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

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in the suburb of

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in the Inner West of Sydney.

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 Sydney CBD, Inner West,

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and Greater Western Sydney, 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

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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, J ...

. 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 IKEA, Coles, Bi-Lo and Reading Cinemas.Rhodes Waterside Portfolio
/ref> In December 2006 Walker Corporation put the centre up for sale which was acquired by

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in January 2007, and is now owned and operated by Mirvac. In 2007 Bi-Lo closed down and was replaced by Target. Target left the centre in early 2021 and was replaced by

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which opened later that year.

Tenants

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

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, Coles (additionally LiquorLand), Bing Lee and Reading Cinemas.

References

External links

Rhodes Waterside Official Website
{{Shopping centres in New South Wales Shopping centres in Sydney Shopping malls established in 2004 2004 establishments in Australia