Westfield Miranda

Outside of former main entrance area, looking east. December 2006 (demolished mid-2013)

There have been two major renovations and extensions since 1964. The first was in 1971, which made it the largest shopping centre in Australia for its time. It was also the first major shopping centre to have two major department stores, Grace Bros. and Farmers. Further expansion occurred in 1992 giving it 108,316 square metres (1,165,900 square feet) of retail space.[13] (107,929 square metres or 1,161,734 square feet is also cited)[1] There was also a third renovation in 1984.[14] Since these openings, other shopping centres have been built and expanded, including Westfield Parramatta and Westfield Bondi Junction, now making it the fourth largest Westfield shopping centre in Sydney. In December 2005 it was valued at A$481.6 million, up from $444.7 million in December 2004.[15]

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

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 A$435 million. Myer lost its ground floor for a larger 'full-line' Woolworths supermarket.[10] The entrance has moved closer to the Kingsway.[15] The centre expanded by approximately 19,000 square metres to 127,000 square metres of gross lettable area.[13] Demolition of the areas around the office tower began in July 2013.[16] The grey wall is designed to resemble fish scales in homage to "the Sutherland Shire's beach culture".[17] The first stage of the redevelopment consisting of the first floor opened on Thursday 16 October 2014[18] About 80 more shops/restaurants opened on Thursday 20 November 2014 while the official opening took place on Thursday, 27 November, with four days of celebrations.[19][20][21][22][23][24] A new multi-screen Event Cinemas complex opened 2 April 2015.

During the renovations when the new parking system came in, people who lived near Miranda Fair noted that shoppers and employees of Miranda Fair were increasingly parking in the streets to avoid paying the fees for parking in Miranda Fair.[25] In February 2015, Westfield Miranda planned to reintroduce free parking for people with disability stickers in response to feedback that parking was difficult to find.[26] In December 2015, Westfield Miranda extended its opening hours until midnight.[27] In December 2016, to cope with Christmas demand, parking at Port Hacking High School was arranged for shoppers at Westfield Miranda.[28]