Rhodes Waterside (previously known as Rhodes Shopping Centre) is a

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in the suburb of

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in the

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Transport

The

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offer frequent train services to Rhodes Station which is a short walk from the centre. Rhodes Waterside has bus connections to

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and

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, as well as local surrounding suburbs. The majority of its bus services are located on Rider Boulevard outside the entrance of the centre. Rhodes Waterside also has multi level car parks with 2,414 spaces.

History

Rhodes Shopping Centre opened on 2 December 2004 as part of the $1.2 billion Rhodes Waterside development, which also includes medium density residential blocks and an office building as part of the shopping centre. The centre was developed by the

Walker Corporation Walker Corporation is an Australian privately-owned property development company. Most notably, Walker Corporation is responsible for the development and restoration of several significant Australian sites, including King Street Wharf, Finger W ...

who also previously developed

Broadway Shopping Centre Broadway Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Sydney, located in the Broadway locality. It features a 500-seat Food Court and Hoyts 12-screen cinema complex along with major retailers Kmart, Coles, Target, Aldi, Dymocks Booksellers, JB H ...

. Rhodes Shopping Centre was built on the former Berger Paint Factory site. Berger Paints Factory operated on the site from 1916 until 1986 and was taken over by

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who operated on the site until 1987. The site sat vacant since and has undergone remediation. Rhodes Shopping Centre featured

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, Coles, Bi-Lo and

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.Rhodes Waterside Portfolio
/ref> In December 2006 Walker Corporation put the centre up for sale which was acquired by

Mirvac Mirvac is an Australian property group with operations across property investment, development, and retail services. This entity now broadens their clientele and shareholder return on investment by venturing across multiple development sectors, ...

in January 2007, and is now owned and operated by Mirvac. In 2007 Bi-Lo closed down and was replaced by

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. Target left the centre in early 2021 and was replaced by

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 ...

which opened later that year.

Tenants

Rhodes Waterside has 34,646m² of floor space. The major retailers include

Aldi Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 10,000 stores in 20 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946, when t ...

, Coles (additionally

LiquorLand LiquorLand (sometimes referred to as Liquorland) and Henry's Beer, Wine & Spirits (sometimes shortened to Henry's) are franchises of independently owned bottle shops around New Zealand, operated by Foodstuffs. The stores sell a range of beer, w ...

), Bing Lee and

References

External links

Rhodes Waterside Official Website
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