9. Appendix F - Economic Impact Assessment

3.2.      Traditional Retail Centres

  i.      Traditional retail centres, as illustrated on Map 3.5, are outlined as defined by retail economists,
          including:

        — Regional Shopping Centres include one or more department stores and are higher order non-food
            retail facilities that have a wider draw.

        — Sub-regional Shopping Centres contain at least one discount department store and generally at
            least one supermarket.

        — Supermarket-based Shopping Centres which generally serve the local population within 3 – 5 km.

        The key competitive facilities are described below.

  Regional Shopping Centres

  i.      There are currently no regional shopping centres situated within the total trade area. The closest
          regional shopping centre is Sunshine Plaza at Maroochydore, which is located 35 km to the south of
          the Noosa site.

  ii.     The recently expanded Sunshine Plaza is 107,000 sq.m, based on David Jones and Myer department
          store, Target and Kmart discount department stores, as well as Coles and Woolworths supermarkets.

  Sub-regional Shopping Centre

   i.   Sub-regional shopping centres are anchored by one or more discount department stores. There are
        currently two sub-regional shopping centres within the total trade area, namely Noosa Civic and Gympie
        Central.

        — Noosa Civic (21,442 sq.m) is located immediately east of the proposed Noosa Marketplace site in
            the primary sector. The centre is currently anchored by a Big W discount department store,
            Woolworths supermarket, two mini-majors and 99 retail specialty stores.

        — Gympie Central (14,050 sq.m) is located in the tertiary sector, more than 57 km north-west of the
            Noosa site. The centre includes a Big W discount department store, as well as Woolworths and Aldi
            supermarkets.




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