Woodcroft Town Centre And Mall

EDIT: Years on from the renovations and the mall is a barren ghost town. Hardly any shops filled — in fact there were more shops open immediately after the renovations. Worth the extra 5 min drive to Southgate Plaza to get a much better range.
ORIGINAL REVIEW: After two years of redevelopment, the mall is finally nearing completion and although it has been quite inconvenient at times, I love the look of the new centre. With a stylish new design, the new mall has the capacity to house more stores than before, but is also more spacious allowing for a large amount of people to go shopping at once.
While the old town centre had a slightly convoluted layout, the new mall is incredibly simple to walk through and has a lot of space for smaller shops. Unfortunately at the moment, a lot of them are still vacant, however it is still early days and their already has been plenty of growth.
The centre boasts many major stores such as Foodland supermarket, a Sam’s warehouse discount store and a Cheap as Chips store. This makes it ideal for grocery shopping and also picking up a good bargain. What is also good about the new array of shops are the number of cafes and restaurants, which is on a steady increase. There are now several sushi bars, a Subway, a yiros bar, a Wok in a Box takeaway store and a Chinese restaurant.
Among the other shops, there are a hairdressers, a newsagent and a clothes shop. So you have quite a variety of different places. I can’t wait for the butcher and bakery to open soon, as it will mean that you can do a good shop all under one roof. There is certainly a lot more variety than the Woodcroft Plaza on Pimpala Road however I do still go to the Plaza as I prefer Woolworths over Foodland. All in all though, an excellent mall with a whole lot of potential.