Tenants sign for the $1.1b Top Ryde City centre

Defined Developments, project manager of the $1.1 billion Top Ryde City mixed-use centre, has sign up major tenants such as Myer, Big W, Woolworths, Franklins and Aldi, and numerous speciality outlets. Talks are proceeding with cinema operators. The centre would comprise 280 brand and boutique stores, 10,000 squares metres of office space and more than 400 apartments. The 78,000 square metre retail component, expected to cost $840 million and be completed by July 2010. The commercial and residential components are expected to be finished in June 2013, according to The Australian Financial Review.