Westfield Parramatta is a large shopping centre in the suburb of Parramatta in Greater Western Sydney. Transport The North Shore & Western, Inner West & Leppington and Cumberland Line offer frequent services to Westfield Parramatta. Westfield Parramatta has bus connections to the Sydney CBD, Inner West Northern Sydney and Greater Western Sydney, as well as local surrounding suburbs. It is served by Busways, Hillsbus, Transit Systems and Transdev. The majority of its bus services are located opposite Parramatta station or on Argyle Street. Westfield Parramatta also has multi level car parks with 4,661 spaces. History The site upon which Westfield Parramatta currently stands has had a long history of retail. In 1933, Grace Bros. opened their first Sydney suburban department store on a site on the corner of Church and Argyle Streets. This block, bounded by Aird and Marsden Streets, was predominantly occupied by retail properties and expanded the Parramatta town centre south of the railway line. In 1971 planning for the Parramatta retail commenced with the aim of incorporating the existing Grace Bros. store into the first stage development of the new Westfield Parramatta. Development was approved by Parramatta City Council for an expanded retail floor area and a tavern. In the same year the redeveloped Grace Bros featured a food hall, supermarket and a hardware on the ground floor. There was parking spaces for over 2000 cars in the multi-level carpark. Westfield Parramatta officially opened in three stages. Stage one opened in May 1975 and featured Target, Coles New World, Woolworths Family Centre and 44 speciality stores. as Stage two opened in September 1975 and was the largest shopping centre in Australia at the time. Stage two featured Grace Bros, Waltons and 60 speciality stores. Stage three opened towards the end of 1975 and featured the four screen Village Cinemas complex, Westower Tavern and 14 speciality stores. The first redevelopment of Westfield Parramatta occurred in 1986 when Village Cinemas was refurbished and 300 stores were added. In 1987 Waltons closed and was replaced by Venture. In 1989 a proposal to build an underground pedestrian underpass to link the centre with the railway station to ease the passage of commuters to the stores was submitted and subsequently approved. Westfield Parramatta expanded in 1992 with the purchase of properties on the north side of Aird Street between O’Connell and Marsden Streets and the eastern half of the block bounded by