The $300 million redevelopment of Chatswood Chase in Chatswood has been completed, delivering expanded retail space, upgraded access and targeted sustainability outcomes.
Background And Context In Chatswood
Multiplex has finished Vicinity Centres’ $300 million redevelopment at 345 Victoria Avenue and 5 Havilah Street, Chatswood, in October 2025. The project adds 20,000 square metres, taking the centre to 84,000 square metres across five levels. The centre, first delivered by Multiplex in the early 1980s, has been modernised with a design by Make and Webber.
What Changed: Design, Access And Sustainability
The redevelopment introduces more than 100 new retail tenancies and the Chase Market food hall on the Lower Ground floor. Upgrades include new skylit atria and voids, 13 lifts and 26 escalators, and enhanced entries on Victoria Avenue, Archer Street and Havilah Street, with a mirror-clad awning on Victoria Avenue. The project targets a 4 Star Green Star Design & As-Built rating and a 4.5 Star NABERS rating.
Delivery In A Live Trading Environment
Construction ran for about 19 months with an average of 350–400 workers and a peak of 900 during shopfitting. Works proceeded while retailers including Coles, Kmart and David Jones traded. Approximately 1,000 tonnes of structural steel, four kilometres of carbon fibre and 15,000 square metres of tiling were used. Logistics software and staged loading dock deliveries balanced construction and retail operations. Temporary catch decks and roof areas supported work on voids while keeping lower levels dry. More than 500 truncations were made to the post-tensioned slab, with plant and services relocated without interruption.
Operational upgrades include a 1,000-litre stormwater tank, a syphonic drainage system and automatic flood barriers.
Retail Rollout And Next Steps
Vicinity Centres reopened redeveloped areas on 23 October 2025, following the November 2024 relaunch of food and hospitality on Lower Ground. More than 60 new and returning retailers opened, with anchor brands including Apple, David Jones, MECCA, Country Road, R.M. Williams and Sephora.
The next phase is anticipated for completion in April 2026, with Level 1 flagged for an early 2026 luxury rollout. Vicinity separately frames the broader transformation as a $625 million program, distinct from the $300 million builder-delivered redevelopment.
Published 3-Nov-2025