Robina Town Centre

Robina Town Centre

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Location	Robina, Queensland
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Opening date	April 1996 (1996-04)
No. of stores and services	Over 350
No. of anchor tenants	Myer, David Jones, Target, Kmart, Coles, Woolworths, Big W
Total retail floor area	70,000 square metres (750,000 sq ft)
No. of floors	5
Parking	approx. 6,000
Website	Official website

Robina Town Centre is the largest shopping centre on the Gold Coast, covering 34 hectares (84 acres) in the suburb of Robina, with 7 anchor tenants and over 350 retail outlets covering over 130,000 square metres (1,400,000 sq ft).

History

The Food Atrium at Robina Town Centre.

Construction began on the centre in 1994 and it was at the time the largest mall in Australia to be built in a single development period. Stage One of the development opened in late April 1996 and Stage Two, two extra levels of shopping, in late August 1996. The centre has since been taken over by QIC Real Estate from the original developers Jerde and development and refurbishment has occurred in 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007-09, 2010 and 2014/15. This development has cost $40 million and further development is planned. As well as development in 2006 there were a number of events to celebrate the 10th birthday of the centre. These included celebrity visits and children's events.

In 1998, the centre received a Commendation from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

In 2007, the Robina Town Centre commenced on a $300 million extension, which opened in April 2009. These works added a 2nd Woolworths supermarket, a large scale 10,000 m² Big W (which opened as the largest Big W store in Australia), a two-storey Borders book store, a new entertainment and leisure precinct surrounding the lake including new cinemas and restaurants, a new state of the art 900-seat Food Atrium, plus over 100 new stores and an additional 1,100 parking spaces.

In 2010, Robina Town Centre completed a $90 million expansion with the addition of a Myer store (in the location of the previous Birch, Carroll and Coyle Cinemas) plus 12 new fashion stores in a new mall linking Arbour Lane to the food markets.

In May 2015, a new mall opened adjacent to Market Hall with a 4,200 square metre Super Coles Store and an additional 1,500 square metres of retail space. In addition to Coles, Terry White Chemists, NewsXpress, Goldstein’s Bakery, Escape Travel, HCF, Rosita Flowers, Jade Nails, Heritage Bank and Massage Indulgence also relocated to the new mall. Stage 2B of Market Hall is currently under construction and is planned to incorporate 55 new retailers and is set to be completed by late 2016.

Shopping and surroundings

Major stores include Coles, two Woolworths, David Jones (the only one on the Gold Coast, aside from the David Jones Warehouse in the Harbour Town Shopping Centre), Myer, Kmart, Target, Big W and Event Cinemas. There is a Goodlife Health Club and an AMF Bowling Centre. Mini Majors include an Apple Store, Best and Less, Dick Smith, JB Hi Fi, Kathmandu, Lululemon Athletica* Pillow Talk, Rebel Sport and Zara stores.

There are also a large number of food outlets inside such as KFC, McDonalds, Hungry Jacks and Subway. The shopping centre has themed malls – Arbour Lane, Bazaar Street, Food Markets, Fashion Mall (Crescent West) and the North Mall – give this shopping centre a unique feel. The Robina Station and Skilled Park Stadium are also nearby.

For busy parents there is a childminder service available for shoppers for a small price. The scheme runs Monday to Saturday. On Tuesday, Thursdays and Fridays there are walking exercise classes led by an expert. A free bus service runs between the Town Centre and other parts of the Gold Coast such as Surfers Paradise and Coolangatta.

Parking and Transportation

Robina Town Centre offers complementary free parking, there are multiple areas of parking including David Jones, Big W and Arbour lane to name a few.

Robina Town Centre has the most intelligent parking system on the Gold Coast with parking assist bays and empty parking indicators to assist in finding a park.

With approximately 6,000 car parks available mostly undercover, the parking assist works using sensors above parks with LED indicators if a park is empty (Green) or taken (Red). These LEDs can be easily seen from a distance. These sensors communicate with the directional flow indicators on the main thoroughfare that blink in the direction of an empty parking bay.

There are 85 disabled parking bays that are undercover and an additional 12 open aired parking bays located at the Food markets car park. There are 50 parents with Pram parking bays with extra wide bays located in various sections of each car park area.

Robina Town Centre is within walking distance of Robina Train Station and Skilled Park and is serviced by multiple Translink (Surfside) Buses and Trains from Brisbane to Varsity Lakes that operate in the area making it convenient. Translink Bus Routes include 747, 748, 750, N750, 751, 752, 755, 758, 759 and 765. Refer to Translink Website

See also

• List of shopping centres in Australia

External links

• Robina Town Centre website