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Wyong Mayor Doug Eaton and Stevens Group Managing Director John Stevens (l) cutting the tape to open the expanded Wadalba Shopping Centre
New shops at Wadalba open for business A $1.3 million expansion of the Wadalba shopping centre is now complete with ten new tenancies open for business. The new business includes a pharmacy, medical centre and retail shops to be serviced by an ATM and a separate car park with 52 extra car parking spaces. Mayor Doug Eaton officially opened the new shops with developer John Stevens Managing Director of Stevens Group. “The layout of these new shops and medical centre has been designed to integrate with and complement the exist-
ing supermarket,” Mayor Eaton said. The expansion to the shopping centre, which already included a Coles, was approved in October 2011. Mayor Eaton said that the refurbishment is in line with the Retail Centres Strategy, adopted by Council. A review was undertaken to look at the effects of the Shire’s projected population growth and forecast spending. It recommended that Village Centres for San Remo, Ourimbah, Wadalba East, Long Jetty and Lake Munmorah be improved and
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priority be given to the Warnervale Town Centre. These centres would complement existing shopping and town centres such as Tuggerah, Wyong, The Entrance, Toukley, Lake Haven, Bateau Bay, Killarney Vale, Chittaway and Budgewoi. “The purpose of the Retail Centres Strategy is to identify the current and future demand for retail, commercial and centre support across the Shire,” Mayor Eaton said. “This expansion is testament to how well this Strategy is working.”