Sunshine Marketplace (was to be called Market Towers) is a regional shopping centre in Sunshine

Sunshine, Victoria

Sunshine is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia lying 11 to 13 km west of the CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank. At the 2006 Census, Sunshine had a population of 8,070.-History:...

, about 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. 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 33850 m² (364,358.4 sq ft), 1,743 parking spaces and approximately 74 stores.

It is one of the few Centro shopping centres which had its own independent logo.

History

Sunshine Marketplace was opened in 1997, 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

Village Cinemas

Village Cinemas is an Australian cinema chain. Its Australian sites are owned and operated by Village Roadshow-Amalgamated Holdings Limited joint venture Australian Theatres. The group has rebranded several of its premier Australian and New Zealand cinemas as Event Cinemas since 2009. Village...

 Megaplex which includes the only Intencity

Intencity

Intencity is a chain of video arcades owned by Australian company Village Roadshow Limited, with arcade locations in most states of Australia. The chain was originally launched in 1995 as part of a venture called Village Nine Leisure ....

 Gaming Complex in Melbourne's West.

Major anchors

• Big W
  Big W
  Big W is one of the largest chain of discount department stores in Australia, with over 150 stores. It is a division of Woolworths Limited, the second largest retailer in Australia. Its main competitors are Kmart and Target, both owned by Wesfarmers....
  
   discount department store.
• Woolworths supermarket
  Supermarket
  A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
  
  . - 14 Aisles
• Village Cinemas
  Village Cinemas
  Village Cinemas is an Australian cinema chain. Its Australian sites are owned and operated by Village Roadshow-Amalgamated Holdings Limited joint venture Australian Theatres. The group has rebranded several of its premier Australian and New Zealand cinemas as Event Cinemas since 2009. Village...
  
   20 screen megaplex.

Transport

Sunshine Marketplace is 500 metres from Sunshine railway station

Sunshine railway station, Melbourne

Sunshine is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Sunshine, on the Sydenham railway line. It is the junction for the line west to Ballarat...

. The 220 bus from Sunshine to Gardenvale stops in front of the shopping centre as does the 408 Highpoint to St Albans via Sunshine; and the 903 SmartBus route from Altona to Mordialloc.

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