Stockland Glendale
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Stockland Glendale is a major shopping centre
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...

 located in Glendale
Glendale, New South Wales
Glendale is a suburb of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, located west of Newcastle's central business district at the northern tip of Lake Macquarie...

, a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia
Australia
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.

It is located on Lake Road, Glendale, on a 19.6 hectares (48.4 acre) parcel of land, and primarily serves the Lake Macquarie region to the southwest of Newcastle.

History and development

Stockland
Stockland (company)
Stockland is a diversified Australian property development company.Founded in 1952 as a residential developer, it listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1957 and diversified into commercial developments in the 1960s.Its current activities include:...

 released a concept plan for the Glendale Super Centre in 1994. It was being developed as a US-style power centre consisting of category killer
Category killer
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 traders, where tenants traded in an open-air environment and there was no internal malls. The tenants listed in the proposal included Target
Target (Australia)
Target Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian department store chain owned by Wesfarmers . It operates 172 Target stores and 119 Target Country stores making 291 combined stores with its head office located in North Geelong, Victoria. It sells clothing, cosmetics, toys, homewares, electrical and...

, Woolworths, Franklins
Franklins
Franklins is a discount supermarket chain selling packaged groceries and perishables throughout New South Wales, Australia. It owns the No Frills brand of generic products, promoted by their mascot, "Red Sock". It is known as "Australia's Original Discount Grocer"...

 Big Fresh, Homeart, World 4 Kids and Best & Less
Best and Less
Best & Less Pty Ltd is an Australian retailer of clothing and household linens.-History:Best & Less was founded by Berel Ginges, and opened its first store in Mascot, New South Wales on 27 May 1965.In April 1998, Best & Less was acquired by Pepkor...

, and room had been provided for about 50 specialty stores, including free-standing fast food outlets. The centre was valued at A$55.5 million on completion in March 1996.

In December 2005, Stockland completed an 8749 square metres (94,173 sq ft) expansion to the centre, adding a Kmart
Kmart Australia
Kmart Australia Limited is a discount department store chain owned by Wesfarmers. It operates 172 stores in Australia and 15 in New Zealand, with its head office located in Mulgrave, Victoria. Wesfarmers uses the Kmart name under licence from Sears Holdings Corporation.-History:Kmart Australia...

 and 19 specialty stores.

Annual turnover at the centre for 2007 was A$261.2 million, with a book value of $220 million.

Transport

The centre is directly serviced by Newcastle Buses and Ferries bus routes
Bus routes in Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle bus routes connect suburbs in and around Newcastle, New South Wales. Services are largely integrated with the public transport network of Sydney, to the south, however the route numbering system is separate....

 226, 334, 339 and 363. The latter three of these routes also link the centre to Cardiff railway station
Cardiff railway station, New South Wales
-Transport links:Newcastle Buses runs three routes via Cardiff railway station:*Route 334 - Between Glendale and Newcastle Station.*Route 339 - Between Glendale and Charlestown.*Route 363 - Between Warners Bay and Newcastle Station....

 about four kilometres away. Sugar Valley Bus Services and Toronto Bus Services also travel to Glendale Shopping Centre.

Facilities

The centre is also home to the Hunter Sports Centre, which consists of an athletics
Athletics (track and field)
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...

 track and indoor sports centre. It was built in 1998 at a cost of A$8.4 million, much of which was funded by the City of Lake Macquarie and the Government of New South Wales
Government of New South Wales
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, and opened in February 1999 with a view to the upcoming 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
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 in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, 140 kilometres (87 mi) away.

Previously there were plans for a new indoor basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 stadium to be constructed at the centre for the primary use of the Hunter Pirates
Hunter Pirates
The Hunter Pirates were an Australian basketball team, based in the city of Newcastle, that competed in the National Basketball League.-Team history:...

 NBL franchise. These plans have since been shelved since that teams' relocation to Singapore
Singapore
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.

Major Retailers

Major retailers within the centre include:
  • Aldi
    ALDI
    ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...

  • Best & Less
    Best and Less
    Best & Less Pty Ltd is an Australian retailer of clothing and household linens.-History:Best & Less was founded by Berel Ginges, and opened its first store in Mascot, New South Wales on 27 May 1965.In April 1998, Best & Less was acquired by Pepkor...

  • Coles
    Coles Supermarkets
    Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741 stores nationally Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741 stores nationally Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741...

  • Greater Union
    Greater Union
    Greater Union, Birch Carroll and Coyle, Event Cinemas, Skycity Cinemas and Damodar Village Cinemas together form a chain of cinema multiplexes across Australia, New Zealand and Fiji...

  • Homeart
  • Kmart
    Kmart Australia
    Kmart Australia Limited is a discount department store chain owned by Wesfarmers. It operates 172 stores in Australia and 15 in New Zealand, with its head office located in Mulgrave, Victoria. Wesfarmers uses the Kmart name under licence from Sears Holdings Corporation.-History:Kmart Australia...

  • Target
    Target (Australia)
    Target Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian department store chain owned by Wesfarmers . It operates 172 Target stores and 119 Target Country stores making 291 combined stores with its head office located in North Geelong, Victoria. It sells clothing, cosmetics, toys, homewares, electrical and...

  • Woolworths
  • JB Hi Fi
  • Harris Farm Markets
    Harris Farm Markets
    Harris Farm Markets is an Australian grocery chain with 18 different locations and 800 employees. The supermarkets specialise in fruit, vegetables, delicatessen, and other grocery items.-History:...


Major Food Restaurants

Major food retailers within the centre include:
  • KFC
    KFC
    KFC, founded and also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States. KFC has been a brand and operating segment, termed a concept of Yum! Brands since 1997 when that company was spun off from PepsiCo as Tricon Global...

  • Gloria Jeans
  • Hungry Jacks
  • McDonald's
    McDonald's
    McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...

  • Subway
    Subway (restaurant)
    Subway is an American restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches and salads. It is owned and operated by Doctor's Associates, Inc. . Subway is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with 35,519 restaurants in 98 countries and territories as of October 25th, 2011...


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