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| Location | Bowman St,Macquarie, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Coordinates | 35°15′10″S149°04′19″E / 35.25278°S 149.07194°E /-35.25278; 149.07194 |
| Opening date | 1969 |
| Owner | The Marketplace Group |
| Stores and services | 53 |
| Anchor tenants | 2 |
| Floor area | 123,851 m2 (1,333,120 sq ft) |
| Floors | 1 |
| Parking | 600 +/- |
| Website | www |
Jamison Centre (/ˈdʒæmɪsən/) is a large shopping centre located inBelconnen's eastern suburb ofMacquarie, Australian Capital Territory. Comprising two indoor/outdoor complexes and a range of standalone stores and facilities, the centre is anchored byColes andAldi stores. Other notable facilities are the Jamison branch of theCanberra Southern Cross Club and theBig Splash Water Park.
Jamison Centre is serviced byACTION bus route 32 which connects Jamison Centre toBelconnen Town Centre andCivic.[1] It is also easily accessible by road fromBelconnen Way and Bindubi Street.
The outdoor Belconnen Trash'n'Treasure Market is held every Sunday morning in the Jamison Centre car park. This is one ofCanberra's larger outdoor markets, and is operated by theRotary Club of Belconnen with assistance from the Rotary Clubs of Ginninderra, Hall and Woden.
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Built in 1969, Jamison Centre was the first shopping development in theBelconnen district, preceding theBelconnen Town Centre by nearly a decade.[2] It was named afterThomas Jamison (1752/53–1811), aFirst Fleet surgeon and prominent landowner, government official and mercantile trader of the colonial era.[2] Initially, the Jamison Centre was a major commercial area, but it soon began to suffer from the growth of a centrally situated town hub, particularly when the federal government built a major shopping precinct which was later sold toThe Westfield Group and is now known asWestfield Belconnen. For many years the Jamison Centre played a significant role in servicing the adjacent area, but decreased in importance and became increasingly neglected.
The decline continued until 2000, when theHumphries government and the private owners of the centre commissioned a master plan to turn the area around. After community consultation, several major issues such as building elevation, access, safety and a lack of meeting places, were noted. The final plan, released in 2002, mapped out a number of methods of achieving this, including improving traffic flow and building new shops and restaurants facing the adjacent streets. With the approval of $8.2m of government funding, a major refurbishment began in January 2006, with most major work completed by early 2008. Though the government provided assurances that the centre would remain open throughout the process, much of the complex was vacant for some time with many long-term retailers moving temporarily to nearby locations.
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