Grand Central Shopping Centre in Toowoomba, Australia, offers hours of diverse and enticing entertainment, where visitors can shop, eat and play for hours, all while exploring and enjoying the experience of a commercial paradise. Located in the south-east of Queensland, it is the biggest shopping centre in Darling Downs and contains some of the most popular stores in the country, ranging from high scale labels to high street fashion brands. The floor area of the centre is 90,000 metres squared and contains at least 50 fashion stories and more than 180 specialty shopping features spread over two levels

The primary focus of Grand Central Shopping Centre is fashion, with many brands and labels to choose from, offering a quality shopping experience, where visitors can choose from what they know and discover new styles and ranges on offer. In addition to fashion, the hundreds of shops also sell technology items, homeware, books, adventure and outdoors equipment and numerous accessories, making it the perfect shopping platform for any person’s needs. In addition to shops, the centre provides a range of services, from banking to chemists to travel agents, and even pet provisions, as a centre of more than just fashion. There is also a five screen, used for entertaining adults and children alike, and a food court that seats 550 people and offers an abundance of various food and drinks from around the world.

Toowoomba is well connected to other major cities in Australia including Brisbane and Dalby, on major highways, and once in the city, visitors can easily find the way to the Grand Central by following directions to the city centre. Local buses have routes travelling to the shopping centre, and there is a bus stop directly opposite, on Margaret Street.

The history of the centre began in September 1996, with the opening of a new Target store, supermarket and 30 other specialty shops, which then developed in stages, finally completing in 1999 with the construction of the cinema. More recently, the centre underwent a multi-million redevelopment project in November 2014, significantly expanding the size of the building and adding thousands more car parking spaces. In addition to being a commercial centre, Grand Central acts as a hub of the community by offering special events, including meditation, mindfulness and yoga classes, and workshops teaching specific skills like weaving, art and creating original home items.