Narellan Town Centre is a sub-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 collec ...

located in the suburb,

Narellan Narellan is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. Narellan is located 60 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Camden Council and is part of the Macarthur region. Narellan is known for it ...

, in the

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of Camden Council and is part of the Macarthur region. The centre currently features over 220 stores including

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, Coles, H&M,

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and United Cinemas

History

The centre first opened in 1995 by Arnold Vitocco and Tony Perich, after being offered two

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block of land in the middle of Narellan. It was originally anchored by a Woolworths supermarket with little over 20 speciality stores. The first expansion in started 1999, adding Big W and 50 stores, and a further 20 stores in 2001. In 2010, the centre had included

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and Coles supermarket, extending to 35,000 square metres. In 2016, about 30 stores were opened in September, followed by a few restaurants in December. In 2017, a $200 million

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of the centre added a 38 metre pedestrian bridge over

Camden Valley Way The Camden Valley Way is a arterial road between Sydney and the historic town of Camden. The road follows the Old Hume Highway alignment between the localities of and Camden. The northeastern terminus is from , while its southwestern terminus ...

, connecting the old South area and the new North area, expanding the centre from 36,000

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s to 72,000 square metres (total gross area of 132,810 square metres). The new Northern area added over 100 stores, 1500 new parking spaces, civic plazas and entertainment precincts, indoor/outdoor restaurants and casual dining precincts, banking precinct, as well as refurbishing the Coles supermarket, making it one of the largest Coles supermarket in Australia. Narellan Town Centre on Camden Valley Way on North Side

Narellan Town Centre on Camden Valley Way on North Side

Shopping and facilities

Narellan Town Centre is the largest shopping centres in th
South West Growth Area
featuring 220 stores including

, Coles, H&M,

and United Cinemas. The centre includes an

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precinct, indoor/outdoor restaurants and

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precinct,

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ing precinct, civic plaza cinema, and a car-washing service. Since the 2017 redevelopment, the centre has two sections with a 38 metre pedestrian bridge, fully enclosed with retail stores across the bridge, over Camden Valley Way connecting the old South side and the new North side. The bridge also acts as entrance points for the Southern Carpark and Northern Carpark below on Camden Valley Way. The new north side features the history of Narellan and Camden in its civic plaza. These include quotes from the website of local historian
Dr Ian Willis
dioramas o
Pansy the Camden tram
and a stylised art piece of the critically endangeredbr>Elderslie Banksia

References

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