Carlingford Court is a shopping centre owned by JY Group and

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. It’s located in Carlingford,

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Transport

Carlingford Court has bus connections to the

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, Hills District and

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, as well as local surrounding suburbs. It is served by

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. The majority of its bus services are located on

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and Rembrandt Street. Carlingford Court has multi level car parks with 1,472 spaces. From 2022 and onwards the Parramatta to Carlingford Light Rail will serve Carlingford Court on the former

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History

Carlingford Court opened in 1965 as Carlingford Village on a former orchard and nursery site. The centre featured Farmers (rebranded to

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in the early 1980s and

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in 2004),

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and around 50 stores. In the 1970s, the centre went a redevelopment and it was renamed Carlingford Court. In 1983

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took ownership of the centre until July 1996 when

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acquired the centre. The centre was redeveloped in 1987 and 1989 which added

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, 40 stores and a food court including fast food outlets. In 1998 Woolworths was refurbished. In 2000, a $40 million upgrade saw the shopping centre gain a Coles supermarket (replacing a

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and add 3,000 m² of floor space. On 31 March 2006, the 8,000 m²

store closed down. Target which relocated from its space on the other side of the centre opened on the space previously occupied by Myer on both levels making it the only store in Sydney to be two storeys. The store opened in November 2006. Target's original space was filled by

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and

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in April and June 2007. In December 2013, the centre was acquired by Federation Limited (since renamed

) and Telstra Super. In September 2022, JY Group purchased Telstra Super's shareholding.

Tenants

Carlingford Court has 33,296m² of floor space. The major retailers include

, Coles, Woolworths,

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, Priceline Pharmacy and

References

External links

Carlingford Court website
{{Vicinity Centres Shopping centres in Sydney Shopping malls established in 1965 1965 establishments in Australia