Bay Central Woolooware postponed due to construction problems
A major shopping centre in Sydney’s south was set to open in a couple of weeks but now there has been a long delay.
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A subcontractor who went bust has delayed the opening of retailers in Woolooware‘s newest shopping precinct.
The construction delays mean the opening of the major retailers and speciality stories at Bay Central Woolooware has been postponed with no new date yet locked in.
Developer Novm has confirmed it was working with Woolworths, Dan Murphy‘s and Aldi to start trading before Christmas with the other retailers to open as soon as possible.
The shopping centre was due to begin trade on November 22.
Construction firm Parkview this week notified Novm that a critical subcontractor had gone out of business and had to be replaced, making the centre’s anticipated November opening date untenable.
Novm CEO Adrian Liaw said the grand opening date would now be held on Wednesday February 7
“We will save our celebrations for the grand opening on February 7, but a pre-Christmas opening for the major retailers is great news for many of those planning to work and shop with us,” he said.
Mr Liaw said Bay Central Woolooware had to contend with the same challenges faced by construction projects across the country, with the sustained pressure of material and staff shortages, a higher interest rate environment, increased costs and extraordinary weather events creating inevitable delays.
Mr Liaw said his team remained in direct contact with all tenants, including Woolworths, Aldi and Dan Murphy’s, as fit outs continued.
On completion Bay Central Woolooware will include 60 stores, including a gym, childcare centre, medical precinct, Woolworths, Aldi and Dan Murphy’s, a waterfront dining precinct and a 71-key Quest apartment hotel.
Bay Central Woolooware forms a central component of Novm’s billion-dollar Woolooware Bay Town Centre and resort-style living project set across a 10ha site on the shores of Woolooware Bay in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire.
The 18,000 sqm retail centre is being delivered as part of the fourth and final stage of the development, the first stage of which broke ground in 2014.
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