Carlingford Court is a shopping centre owned by JY Group and Home Co. It’s located in Carlingford,

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Transport

Carlingford Court has bus connections to the

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, Hills District and

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, as well as local surrounding suburbs. It is served by

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. The majority of its bus services are located on

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and Rembrandt Street. Carlingford Court has multi level car parks with 1,472 spaces.

History

Carlingford Court opened in 1965 as the Village Centre on a former orchard and nursery site. The centre featured Farmers (rebranded to

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in 1984 and

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in 2004),

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and around 50 stores. In the 1970s, the centre went a redevelopment with the addition of

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and a second level. It was subsequently renamed Carlingford Court. In 1983

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took ownership of the centre until July 1996 when

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acquired the centre. The centre was redeveloped in 1987 and 1989 which added around 40 stores and a food court. Venture closed in the early 1990s and was replaced by

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. In 1998 Woolworths was refurbished. In 2000, a $40 million upgrade saw the shopping centre gain a Coles supermarket (replacing a

), new food court (including the relocation of

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and

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) and 3,000 m² of floor space. On 31 March 2006, the 8,000 m²

store closed down. The store was replaced by

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on the top floor and

(which relocated from its space on the other side of the centre) on the first two levels making it the only store in Sydney to be two stories. The store opened in November 2006. Target's original space was filled by

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and

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in April and June 2007. In April 2025 50% was acquired by Home Co Group. In December 2013, the centre was acquired by Federation Limited (since renamed

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) and Telstra Super. In September 2022, JY Group purchased Telstra Super's shareholding.

Tenants

Carlingford Court has 33,296m² of floor space. The major retailers include

, Coles, Woolworths,

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, Lowes, and

References

External links

Carlingford Court website
{{Vicinity Centres Shopping centres in Sydney Shopping malls established in 1965 1965 establishments in Australia