The Wyndham Vale Jobs Hub cleared its final planning hurdle in June 2026, and Harvey Norman will anchor it. Here’s exactly what Wyndham City Council has approved, how big it is, and what’s still just a rumour.
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The Site: 2 Hirata Boulevard & 462 Ballan Road
The Wyndham Vale Jobs Hub sits on 2 Hirata Boulevard and 462 Ballan Road, Wyndham Vale VIC 3024, on the corner block near Manor Lakes Shopping Centre and Wyndham Vale Station. It’s also the same stretch of Ballan Road that crews are currently rebuilding as part of the $333.5 million intersection upgrade a few hundred metres north, so anyone tracking one project has effectively been tracking both.
The approved plans put 6,812 square metres of large-format retail space and 610 square metres of office space on the site, with a 222-space car park to serve it. That’s a genuinely large format — closer to a regional bulky-goods centre than a neighbourhood strip. That’s also why locals have started calling the Wyndham Vale Jobs Hub a jobs-and-services precinct rather than just another shopping centre.
Zoom in on the exact parcel below.
The marked site above is the actual Wyndham Vale Jobs Hub land — the vacant paddock between Hirata Boulevard and Bursa Drive, directly opposite Manor Lakes Shopping Centre and Wyndham Vale Station.
The approved plans also include a 12-metre-high pylon sign facing Ballan Road. That detail alone signals the developer’s ambition: the Wyndham Vale Jobs Hub is meant to be a drive-past destination for the whole growth corridor, not just the immediate neighbourhood.
What’s Actually Approved
Wyndham City Council’s planning committee approved the permit in June 2026. The approved plans name Harvey Norman as anchor tenant, alongside two further restricted retail tenancies the developer hasn’t publicly named yet. Restricted retail is the planning category for bulky-goods stores — furniture, appliances, hardware — so expect more of that mix rather than a supermarket or a food court.
One detail worth flagging: this approval went through without a public notice period or a community objection process. That’s not unusual when a permit already complies cleanly with the zoning and design requirements set for the precinct. Still, it does mean the Wyndham Vale Jobs Hub arrived with less public debate — and less advance warning — than most projects this size.
What Else Is Coming Right Next Door
The developer also lodged a separate application (WYP14921/25) for 1 Hirata Boulevard, immediately next to the Wyndham Vale Jobs Hub site. That application covers a food and drink premises, including a liquor licence and an internally illuminated business sign. The developer lodged it back in December 2024, well before Wyndham City Council approved the jobs hub itself — which suggests the developer was already banking on the precinct going ahead. So far, no applicant or brand name has surfaced publicly for that tenancy.
Put the two applications together and the picture becomes clear: a Harvey Norman-anchored bulky-goods centre at 2 Hirata Boulevard and 462 Ballan Road, with a drive-through or sit-down food tenancy going in right beside it at 1 Hirata Boulevard. That combination — large-format retail plus food — is a standard pairing for outer-suburban jobs hubs, and it matches how Wyndham City Council has described the site’s purpose.
Wyndham Vale Jobs Hub — Timeline So Far
What’s Not Confirmed Yet
- Wyndham City Council hasn’t set a construction start date for the Wyndham Vale Jobs Hub
- Nobody has announced an opening date yet
- The developer hasn’t named the two restricted retail tenancies beyond Harvey Norman
- The developer hasn’t named the food and drink tenant for 1 Hirata Boulevard either
- The approval didn’t come with specific employment figures
Treat anything more specific than what’s listed above — a projected opening month, a full tenant list, a jobs number — as speculation until Wyndham City Council or the developer confirms it directly.
Why This Matters
Wyndham Vale is an established suburb of more than 20,000 people. Until now, it has leaned on Manor Lakes Shopping Centre and Werribee for bulky-goods shopping. A 6,812 square metre Harvey Norman-anchored centre on Ballan Road closes that gap locally. It also lands at the same intersection where the state government is already spending $333.5 million on roadworks — so the traffic case for a jobs hub in this exact spot existed well before the retail permit did.
Editorial view: bulky-goods centres with a national anchor like Harvey Norman tend to get built once approved, because the anchor has already done its own catchment work. The open questions here are timing and who takes the food tenancy next door, not whether the centre goes ahead.
Bottom line: Wyndham City Council has approved the Wyndham Vale Jobs Hub, sized it at 6,812 square metres, and locked in Harvey Norman as anchor tenant — but nobody has broken ground yet. Anyone budgeting around a specific opening date is budgeting around a number nobody has published.
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This article covers publicly available planning and council information current as of publication. Approved plans can change during construction, so always confirm tenancy and opening details directly with the developer or Wyndham City Council before making decisions based on this article.
