- Casuarina Square
infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Casuarina Square
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opening_date =1973
developer =General Property Trust
number_of_stores = 200 [ [http://www.casuarinasquare.com.au/llretail/CasuarinaSquare/main.nsf/webstoresalpha?openview&count=999999 Casuarina Square Store Directory] ]
number_of_anchors = 4
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parking = 2,400
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website = [http://www.casuarinasquare.com.au/ casuarina.com/casuarina]Casuarina Square is a major and is the largest shopping centre in the
Northern Territory fourteenkilometres in Darwin's northern suburb of Casuarina. The shopping centre is built to the building code for Tropical Cyclones, due to cyclones that sweep through the area such asCyclone Tracy in 1974.Casuarina Square was built in 1973, the shopping centre contains over 180 businesses including two supermarkets (Coles and Woolworths), and the discount department - stores (
Big W and Kmart), and a 7-screen Birch Carroll and Coyle cinema.Other major stores in the shopping centre include
Best and Less ,JB Hi-Fi ,Just Jeans ,Supre ,Boost Juice ,Gloria Jean's Coffees ,Priceline and a total of over 200 specialty shops.The
General Property Trust owns andLand Lease manages the shopping centre and since its purchase of the centre, it has undergone four major redevelopments. The most recent was a three stage redevelopment that was completed in December 1998 adding 63 specialty stores and the 7-screen Birch Carroll and Coyle cinema. [ [http://www.lendlease.com.au/llweb/llc/main.nsf/toprint/news_19990128?opendocument GPT Casuarina Square redevelopment] ] Since then the average number of visits per week is greater than twice the population of Darwin. [ [http://www.burnett.com.au/links.asp?CatId=74 Casuarina Square] ]Transport
Casuarina Square is accessible from Trower Road and by the bus routes of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 21. [ [http://www.casuarinasquare.com.au/llretail/casuarinasquare/main.nsf/all/ab_location Casuarina Square] ]
The shopping centre is located 14km north of Darwin which is 15 minutes from the
Darwin city centre and 20 minutes from Palmerston.The shopping centre has over 2,400 parking spaces including undercover parking. Access to the car parks is from Trower Road, Dripstone Road and Bradshaw Terrace.
References
External links
* [http://www.casuarinasquare.com.au Casuarina Square homepage]
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