Cade Lucas
Wyndham’s booming outer suburbs will receive another shopping centre to keep up with demand, with the The Grove retail centre in Tarneit set to begin construction next year.
Situated inside an housing development of the same name, The Grove retail centre will comprise two 4000sqm sections on either side of Bethany Road that will be linked by a pedestrian crossing and reserve.
On one side a full-sized Woolworths supermarket will be the anchor tenant, while across Bethany Road there will be more than 20 retail outlets including a bakery, greengrocer, nail bar, pizza restaurant, Chemist Warehouse outlet and Anytime Fitness gym.
Facing the retail precinct across Bethany Road will be a learn-to-swim school with a 25m pool, Hungry Jacks fast food outlet, service station and a car wash.
There will be 260 car spaces for the retail precinct, and additional 60 spaces to service the swim school and adjacent tenants.
Bus stops on either side of Bethany Rd will link through to the Tarneit and Werribee railway
stations.
Construction is set to begin in mid-2024 and is expected to take two years to complete.
Sarah Bloom from The Grove developer Frasers Property Australia said the retail centre would serve residents already living in the area.
“The Grove residents already enjoy easy access to schools, parks, playgrounds and wetlands within their community, and now the final piece of the convenience puzzle will slot into place with this new retail precinct,” she said.
Situated between the Werribee River and Davis Creek in Tarneit, The Grove is a 167 ha community which is already home to 1600 people but eventually projected to house 2600 families.
Similar developments such as the nearby Allura Estate in Truganina, have recently courted controversy by not providing residents with supermarkets and shopping centres they were originally promised.
The Grove shopping centre will be built and managed by Empire Properties, the same company which has recently taken over Allura Estate.
