Woolies' suburban supermarket expansion stretches to Rosanna
A sleepy corner of middle suburbia, Rosanna in Melbourne's north-east, is set to get a radical shakeup with a new full-line Woolies supermarket, railway station and elevated train tracks.
Property Editor at The Age and BusinessDay journalist for Fairfax's theage.com.au, smh.com.au, watoday.com.au and brisbanetimes.com.au.
A sleepy corner of middle suburbia, Rosanna in Melbourne's north-east, is set to get a radical shakeup with a new full-line Woolies supermarket, railway station and elevated train tracks.
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