Burwood Plaza

Burwood Plaza (unofficially known as Burwood Shopping Centre or simply The Plaza) is a shopping centre owned by Holdmark Property Group. It is located in the suburb of Burwood in Sydney's Inner West. Burwood Plaza is anchored by a Woolworths supermarket and also includes a Tong Li Asian Supermarket due to the large Asian immigrant presence in the surrounding area. It is located around 170 metres away from Burwood station.

Not to be confused with Westfield Burwood.
Burwood Plaza
Outside entrance to Burwood Plaza
LocationBurwood, New South Wales
Coordinates33.877507°S 151.102561°E / -33.877507; 151.102561
Opening date1978 (1978)
OwnerHoldmark Property Group
No. of stores and services50
No. of anchor tenants1
Total retail floor area12,361 m2 (133,050 sq ft)
No. of floors2
Public transit accessBurwood station
Websitewww.burwoodplaza.com.au

The centre also has a large Chinatown area connected to it called Burwood Chinatown, the area contains many Chinese-owned restaurants and a video arcade called Million Life.

Origins

The site where Burwood Plaza now lies was once the site of Burwood's first theatre which opened in 1910. It was replaced by the Palatial Theatre which opened in 1921 and featured the first Christie pipe organ in a local theatre. The Palatial closed in 1971 and the space was used by the Royal Blind Society, then as a carpet showroom.[1]

History

In late 2001, the Franklins Big Fresh supermarket which had been trading since at least the early 1990s, was closed and replaced with Woolworths. On 14 November 2015, Toys "R" Us opened its store on the former Best & Less location.[2] Due to financial issues, the Toys "R" Us location closed in August of 2018 and the current tenant, Japanese 100-yen shop Daiso opened a store on the former location.

Acquisition

In November 2014, HOLDMARK Property Group acquired Burwood Plaza from Centuria Property Funds for a price of around $80 million.[3] With plans for the site to be used to build a commercial complex known as Burwood Place, much to the disapproval of the local community.

  • Level 1 area near Woolworths Supermarket
  • Level 2 area near Lowes Menswear
  • Food area in Burwood Chinatown
  • Neon signage in Burwood Chinatown

References
  1. "History of Burwood Plaza" (PDF).
  2. "Toys"R"Us to Pop up in Burwood this Christmas ‹ Bugg Toys & Licensing". buggtoysandlicensing.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. "Holdmark buys Burwood Plaza for a hefty 80m".
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