, multi-national retailer of furniture, bedding, computers, communications and consumer electrical products. It mainly operates as a franchise, with the main brand and all company-operated stores owned ...

Bing Lee Bing Lee is an Australian retailing company, a chain of superstores specialising in consumer electronics, computer and telecommunication goods. Bing Lee is the largest privately held electrical retail business in New South Wales with 41 stor ...

Supercheap Auto Supercheap Auto is an Australian automotive parts and accessories retailer. It was founded in 1972, operating as a mail-order business and opened its first store in Brisbane in 1974. It now has 300 stores across Australia and New Zealand. H ...

* BCF *

Fantastic Furniture Fantastic Furniture is an Australian owned and operated furniture retailer. It is a subsidiary of Greenlit Brands. History Fantastic Furniture started as a market stall at Sydney's Parklea Markets in 1989, by friends Paul Harding and Jonathan ...

It also was the home of the very first

Computer Superstore, which was set up in 1993. Other businesses that have been in the area include: * AMF Bowling alley *

Retravision Retravision is a Western Australian-based consumer electronics retailer of computers, technology products, home entertainment products, laundry and kitchen appliances, air-conditioning products, small appliances and homewares. The retailer was ...

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* Skatel Roller Rink * Norman Ross Clearance Centre

New Retail Development

In 2016 land on the opposite side of the highway to the existing retail development was originally sold to Woolworths Limited for $20.3M for a proposed development that would contain a Masters hardware store, however due to the collapse of the Masters chain the site was then sold to the Spotlight Group for a proposed $100M development including: * Bunnings Warehouse * Spotlight *

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KFC KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, that specializes in fried chicken. It is the world's second-largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) after McDonald's, with 2 ...

* BP * Road Tech Marine *

Nick Scali Furniture Nick Scali Furniture is a publicly listed, manufacturing Australian company that retails and imports furniture such as lounges, dining tables, coffee tables, chairs and entertainment units. Nick Scali Furniture was founded in 1962 by Nick D. Sca ...

* PETstock * several smaller as yet unnamed businesses The first of the businesses including Anaconda, Road Tech Marine and BP commenced operation at the grand opening of the new retail development on 31 October 2020.

References

External links

History of Bennetts Green
(Lake Macquarie City Library) Suburbs of Lake Macquarie {{LakeMacquarie-geo-stub