Grand Central Shopping Centre is a retail shopping centre in

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. Owned by the

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, it is the largest shopping centre in the

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, with the first stage opening in September 1996. A second stage opened in June 1999, and a third in 2017. It features a

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, Coles,

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five-screen cinema, a

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, Woolworths,

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, and H&M and over 180 specialty stores over two levels. In November 2014, a $500 million redevelopment commenced that doubled the floor area to 90,000 m² and the number of parking spaces to 4,000. It was completed in early 2017.Grand Central Shopping Centre
ProBuild New anchor tenants include Country Road, Esprit and H&M among others, taking its size to over .

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{{Shopping centres in Queensland Buildings and structures in Toowoomba Shopping centres in Queensland Shopping malls established in 1996 1996 establishments in Australia