Just went shopping .... OMG

[tess]

I just went shopping at a medium sized northern suburbs Shopping Centre and am shocked at the amount of empty shops. In the food court alone there is 3 shops shut and around the centre proper I would say around 4 or 5 other either closed or closing down.


It looks like this little recession is only going to get worse for now.

 

[giantroo]

Can I ask which Shopping Centre you went to?

 

[Prem87]

I just went shopping at a medium sized northern suburbs Shopping Centre and am shocked at the amount of empty shops. In the food court alone there is 3 shops shut and around the centre proper I would say around 4 or 5 other either closed or closing down.


It looks like this little recession is only going to get worse for now.

Brand Junction at Bundoora?

I went there the weekend before Xmas in the arvo where you would expect it to be packed and there was hardly anyone there, it was literally empty.

 

[giantroo]

Though BJ just opened not long ago. Though it was stupid to even build it. They just built Westfield in South Morang.

 

[TorresIsGod]

Though BJ just opened not long ago. Though it was stupid to even build it. They just built Westfield in South Morang.

I went to Brand Junction on the way to cricket a couple of Saturday's ago, I was the only person in there, it was absolutely ridiculous.

Plenty Valley was pretty empty when I was there last as well.

 

[giantroo]

I went to Brand Junction on the way to cricket a couple of Saturday's ago, I was the only person in there, it was absolutely ridiculous.

Plenty Valley was pretty empty when I was there last as well.

3 shopping centres in the space of 5 kms of each other is pretty ridiculous.

 

[Optimax]

I went to Brand Junction on the way to cricket a couple of Saturday's ago, I was the only person in there, it was absolutely ridiculous.

Plenty Valley was pretty empty when I was there last as well.

Epping isnt much better nor is greensborough

All of them withing 15 minutes driving time. Its become stupid

 

[giantroo]

Epping isnt much better nor is greensborough

All of them withing 15 minutes driving time. Its become stupid

Oh yeh forgot about Greensy. Also hear that David Jones and Myer will be moving into Plenty Valley in 2010/2011.

And you have Epping Central being built on High Street with is also a mini shopping centre.

 

[bryan_1981]

I went to Brand Junction on the way to cricket a couple of Saturday's ago, I was the only person in there, it was absolutely ridiculous.

Plenty Valley was pretty empty when I was there last as well.

I was there on Tuesday after I went into uni at rmit bundoora and it was dead, no school kids, no adults, i wandered into the converse shop and the sales staff salivated at the site of a potential customer... however i left after observing there crappy stock selection

 

[tess]

I went to Broady, no I left the moccasins at home.....

 

[Barry Zuckercorn]

Last time I went to the Brand Junction I couldnt even get inside cause of all the rich people outside protesting agsinst one of those "sales the rich people didnt want you to have".