Mid Valley Shopping Centre

Mid Valley Shopping Centre
Location Morwell, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates 38°14′12″S 146°25′46″E / 38.23667°S 146.42944°E / -38.23667; 146.42944Coordinates: 38°14′12″S 146°25′46″E / 38.23667°S 146.42944°E / -38.23667; 146.42944
Opening date September 6, 1982 (1982-09-06) (official opening ceremony, trading commenced next day)
Owner JuIlliard Group of Companies
No. of stores and services 67
No. of anchor tenants 9
Total retail floor area 38,400 m2 (413,000 sq ft)
No. of floors 1
Parking 1,500
Website www.midvalleyshoppingcentre.com.au

Mid Valley Shopping Centre is a regional shopping centre in Morwell, Victoria, Australia. It is the largest shopping centre in Gippsland.[1] The centre commenced trading on 7 September 1982 (after an opening ceremony the previous day), and has since been redeveloped between the late 1990s and mid-2000s. The centre has 67 stores, including a discount department store and two supermarkets, as well as a cinema complex and Hardware Store (Bunnings Warehouse)

Opening

Mid Valley was opened in 1982 on a site between the Princes Highway and the main Gippsland railway in Morwell's east. Mid Valley's opening in effect split the retail centre of Morwell in two. Target and Safeway each operated large stores in the CBD and Mid Valley for several years, with both closing their CBD stores in the late 1980s/early 1990s.

At the time of opening the centre housed four majors: Safeway, Target, Venture, and McEwans.[2]

Of the original tenants Safeway, Tattslotto, Just Jeans, Katies, Sussan, and West Mall Newsagency (renamed Card Alley) now remain.

Expansions

  • An extension was proposed in 2011 to allow for a further 15 tenants.[3] This could be built on the car park on the west side of the bus terminal.

Major Stores

Former major stores:

  • Target - opened 1982, closed June 2018 [5]
  • McEwans - Opened 1982, replaced by Bunnings Warehouse in 1997
  • Venture - Opened 1982, closed mid-1990s
  • Fosseys - Opened mid-1990s, closed 2001
  • Brashs - Opened 1982, closed 1998
  • Coles- Opened 2003, closed 2018

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  2. ↑ Mid Valley Opening - special liftout, LaTrobe Valley Express, 2 September 1982
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  4. ↑ "Mid Valley Shopping Centre". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  5. ↑ www.latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/story/5259619/target-to-close-morwell-store/?cs=1210
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