Work on the GPT site started in December 2011, and in the years since, Wollongong’s CBD has changed dramatically.
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Physically the old row of shops on the corner of Keira and Crown streets was reduced to a pile of rubble, then a gaping hole in the ground and now it has to risen to be one of city’s most celebrated architectural creations.
Watch GPT's West Keira project rise from nothing in this timelapse video captured by the developer.
![The GPT shopping centre development as seen from NRMA building on Crown Street. Picture: ANDY ZAKELI The GPT shopping centre development as seen from NRMA building on Crown Street. Picture: ANDY ZAKELI](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/storypad-fCYJja9iKCnEpjnTRSxRRL/fbd22b57-c7d4-4d3c-94a2-e53dc71e9cdf.jpg/r0_0_3620_2043_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The GPT shopping centre development as seen from NRMA building on Crown Street. Picture: ANDY ZAKELI