Burwood Plaza
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 Main entrance on Railway Parade (pictured in 2022) | |
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| Location | Burwood, New South Wales |
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| Coordinates | 33°52′39″S 151°06′09″E / 33.877507°S 151.102561°E |
| Opened | 1978 |
| Owner | Holdmark Property Group |
| Stores | 40+ |
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| Floor area | 12,361 m2 (133,050 sq ft) |
| Floors | 3 |
| Parking | 1 |
Public transit |  Burwood |
| Website | www |
Burwood Plaza is a small 1970s-style two-storey shopping centre located in the suburb of Burwood in Sydney's Inner West, Australia.
History
[edit]Origins
[edit]The site where Burwood Plaza now lies was once the site of Burwood's first theatre which opened in 1910. It was replaced by the Palatial Theatre which opened in 1921 and featured the first Christie pipe organ in a local theatre. The Palatial closed in 1971 and the space was used by the Royal Blind Society, then as a carpet showroom, before being demolished in 1978 to make way for Burwood Plaza.[1]
Burwood Plaza opened in 1978 as a competitor to the neighbouring Westfield Burwood shopping centre and was originally anchored by a Waltons department store.[2]
2010s
[edit]In November 2014, Parramatta-based Holdmark Property Group acquired Burwood Plaza from Centuria Property Funds for a price of around $80 million.[3] By 2016, they had received initial approval to build
2020s
[edit]In 2023, the post office in the centre closed, despite community backlash.[4]
In 2025, the building suffered a major safety incident during preparation for demolition with a section of a 10-storey residential property collapsing during demolition of the neighbouring structures, which caused scaffolding to fall and forced the evacuation of nearby residents and workers.[5]
Tenants
[edit]The anchor tenant is a Woolworths supermarket, one of the two in Burwood, with the other at rival centre Westfield Burwood.[6] There was previously a Vodafone franchise inside of the centre that had been there since the early 2000s but closed in 2026, despite still appearing on the centre's website.[7] There are 46 tenants listed on the centre website as of May 2026.[8]
Future
[edit]Following their acquisition, Holdmark moved quickly to develop the site, obtaining initial approval in 2016 for a five-tower development of up to 49 storeys on the site of Burwood Plaza as well neighbouring buildings.[9] Work started on the project, now known as Burwood Place, in 2025, with the project now expanded to include a library, public recreation, residential, retail and office space.[10][11] The project has been split into three stages, an urban park, Stage 1 and Stage 2. Only Stage 2 uses the site of the current shoppng centre.[12] Coles is expected to be the anchor tenant for Stage 1, which is expected to open in 2028.[13]
Gallery
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View outside of the main entrance
Level 1 area near Woolworths Supermarket
Subway franchise on Level 1
Level 2 area near Lowes Menswear
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References
[edit]- ↑ "History of Burwood Plaza" (PDF). Burwood Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Sciences at Burwood, Strathfield and Concord.Burwood Plaza Shopping..." Getty Images. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ↑ "Holdmark buys Burwood Plaza for a hefty 80m".
- ↑ "'Outrage' as Australia Post plans to shut four post offices within months". 7NEWS. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ↑ "SafeWork NSW investigating Burwood partial building collapse". NSW SafeWork. 28 January 2025 – via NSW Government.
- ↑ "Burwood, NSW | Woolworths". Woolworths. Archived from the original on 15 March 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Vodafone". BURWOOD PLAZA. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
- ↑ "Stores". BURWOOD PLAZA. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ Herbertson, Lisa (6 June 2016). "APPROVAL FOR FIVE TOWERS AT BURWOOD". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ Grogan, Ashley (21 August 2025). "Work begins on $2.5 billion Burwood Place development". Inside Construction. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
- ↑ Cutcher, Ned (3 June 2021). "What's wrong with 1000 new apartments in the heart of Burwood?". The Fifth Estate. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ↑ "Burwood Place". Holdmark Property Group. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ Writer, Staff (9 November 2025). "Coles to anchor Holdmark's $2.5 billion Burwood Place project". retailbiz. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
