Stockland Green Hills to unveil first stage of its redevelopment

Stockland Green Hills Exterior_RenderingShopping centre Stockland Green Hills will unveil the first stage of its $412 million redevelopment on April 27 which will include more stores and more services.

As part of unveiling, Stockland Green Hills will open four new stores: Cruise Travel, L’Amore Nails, Blooms The Chemist and Toto Sushi.

The first stage opening will also see the return of a number of ‘old favourites’ including MyHouse, The Reject Shop, Traditional Medicine, Mister Minit, Newcastle Permanent and the full service Westpac Bank branch. Best&Less Eyecare Plus, Just Cuts and NIB will also be relocated into the new northern mall along with the CR8 Children’s Play Area.

Upon completion in mid-2018, Stockland Green Hills will more than double in size to around 74,000sqm. The new centre will feature the first new format David Jones department store in the Hunter, a new 5,900sqm Target discount department store with innovative store design, a new 900-seat Hoyts cinema and around 225 tenancies, including JB Hi-Fi and Harris Scarfe. The centre will also include a new dining and entertainment precinct.

John Schroder, Stockland Group executive and CEO of Commercial Property, said the first stage is just the start of “an amazing transformation and there’s so much more to look forward to with an exciting schedule of openings planned to bring a great line up of new retailers and services to our customers.”

“We’ve made great progress so far and look forward to seeing the new shopping centre come to life as we transform Stockland Green Hills into the premier retail, entertainment and casual dining destination in the Lower Hunter,” Schroder said.

Stockland will also unveil a new centre entry near Best & Less and a direct access pedestrian link to the shops from Mitchell Drive and the bus stop. The centre will open almost 300 additional new car parking spaces with Park Assist.

The Stockland Green Hills development is estimated to generate more than 2,285 jobs, 1,350 jobs during construction, 1,250 direct, new, full time jobs in retail, customer service and hospitality and an estimated 1,200 indirect jobs for local suppliers and service providers within the regional economy.

“We thank the community for staying on this journey with us as we bring a host of new stores to Stockland Green Hills and create thousands of jobs for the local region,” Schroder said. “We hope customers will continue to embrace the new centre as the heart of their local community and make it their own.”

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