Westfield Chatswood is a large indoor

shopping centre A shopping center ( American English) or shopping centre (Commonwealth English), also called a shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof. The first known colle ...

in the suburb of Chatswood in the Lower North Shore of

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Transport

The Metro North West and North Shore and

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offer frequent services to Chatswood station which is a short walk from the centre. Westfield Chatswood has bus connections operated by

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, Forest Coach Lines,

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services to the

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, North Shore and

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, as well as surrounding suburbs with bus stops on Victoria Avenue. Westfield Chatswood also has a multi level car park with 2,831 spaces.

History

Westfield Chatswood opened on 30 January 1986 and is the second major shopping centre to be built in Chatswood with the first being

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in 1983 and Wallace Way and Lemon Grove in the 1980s. The centre was located next to the free standing Grace Bros store that opened in 1961 and featured

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(which was originally located at Wallace Way until 1986),

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and

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(closed 2001 and renamed

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). In 1999 it was redeveloped to incorporate a previously free standing Grace Bros store (later renamed Myer in 2004) and

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was added. In 2008

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opened its store on the space vacated by Food For Less. Spanish clothing retailer Zara opened its store on 13 February 2014. In July 2014, as part of a restructure of the

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, it came under the control of the

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Recent development

In 2015 a $110 million upgrade to Westfield Chatswood commenced, with the centre increased from 77,000sqm to 80,000sqm of gross lettable area. The redevelopment was completed in November 2015 with H&M (opened on the space vacated by

), Uniqlo, Mecca Maxima and a new relocated

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all opened on 18 February 2016. This development consists of: * Forty new stores * Four new international fashion stores, as well as some local fashion stores (including Sydney's third H&M, Uniqlo,

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and

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) * Two-level entrance on Victoria Avenue reconfigured into a five-level mall which included a two-level flagship

and

(as of September 2017 the store is now closed) * Hawker Lane Asian dining restaurants precinct * A reduced regular food court

Tenants

Westfield Chatswood has 81,093m² of floor space. The major retailers include

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, Coles, Uniqlo, Zara,

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, Timezone (previously known as PLAYTIME) and

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Incidents and accidents

* 24 September 2005, a 32-year-old woman fell from the sixth floor and straight onto a 42-year-old woman on the ground floor in an attempted suicide. Both women were taken to

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and police are investigating. * 12 January 2016, A man fell from the fifth level and died. About 3:45 pm police were called to the centre following reports a man was standing on the wrong side of a railing. Police believe it was suicide.

References

External links

Westfield Chatswood Official Website
{{Shopping centres in New South Wales Westfield Group Shopping centres in Sydney Shopping malls established in 1986 1986 establishments in Australia Chatswood, New South Wales