Stockland revealed late Thursday afternoon that the former Bunnings site at Shellharbour will reopen with new large retail tenancies in May.
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The announcement comes as speculation grows about who the five businesses will be in the former Bunnings Warehouse site in Shellharbour, it has been revealed that the region may once again soon have a large specialty nursery retailer and baby goods shop.
Up until five years ago there were some large nursery retailers with warehouse sized stores in the Wollongong area. They have since disappeared after outlets such as Babyco, which had a large site in Keira Street, Wollongong, went into administration.
But excitement among new parents and parents-to-be is growing with the Shellharbour City Council website showing applications lodged for complying certificates at the former Bunnings site by Stockland including Baby Bunting as well as TK Maxx, Rebel, Ronis and Pet Barn.
Baby Bunting was established in Melbourne as a family-owned business in 1979 and is now regarded as Australia’s biggest baby goods chain.
With stores from Sydney to Newcastle and more on their way, the Baby Bunting NSW family is growing
- Baby Bunting wesbite
It sells over 6000 lines including everything from prams, car seats, cots, nursery furniture, high chairs, bathing, feeding, home safety, toys and babywear.
In the store location section of the Baby Bunting website it lists stores in Sydney locations such as Bankstown, Blacktown, Campbelltown and Taren Point and says the business is growing.
“With stores from Sydney to Newcastle and more on their way, the Baby Bunting NSW family is growing”.
A spokesperson from Stockland on Thursday that all will be revealed within four months.
“While we are unable to announce specific retailers at this stage, Stockland can confirm that we have commenced construction on this development and are on track to deliver multiple new large format retail tenancies by May 2019 . We look forward to announcing these new retailers in due course”.
Shellharbour mayor Marianne Saliba said this week that Stockland has DA approval to change the former Bunnings building from a single use role to five.
“What they are doing to the building is they are dividing it into five stores and putting five shop fronts on it. I think they have been working on it now for about four or five months. Dividers and doors have gone in for five entries”.
Greg Ellis
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
