Concept & Planning
The design concept of Cornubia Mall is intended to
create a retail centre which provides a unique retail
product to the area. Cornubia offers a destination of
retail convenience, outdoor living and recreational
value which seamlessly blends with the lifestyle
of the surrounding community it serves.
While the trend in regional shopping centres
in tropical climates has long been to offer large
air-conditioned enclosed malls, Cornubia strikes a
perfect balance between a retail centre, comprised
of large national tenants and an outdoor lifestyle
experience. This is typified by expansive shaded
exterior walkways and pause areas, interlaced with
indigenous vegetation, an open air public square
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and even an integrated cycle track through the
centre which links to the surrounding areas.
Lifts were extensively used in the northern
portion of the centre to link the double volume
parking basement with the retail areas.
Components and Tenants
88% of Cornubia’s gross lettable area (GLA)
is occupied by national tenants and national
franchise offerings affording it an extremely
strong covenant and mix of tenants across all
categories. The north precinct is anchored by the
first in a series of ‘new look’ Checkers stores,
which is now the benchmark for a national roll
out, Woolworths, Edgars, Nu Metro, with its 4D
Cornubia Mall