Malvern Central Shopping Centre is a luxury regional
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 colle ...
located in the Eastern
Melbourne
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suburb of
Malvern, in
Victoria
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,
Australia. The centre, which opened in 1987 includes a
food court, two
anchor tenants
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and numerous specialty stores.
History
Malvern Central opened on the 27th of July 1987 as a 14,000 square metre Grollo built complex. The complex consisted of
Target
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Physical items
* Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports
** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports
** Aiming point, in field artillery, f ...
and
Safeway stores, as well as 46 speciality shops.
It was renovated and redeveloped in 2013.
Tenants and amenities
Malvern Central comprises about 50 stores with two anchor tenants. Stores include
Woolworths,
David Jones,
BWS, Adairs,
Bakers Delight,
Boost, Decjuba, Laser Clinics Australia, Peter Bouchier,
Roll'd, Seed,
Telstra
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, and
Athlete's Foot
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.
Location
Malvern Central is located near
Malvern Railway Station. Services from this station include the
Crabourne,
Pakenham, and
Frankston lines. The
Route 5 tram service operates in front of the centre on Wattletree Road, and
Route 16 operates on nearby Glenferrie Road.
In June 2022,
Evie installed 2 electric vehicle charging spaces in the basement carpark of Malvern Central.
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References
Shopping centres in Melbourne
Shopping malls established in 1987
1987 establishments in Australia