Robina Town Centre
Robina Town Centre is a large shopping centre on the Gold Coast, Australia. The site covers in the suburb of Robina, with seven anchor tenants and over 400 retail outlets covering over.
History
Construction began on the centre in 1994 on land that was previously paddocks and bushland, 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, with two extra levels of shopping, opened in late August 1996. The original stages were characterized by a central courtyard with a clocktower, fountains and masonry structures, open-air avenues, and a food court raised on a large balcony.
The centre has since been taken over by the Queensland Investment Corporation from the original developers Robina Land Corporation and redevelopment and refurbishment has occurred in 2002–2003, 2007–2010 and 2014–2016. The 2007-2010 redevelopment cost.
In 1998, the centre received a commendation from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Robina Library was housed on a lower level of Robina Town Centre near the lake until relocating off-site in 2000.
In 2007 extension works added a second Woolworths supermarket, a large scale Big W, a two-storey Borders Book Store, a new entertainment and leisure precinct surrounding the lake including new cinemas and restaurants, a new 900-seat food atrium, and new stores and parking spaces. The clocktower, food court and central courtyard were removed, and the surrounding alfresco promenades were roofed. The extension was completed and was opened in 2009.
In 2010, Robina Town Centre completed a $90 million expansion with the addition of a Myer store 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 Coles Store and an additional of retail space. Stage 2B of Market Hall opened in late 2016 with 55 new retailers.
The shopping centre has five themed malls Arbour Lane, Bazaar Street, Food Markets, Fashion Mall and the North Mall.
The shopping centre was featured in several episodes of the first season of The Sleepover Club in 2003. The centre was also featured in the first episode of the Chris Lilley Netflix series Lunatics, with filming taking place inside and outside the David Jones store.