Westfield Helensvale also referred to as Helensvale Town Centre, is a

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Helensvale Helensvale is a suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. In the , Helensvale had a population of 16,862 people. Geography Helensvale is bounded by the Pacific Motorway to the west, by the Coomera River to the north, by S ...

on the

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, Australia. It opened in 2005. It was the first Westfield on the Gold Coast and includes Coles,

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and Woolworths as majors as well as a food court with

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and Subway. It also provides optimum access to Helensvale station. When approval for construction of the centre was requested by Westfield, it was suggested that the Helensvale location was too close to existing centres at

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( Australia Fair) and Runaway Bay (Runaway Bay Shopping Village). The

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argued that the planned

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(about up the M1) would cater for the catchment. Westfield Helensvale was built mainly because Coomera Town Centre, which is planned to be the true heart of the region, was hitting obstacles in the ways of planning. Part of the outcome of that debate was that part of the Westfield Centre was meant to have the appearance of an outdoor shopping street connecting the train station through to the older Helensvale shops nearby. However, since the older shops are located across a major road they have been refurbished for local shopping. The Westfield Helensvale shopping centre has predominantly mall enclosed shopping and only a few shops open to outside traffic. Many other Westfield shopping centres conversely are often fully enclosed malls, however the company is redeveloping a number of sites (such as Garden City) to include outdoor, piazza style areas. In April 2022, the

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sold its 50% shareholding to IP Generation.

Parking and transportation

Westfield Helensvale has 2,000 car parking spaces, all of which are free. The shopping centre is adjacent to

Helensvale railway station Helensvale railway station is a major public transport interchange in the Gold Coast suburb of Helensvale. Helensvale railway station is served by the Queensland Rail Citytrain network Gold Coast line, G:link light rail and Surfside Buslines ...

, which is serviced by

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and

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services to local areas and

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.Helensvale station

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{{Shopping centres in Queensland Westfield Group Shopping centres on the Gold Coast, Queensland Shopping malls established in 2005 2005 establishments in Australia