Centro Lavington
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Centro Lavington opened in the late 70's in the Albury
Albury
-Places:*Albury, New South Wales, Australia** Electoral district of Albury is an electoral district in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, based around the area.*Albury, Hertfordshire, England*Albury, Oxfordshire, England*Albury, Surrey, England...

 suburb of Lavington
Lavington
Lavington may refer to:Villages in England* East Lavington, West Sussex* West Lavington, West Sussex* West Lavington, Wiltshire* Market Lavington, Wiltshire* Lenton, Lincolnshire Places elsewhere...

, NSW. Since opening the shopping centre has undergone several upgrades and name changes the most major upgrades to the centre were done after Centro Properties Group
Centro Properties Group
Centro Properties Group, commonly known as 'Centro', is an Australian company which provides retail property ownership and management services. It is a listed company with securities traded on the Australian Securities Exchange. The multinational company owns and operates shopping centres in...

 bought the shopping centre in 1994. The shopping centre currently has 57 specialty retailers and 3 major retailers including Safeway
Safeway (Australia)
Safeway was the trading name used by Woolworths Limited until 2008 for its supermarkets in Victoria, Australia. Elsewhere in Australia the trading name is Woolworths. In August 2008, Woolworths announced the discontinuation of the Safeway name, and has since gradually rebranded Victorian stores as...

, BIG W
Big W
Big W is one of the largest chain of discount department stores in Australia, with over 150 stores. It is a division of Woolworths Limited, the second largest retailer in Australia. Its main competitors are Kmart and Target, both owned by Wesfarmers....

 and Aldi
ALDI
ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...

. The shopping centre also houses the lavington Australia Post
Australia Post
Australia Post is the trading name of the Australian Government-owned Australian Postal Corporation .-History:...

 branch for the post code of 2641.

Upgrades

  • 1996 saw the shopping centre gain extensions including a fresh food area.
  • 2004–2006 the shopping centre went under a major redevelopment with work beginning July 2004 and adding a 350 seat Diners Life food court, a Fresh Life precinct and 20 new specialty stores including Best & Less, Aldi
    ALDI
    ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...

    , The Reject Shop
    The Reject Shop
    The Reject Shop is an Australian discount variety store chain. Founded in 1981 as a "seconds" store in South Yarra, Victoria, the company currently operates over 190 stores in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and Australian Capital Territory...

     and a refurbishment of BIG W
    Big W
    Big W is one of the largest chain of discount department stores in Australia, with over 150 stores. It is a division of Woolworths Limited, the second largest retailer in Australia. Its main competitors are Kmart and Target, both owned by Wesfarmers....

    . local construction group Zauner acquired the 22 million contract to build and construct the shopping centre. The centre was officially opened on the 16th of March, 2006 at a cost of 33 million.



Major Stores

  • Safeway
    Safeway (Australia)
    Safeway was the trading name used by Woolworths Limited until 2008 for its supermarkets in Victoria, Australia. Elsewhere in Australia the trading name is Woolworths. In August 2008, Woolworths announced the discontinuation of the Safeway name, and has since gradually rebranded Victorian stores as...

  • BIG W
    Big W
    Big W is one of the largest chain of discount department stores in Australia, with over 150 stores. It is a division of Woolworths Limited, the second largest retailer in Australia. Its main competitors are Kmart and Target, both owned by Wesfarmers....

  • Aldi
    ALDI
    ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...

  • Best & Less
  • EB Games
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