Sunshine Marketplace

Sunshine Marketplace
	Entrance to Sunshine Marketplace from the carpark.
Location	Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Opening date	October 11, 1998; 26 years ago
Developer	Centro Properties Group
Management	Vicinity Centres
Owner	Vicinity Centres
No. of stores and services	74
No. of anchor tenants	3
Total retail floor area	33,850 m2 (364,400 sq ft)
No. of floors	1 of stores and 1 of car parking
Parking	1,743
Website	www.sunshinemarketplace.com.au

Sunshine Marketplace (was to be called Market Towers) is a regional shopping centre in Sunshine, about 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It has been built next to the existing Sunshine Plaza.

Sunshine Marketplace has a variety of national, international and independent retailers, it has a Gross Lettable Area of 33,850 m² (364,400 sq ft), 1,743 parking spaces and approximately 74 stores.^[1]

History

In 1994, Woolworths Limited purchased two-thirds of the former Sunshine Harvester Works site for $10 million, and submitted plans to build a $70 million shopping complex containing a Big W department store, Woolworths supermarket, cinemas, and around 50 shops.^[2] Sunshine Marketplace opened on October 11, 1998 and a major redevelopment program was undertaken in 2004. The redevelopment included a new 300 seat Diners Life precinct, refurbishment of the inner and outer facades, additional stores inside and the Village Cinemas Megaplex which includes the only Intencity Gaming Complex in Melbourne's West.^[1]

On 30 January 2016 during a violent storm, the roof of the Village Cinema area began to collapse due to the heavy rain and winds. ^{[citation needed]}

Major anchors

Transport

Sunshine Marketplace is 500 m (1,600 ft) from Sunshine railway station. The 220 bus from Sunshine to Gardenvale^[3] stops in front of the shopping centre as do the 408 Highpoint to St Albans via Sunshine^[4] and the 903 SmartBus route from Altona to Mordialloc.^[5]