Casuarina Square, the largest

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in the

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, is located in

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's northern suburbs. The shopping centre is built to the building code for Tropical Cyclones, due to cyclones that sweep through the area such as

Cyclone Tracy Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from 24 to 26 December 1974. The small, developing easterly storm had been observed passing clear of the city initially, but then turned t ...

in 1974. Casuarina Square was built in 1973, the shopping centre contains over 180 businesses including two supermarkets ( Coles and

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), and two

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(

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and

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), and a 7-screen BCC Cinemas. The GPT group owns and manages the shopping centre and since building the centre before a change of ownership t
Sentinel Property Group
in April 2022, it has undergone four major redevelopments. The most recent was a three-stage redevelopment that was completed in December 1998 adding 63 specialty stores and the 7-screen BCC Cinemas. Since then the average number of visits per week is greater than twice the population of Darwin.Casuarina Square
On 1 April 2022, Casuarina Square was bought by Sentinel Property Group for $400 million.

Transport

Casuarina Square is accessible from Trower Road and by the bus routes of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 21. The shopping centre is located 14 km north of Darwin city centre. The shopping centre has over 2,400 parking spaces including undercover parking. Access to the car parks is from Trower Road, Dripstone Road and Bradshaw Terrace.

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Casuarina Square homepage
{{Darwin, Northern Territory landmarks Shopping centres in Darwin, Northern Territory Shopping malls established in 1974 Tourist attractions in Darwin, Northern Territory

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