Casula Mall

Casula Mall is a sub-regional shopping centre serving Casula and surrounding communities in south-western Sydney, New South Wales. The centre opened in 1986 with a Super Kmart hypermarket and a Franklins supermarket, establishing a broad retail offer that combined discount department-store shopping with supermarket provision. Its tenant mix changed as Australian retail formats evolved. In 1989, following the discontinuation of the Super Kmart hypermarket format in Australia by Coles Myer, the original large-format operation was divided into a regular Kmart discount department store and a Coles New World supermarket. This created the basic anchor configuration that continued to define the centre for much of its later history. Casula Mall underwent redevelopment in 1998 and again in 2007. These projects expanded or refreshed the centre and supported its transition from an earlier hypermarket-led complex into a contemporary community-oriented shopping destination. The centre now contains more than 55 specialty stores alongside major supermarket and discount department-store anchors. Its principal anchor tenants are Coles, Kmart and Aldi. Kmart is notable for being one of the early 24-hour Kmart stores in Australia, although trading arrangements can change over time and are subject to retailer and centre operations. The supermarket component has also changed over the years. Franklins closed its Casula Mall store in 2011, after which the space was occupied by Supa IGA. Supa IGA subsequently closed in 2015. Aldi opened at the centre in late 2016, replacing the former IGA operation and adding a discount supermarket format to the existing Coles and Kmart-led offer. Casula Mall’s role is primarily local and practical rather than destination-based. Its offer combines everyday grocery shopping, household and general merchandise, food and beverage, and personal or community services. The centre’s location in Casula gives it a catchment-oriented function within Sydney’s south-west, with the anchor retailers providing recurring visitation and the specialty stores complementing routine shopping needs. The available reference material does not identify a separate corporate owner, founder, parent group, executive team, public listing, or financial disclosures for the mall brand.

Casula Mall opened in 1986 in Casula, New South Wales, as a retail centre anchored by a Super Kmart hypermarket and a Franklins supermarket. The original Super Kmart concept combined discount department-store and supermarket functions in one large-format operation. In 1989, Coles Myer discontinued the Super Kmart format in Australia. The Casula store was consequently divided into a conventional Kmart discount department store and a Coles New World supermarket, creating separate anchors within the centre. The centre was redeveloped in 1998 and again in 2007. These projects supported the evolution of Casula Mall into a larger and more modern sub-regional shopping centre with a mix of major retailers and specialty tenants. Its later retail configuration included Coles, Kmart and a range of smaller stores serving everyday shopping and service needs. Franklins ceased trading at Casula Mall in 2011. The former supermarket space was then occupied by Supa IGA. Supa IGA closed in 2015, and Aldi subsequently opened at the site in late 2016. The Aldi opening added a discount grocery operator to a centre already anchored by Coles and Kmart. Casula Mall is described as having more than 55 specialty stores. Its major retailers include Coles, Aldi and Kmart, with Kmart identified as one of the first Kmart stores in Australia to operate around the clock. The centre’s documented history is therefore principally a history of retail-format changes, redevelopment, and anchor-tenant succession rather than of a separately reported operating company or consumer product brand.

• 2016

  Aldi opens

  [1]Casula Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Aldi opens at Casula Mall in late 2016, replacing the former IGA supermarket operation.

• 2015

  Supa IGA closes

  [1]Casula Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Supa IGA leaves the centre, creating space for a subsequent supermarket change.

• 2011

  Franklins closes

  [1]Casula Mallen.wikipedia.org

  The Franklins supermarket at Casula Mall closes and is subsequently replaced by Supa IGA.

• 2007

  Second documented redevelopment

  [1]Casula Mallen.wikipedia.org

  A further redevelopment refreshes the shopping centre and supports its later multi-anchor configuration.

• 1998

  First documented redevelopment

  [1]Casula Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Casula Mall undergoes a redevelopment that contributes to the centre’s subsequent expansion and modernization.

• 1989

  Super Kmart format is replaced

  [1]Casula Mallen.wikipedia.org

  After Coles Myer ends the Super Kmart hypermarket format in Australia, the Casula operation is divided into a Kmart discount department store and a Coles New World supermarket.

• 1986

  Casula Mall opens

  [1]Casula Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Casula Mall opens with a Super Kmart hypermarket and a Franklins supermarket as its principal anchors.

A community-oriented sub-regional shopping centre focused on everyday groceries, discount department-store shopping, convenience retail, food and beverage, and local services.

• Supermarket anchor · 1989

  Coles

  Coles is one of Casula Mall’s principal anchor tenants and provides the centre’s full-service grocery offer. Its presence supports recurring visits for food, household consumables, and other everyday supermarket purchases. The Casula Coles operation emerged from the 1989 restructuring of the former Super Kmart hypermarket site into separate Kmart and Coles New World operations.

• Discount department store anchor · 1989

  Kmart

  Kmart is a major discount department-store anchor at Casula Mall. It supplies general merchandise across household, apparel, leisure, and everyday value categories, complementing the centre’s supermarket tenants. The Kmart store was created when the former Super Kmart operation was divided in 1989 and is noted in the reference material as one of the early 24-hour Kmart stores in Australia.

• Discount supermarket anchor · 2016

  Aldi

  Aldi provides a discount-supermarket offer at Casula Mall, adding an alternative grocery format alongside Coles. The store opened in late 2016 after the closure of Supa IGA and occupies the supermarket space previously associated with Franklins and IGA succession.

• Specialty retail and services

  Specialty stores

  Casula Mall has more than 55 specialty stores, forming the supporting tenant base around its major anchors. The specialty offer is described broadly as covering retail, food and beverage, and services for local shoppers. Individual tenants and their operating status can change over time.

• 2016

  Aldi opens at Casula MallProduct launch

  Background

  Supa IGA had closed in 2015, leaving the centre’s supermarket tenant mix open to change.

  Action taken

  Aldi opened at Casula Mall in late 2016 as the successor to the former IGA supermarket operation.

  Aftermath

  The centre gained a discount supermarket anchor alongside Coles and Kmart.

  Source

• 1989

  Conversion from Super Kmart to separate Kmart and Coles operationsStrategy

  Background

  Coles Myer ended the Super Kmart hypermarket format in Australia, requiring the Casula operation to be reorganized.

  Action taken

  The former hypermarket was divided into a regular Kmart discount department store and a Coles New World supermarket.

  Aftermath

  The change established separate department-store and supermarket anchors within Casula Mall and shaped the centre’s subsequent retail structure.

  Source

1. 1Casula Mallen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Casula Mall official websitecasulamall.com.au