Chadstone Shopping Centre is enormous: the latest leasing data puts it at roughly 243,000 square metres of gross lettable area, making it the largest shopping centre in Australia and one of the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere.

Quick size facts

  • Total floor space is reported around 230,000–243,000 square metres, depending on whether you look at overall floor area or current gross lettable area.
  • That’s roughly the size of 45–50 full-sized football (soccer) pitches.
  • The centre includes more than 500 stores and over 10,000 car parking spaces, reinforcing its status as a mega mall.

Why it’s considered “so big”

  • It consistently ranks as the largest shopping centre in Australia by floor area, and is often described as the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • Ongoing redevelopments and expansions through to 2025 have steadily pushed its lettable area up to about 242,976 square metres, according to the latest owner figures.

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