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. The shopping centre features around 140 stores, including Woolworths, Coles,

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. Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre originally opened in 1985 as Town & Country Shopping World, with a Woolworths supermarket and 12 speciality stores. The shopping centre's first redevelopment in 1996 saw the shopping centre grow in size to include Target. 2000 saw the opening of Reading Cinemas, and then the opening of Coles supermarket followed in 2002. Following this redevelopment in 2002, the Centre was officially renamed Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre this redevelopment was completed by Stephanie Boyd. The shopping centre was again redeveloped in 2007 with an expanded

and 36 new specialty stores. A further two-stage redevelopment in 2014 saw Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre double in size to 48,000 sq/m. The first stage, which opened in May 2014, saw new

and Coles megastores and a food court, whilst stage 2 saw another 40 speciality stores open in August 2014.

Ownership

The Centre was bought by

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in 1999. Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre is currently owned by a dual partnership between Australian Unity and The Industry Superannuation Property Trust (ISPT). ISPT purchased a 50% stake in the Centre from Australian Unity in June 2014, at a cost of $63 million.

Transport

The shopping centre features a large, open air car park. Bus routes 40, 41 and 42 from Geelong and routes 50 and 51 from the Surf Coast stop at the shopping centre.

Notable Events

The centre was used for filming in the Australian comedy

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, in which one shop unit was refurbished into "Electroworld", a fictional store name for the filming of the show.

References

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Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre
{{Coord, -38.1994, 144.3193, type:landmark_region:AU-VIC, display=title Buildings and structures in Geelong Shopping centres in Victoria (state) Shopping malls established in 1985 1985 establishments in Australia Economy of Geelong