Church Street gets a retail fillip

New outlets in Church Street are providing a fillip to trading in the city’s traditional retail strip, a long-time sufferer of the “pull” of Westfield. The outlets are positioned at the intersection of Church and George streets, at the northern end of the re-opened Church Street Mall. The intersection is one of the busiest vehicle and pedestrian intersections in the CBD.

Three new shops are included in the Commonwealth Bank building – Arthur Weis Menswear, food outlet Wrap Station and KA Studio Photographics – on the south-west corner, and Kathmandu, an outdoor clothing and equipment store, has taken all the space on the north-west corner. The German supermarket giant, Aldi, expects to open an outlet, in March, in George Street, just down from the south-east corner.