Eastgate Bondi Junction is a shopping centre in the suburb of

Bondi Junction Bondi Junction is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 6 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of Waverley. Bondi Junction is a largely comme ...

in the

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of Sydney.

Transport

The

Eastern Suburbs railway line The Eastern Suburbs Railway is a commuter railway line in Sydney constructed in the 1970s. It is operated by Sydney Trains and has stations at Martin Place, Kings Cross, Edgecliff and Bondi Junction. In addition, it has dedicated platforms a ...

offer frequent services to Bondi Junction station which is a short walk from the centre. Eastgate Bondi Junction has bus connections operated by

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and

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to the

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and

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. Eastgate Bondi Junction has multi level car park with 923 spaces.

History

Eastgate Bondi Junction opened in 1983 below the Eastgate residential apartment and included

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Coles New World Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd, trade name, trading as Coles, is an Australian supermarket, retail and consumer services chain, headquartered in Melbourne as part of the Coles Group. Founded in 1914 in Collingwood, Victoria, Collingwood ...

and

Harris Farm Markets Harris Farm Markets is an Australian grocery chain with over 30 different locations in New South Wales & Queensland with the majority of stores existing within the Sydney metropolitan area, the Brisbane metropolitan area, and various regional a ...

in the level below Kmart in basement car park level. It was the fourth shopping centre in Bondi Junction to be built after

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, The Carousel and Bondi Junction Plaza. It is now the second shopping centre in the suburb to the much larger

Westfield Bondi Junction Westfield Bondi Junction is a large, upmarket shopping centre in the suburb of Bondi Junction in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. Transport The Eastern Suburbs Line offer frequent services to Bondi Junction station which is a short walk fro ...

just 350m away. In January 1995 the centre was acquired by ISPT Super Property and is managed by JLL. Eastgate Bondi Junction underwent a redevelopment in March 2013 with the mezzanine level and amenities refurbished and an

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Supermarket,

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and many new stores added. Some existing stores including

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and Just Cuts were refurbished with new ones like

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. Harris Farm Markets closed on 3 April 2018 with a large, modern Harris Farm Markets opened in Westfield Bondi Junction opposite Coles, down the road. The space vacated by Harris Farm was replaced by

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which opened on 16 December 2020. In July 2019 Eastgate Bondi Junction underwent a facelift which included a new facade. David Wilson Chemist drugstore and Habitania furniture store closed. Work on the new awning and facade commenced on 29 July 2019 and was completed in late 2019. Several stores shuttered with COVID pandemic and remain empty lots as of 2022. This facelift also included a number of new stores including a

and Coles also underwent a facelift which was completed on 26 September 2020 and is considered the 'poshest' in Australia.

Tenants

Eastgate Bondi Junction has 15,491m² of floor space. The major retailers include

and Coles.

Incidents

* On 30 March 2009 a gas leak caused the evacuation of the apartment and shopping centre below. Two men were seriously burnt after the gas explosion on the top floor believed to be the 28th floor. The men who burnt were believed to be working on the air conditioning unit on the rooftop. * On 10 August 2018 a major gas leak caused the evacuation of the apartments and shopping centre below after workmen hit the gas main. The centre has since reopened.

References

External links

Eastgate Bondi Junction Official Website
{{Shopping centres in New South Wales Shopping centres in Sydney Shopping malls established in 1983 1983 establishments in Australia