Harvey Norman and MHG, have teamed up to develop a new $50 million Homemaker Centre for Melton.
A ground breaking ceremony on the 50,000 square metre site on the Melton Highway, Melton was held on August 30 with representatives of MHG, Harvey Norman and Melton council.
Victorian builder, H. Troon Pty Ltd, has started work on the site and expects to complete the project in mid 2024.
Anchor retailer Harvey Norman has acquired 23,500 square metres of the site for a retail centre, while a range of retailers, including Fantastic Furniture, National Tiles, Pillow Talk, Rug Galaxy and other national retailers will make up the other 18,000 square metres in the large format retail centre.
A representative of Harvey Norman said the company is very excited to be developing this homemaker centre for Melton.
“Our research shows there is very strong demand from families in the area for electrical appliances, furnishings and other items for people’s homes and apartments,” they said.
MHG is a family owned company and acquired the Melton site in 1996 to operate a plant featuring state of the art robotic painting, plastic extrusion and injection moulding manufacturing facility to support Toyota, Ford and GMH. The plant closed in 2021.
MHG established the Melton Gateway Centre on another area of the site, featuring tenants including Woolworth’s Petrol, McDonald’s, Chemist Warehouse, The Good Guys, Dulux, Best Friends Pets and Subway, in 2007.
MHG chair Steve Haritos said the company believes there will be very strong demand for the goods and services to be delivered at the new centre, as evidenced by the interest of major national retail tenants.
The Centre will also feature 504 car spaces and 66 bicycle spaces.
