Eastlands Shopping Centre
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| Location | Rosny, Tasmania |
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| Coordinates | 42°51′59″S 147°22′06″E / 42.8665°S 147.3682°E |
| Opening date | 1965 |
| Owner | Vicinity Centres |
| No. of stores and services | 100 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 33,000 m2 (360,000 sq ft) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | Official site |
Eastlands is Tasmania's largest shopping centre; it is located on the eastern side of the Derwent River, in the shopping district of Rosny Park, and within the greater area of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It has a gross lettable area of about 33,000 m2 (360,000 sq ft).[citation needed]
Eastlands contains two major discount department stores (Big W and Kmart, two major supermarkets: Coles, and Woolworths), along with approximately one hundred specialty stores, as well as a multi-level carpark.[citation needed] It is located adjacent to the Rosny Bus Ball.[clarification needed]
The shopping centre was the first of its kind in Tasmania, and has seen many refurbishments over the years.[citation needed] It has recently opened its new mall (facing Rosny Hill Road), containing a renovated Kmart and seventeen specialty stores.[1][when?]
History
In 2016, a woman was arrested after attempting to rob the centre's JB Hifi store with armed a syringe.[2] In 2021, a 30-year-old man doused customers at the centre's Caltex petrol station in turpentine and attempted to set a woman on fire. He was sentenced to a two years suspended sentence after the judge accepted his plea of being influenced by drug induced psychosis.[3] The centre sustained minor flood damage in 2021, when stormwater gutters overflowed, causing water to rush into the centre's food court and through the roofs of some shops.[4]
References
- ^ "Centre Info - Eastlands". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ "Woman charged after Eastlands incident". The Mercury. News Corp. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "Jesse James Aherne avoids jail after threatening to set people alight at Eastlands Caltex". The Mercury. News Corp. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "Shopping Centre soaked as gutters overflow". The Mercury. News Corp. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
External links
- Eastlands Shopping Centre
- "Eastlands Shopping Centre". Archived from the original on 15 April 2016.
