Eastlands is
Tasmania
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's largest shopping centre; it is located on the eastern side of the
Derwent River, in the shopping district of
Rosny Park, and within the greater area of
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. It has a gross lettable area of about .
Eastlands contains two major discount department stores (
Big W
Big W (stylized as BIG W) is an Australian chain of discount department stores, which was founded in regional New South Wales in 1964. The company is a division of Woolworths Group and as at 2019 operated 176 stores, with around 22,000 employee ...
and
Kmart
Kmart Corporation ( , doing business as Kmart and stylized as kmart) is an American retail company that owns a chain of big box department stores. The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States.
The company was inc ...
, two major supermarkets:
Coles, and
Woolworths), along with approximately one hundred specialty stores, as well as a multi-level carpark. It is located adjacent to the Rosny Bus Ball.
The
shopping centre
A shopping center (American English) or shopping centre (Commonwealth English), also called a shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof.
The first known collec ...
was the first of its kind in Tasmania, and has seen many refurbishments over the years. It has recently opened its new mall (facing
Rosny Hill Road
Rosny Hill Road is a major road in Hobart, Australia. Prior to the completion of the Rosny Bypass, Rosny Hill Road (in conjunction with Cambridge Road) was the major Trunk road connecting the city to the airport. Today the road provides a link ...
), containing a renovated Kmart and seventeen specialty stores.
History
In 2016, a woman was arrested after attempting to rob the centre's JB Hifi store with armed a syringe. In 2021, a 30 year old man doused customers at the centre's Caltex petrol station in turpentine and attempted to set a woman on fire. He was sentenced to a two years suspended sentence after the judge accepted his plea of being influenced by drug induced psychosis. The centre sustained minor flood damage in 2021, when stormwater gutters overflowed, causing water to rush into the centre's food court and through the roofs of some shops.
References
External links
Eastlands Shopping Centre*http://vicinity.com.au/centres/our-centres/eastlands-shopping-centre
{{Shopping centres in Tasmania
Shopping centres in Tasmania
Shopping malls established in 1965