Bayside Shopping Centre

Bayside Shopping Centre

Outside view of Bayside SC
Location	Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates	38°08′28″S145°07′29″E / 38.1411382°S 145.12464780000005°E / -38.1411382; 145.12464780000005
Opening date	3 October 1972;51 years ago (1972-10-03)
Management	Vicinity Centres
Owner	Vicinity Centres
Architect	Hassell (2006 northern extension)
No. of stores and services	241
No. of anchor tenants	8
Total retail floor area	88,843 m2 (956,298 sq ft)
No. of floors	3
Parking	3,452 spaces
Website	baysidesc.com.au

Bayside Shopping Centre is a super regional shopping centre in the suburb of Frankston on the Mornington Peninsula of Melbourne. ^[1]

Level 1 interior, looking west towards Kmart.

The former level 2 food court outside former Myer store, after the 2010–11 Redevelopment

The extended level 2 food court outside former Myer store, after the 2010–11 Redevelopment

Transport

The Frankston railway line offers frequent train services to Frankston station located five minutes away from Bayside Shopping Centre.

Bayside Shopping Centre has bus connections to Mornington East, Portsea, Pearcedale, Carrum and surrounding suburbs. It is served by Transdev with bus stops on Nepean Highway and Dandenong Valley Highway. ^[2]

Bayside Shopping Centre also has a multi level carpark with 3,452 spaces.

History

Frankston Town Centre, originally consisted of three shopping centres: Bayside, Balmoral and Quayside.

The original Bayside Shopping Centre, located between Beach Street and Ross Smith Avenue, opened on 3 October 1972 with a Myer department store, a McEwans hardware store, a Ritchies supermarket and 52 speciality stores. It was owned by the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia (now a part of AMP). ^[3]

Balmoral Arcade opened in 1973 and was located at the southern end of Station Street, between Shannon Street (now a pedestrian mall) and Key Street which opened with 19 speciality stores.

Quayside Shopping Centre opened in 1991 near both Bayside and Balmoral, on the carpark between Ross Smith Avenue and Station Street, with a Target department store, a Coles supermarket and 72 speciality stores. Bayside and Quayside were also linked by an enclosed bridge over Ross Smith Avenue. Balmoral Arcade and Quayside Shopping Centre were later merged with the Bayside Shopping Centre in which it subsequently renamed to Bayside Shopping Centre.

Bayside and Balmoral were acquired by John Gandel, the owner of Quayside, during the late-1990s, and upgrades were carried out by manager CFS Retail Property Trust (later Novion Property Group). A portion of Ross Smith Avenue was permanently closed to create a new food court (underneath the existing bridge link).

In 2004 the centre underwent a $63 million redevelopment which included a new 3 level building on the northern side of Beach Street linked by a multi-level pedestrian bridge on the former multi storey carpark opposite Myer. Kmart, Woolworths and a further 55 stores were added as part of this development. This development was completed in March 2006. An entertainment precinct, on Wells Street (separated from the centre itself but still part of the Bayside complex) was added and features a 12 screen Australian Multiplex Cinemas complex (now Hoyts), Strike Bowling Bar and 10 restaurants/food outlets.

An upgrade in 2011 brought the combined total cost of development to AU$200 million since 1999, with reconfigured tenancies including an entire level dedicated to fashion stores, a refurbished second level food court and an Aldi supermarket. ^{[4] [5]}

Another upgrade starting in 2023 removed the second level food court and the entire floor has been replaced by new, contemporary office suites located directly above the retail precinct. Along with this uprgrade, the 3-floor Myer store was closed down and replaced with a UNIQLO store on level 1 and new, improved TK Maxx and Rebel Sport stores on the ground floor. The relocation of the TK Maxx and Rebel Sport stores also provide space for a new 8-storey office tower directly beside the centre that is currently under construction.

Tenants

Bayside Shopping Centre has 88,843m² of floor space, comprising 241 stores over three levels serviced by 3,452 car spaces. The major retailers, which are located at either end of the centre, include Target, Kmart, Woolworths, Coles, Aldi, and Hoyts Cinema. The mini major tenants also include UNIQLO, JB Hi-Fi, Strike Bowling Bar, TK Maxx, Rebel Sport, Chemist Warehouse, JD Sports, Hub Australia and more. Former tenants include Myer, Lincraft, Best & Less and Toys R Us.

Incidents

• On 30 March 2016, a blackout caused a gang of up to 20 youths to fight. This outage occurred over 30 minutes, stores were placed into lockdown and a minute after the blackout started, the brawl begun. The blackout was caused after a fire at a United Energy substation near Frankston Train Station earlier in the morning. ^[6]
• On 21 December 2017, a gas cylinder exploded at the Bob Jane T-Marts workshop just outside the centre shortly after 7 pm. Witnesses reported hearing multiple 'bangs' and visible flames. The explosion occurred only two hours after a four-wheel drive was driven into pedestrians at Flinders Street in the CBD. ^[7]

References

1. "Bayside". vicinity.com.au. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
2. "Getting Here – Bayside". baysidesc.com.au. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
3. Jardisty, S.P. (1 April 1973). "Bayside – a National Mutual Development". The Age . Fairfax Media. Retrieved 25 August 2015
4. Staff Writer (8 June 2011). "Bayside gets big on fashion". Ragtrader. Yaffa Media. Retrieved 25 August 2015
5. "Bayside Frankston Opening Advertisement". Flickr. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
6. "Youths' blackout blue strikes fear in shoppers" . Retrieved 21 December 2017.
7. "Explosions at Melbourne shopping centre | Sky News Australia". Sky News Australia. Retrieved 21 December 2017.