Plans have been lodged for a Woolworths supermarket and seven large retail outlets on the old Bunnings site at Altona North.
Original plans that included a discount department store, cinema, a sports and aquatic centre, childcare, GPs and restaurants have been changed to prevent competition with nearby businesses.
Instead, developer Folkestone is proposing a 13,286-square-metre centre at 290-298 Millers Road and 24-42 Cabot Drive as the third and final stage of its Millers Junction development.
In 2014, Bunnings relocated 250 metres south in Millers Road and became the anchor store of stage one of Folkestone’s development. Stage two is a business park of office warehouses currently being sold.
Folkestone investment manager Nicole Hickling said current stage three plans were for a full-line Woolworths supermarket, seven “large format” retail stores and five smaller shops.
Large format stores are bulky-good retailers similar to those in Folkestone’s stage one development, such as Officeworks, JB Hi-Fi and Repco.
Hobsons Bay council supports rezoning the land.
Ms Hickling said original plans that included a discount department store, cinema, restaurants and medical centre had failed to garner council support.
“It’s on purpose so we don’t take away from Borrack Square or Altona Gate,” she said.
