Westfield Miranda

[1] The Cronulla line offers frequent services to Miranda station located outside the centre.

Westfield Miranda has bus connections to St George and South Western Sydney, as well as routes to local surrounding suburbs within the Sutherland Shire.

Miranda Fair was officially opened on 16 March 1964 by then Premier of New South Wales Bob Heffron in front of 1600 guests.

[3][4][5] Miranda Fair was developed by Myer and Farmers and was the largest fully enclosed shopping centre in NSW.

The five storey office tower was facing the Kingsway and featured a large eight-pointed, slowly revolving star on its rooftop.

In mid 1983 Harvey Norman opened its store in the top floor of the Myer space which operated until 1995 when it relocated to the newly built Caringbah Super Centre.

This led to protests by parents and teachers of Miranda Public School to stop the car park extension, however it was unsuccessful.

This expansion also created a land swap which resulted in the construction of a new council library and other community facilities on Wandella Road.

Stage 2 opened on 28 August 1984 and included BBC Hardware, Best & Less and Franklins and an international food court.

In 1990 Westfield planned another expansion of the centre after two decades purchasing sites in the block bounded by the Kingsway, Kiora Road, Urunga Parade and Jackson Avenue.

[17] In early 2009, Sutherland Council approved plans to further upgrade the complex, which included demolition of the office tower and adding 100 additional speciality shops at a cost of $435 million.

[12] This development did feature a new facade above the centre which is made up of grey wall which is designed to resemble fish scales in homage to "the Sutherland Shire's beach culture".

[35] In December 2016, to cope with Christmas demand, parking at Port Hacking High School was arranged for shoppers at Westfield Miranda.

Since the closure of Sky Zone, Scentre Group is currently working together with Funlab to explore options for a new entertainment concept in Westfield Miranda.

It was to include a ten-pin bowling, laser tag, arcade games, a bar, and food options.

[40] On 29th May 2023, the DA was approved and the new entertainment centre was revealed as Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq.

[43][44] On 20 March 2024 A local Shire teenager fully recreated the original 1964 centre digitally on the platform known as Roblox.

[45] Ethem had set out on recreating the original Shopping Centre as he had a deep fascination of the unique architecture the original centre had and wants to preserve this lost piece of architecture for future generations to look back on with a more vivid image.

The major retailers include David Jones, Myer, Big W, Kmart, Aldi, Coles, Woolworths, Cotton On, Uniqlo, Zara, Apple, JB Hi-Fi, Rebel, Timezone and Event Cinemas.

Former Office Tower, September 9th 1971
Former office tower, 25 July 2010
(demolished mid-2013)
Outside of former main entrance area, looking east. December 2006 (demolished mid-2013)
Redevelopment of former main entrance, looking west. December 2013. Tree on right is same tree in photo of entrance pre-demolition
Western end replacing office tower and surrounds, as of 30 September 2014
Ethem's 1964 Virtual recreation in comparison to the original centre