Westfield Parramatta is a shopping centre in Parramatta

Parramatta, New South Wales

Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Parramatta...

, a city suburb of Sydney

Sydney

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, New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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. The centre is owned and managed by The Westfield Group

The Westfield Group

The Westfield Group is an Australian shopping centre group undertaking ownership, development, design, construction, funds/asset management, property management, leasing and marketing activities...

. It has a net leasable area of approximately 137,269m² and contains 488 shops built over five levels, making it Australia's fourth largest shopping centre. Among the stores include specialty retailers, cafes, restaurants, a cinema complex and a gymnasium.

Westfield Parramatta's trade area population is 718,735; one of the largest markets for shopping centres in Australia, and its 28.6 million customer visits per annum makes it Australia's busiest Westfield shopping centre.
Westfield Parramatta first opened in 1975, on a site which had been a Grace Bros.

Grace Bros.

Grace Bros was an Australian department store chain, founded in 1885. It was bought by Myer in 1983. There were 25 stores across New South Wales and the ACT, until they were re-branded under the Myer name in 2004.-History:...

 store since 1933.