Chatswood is an affluent business district in the
Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of
New South Wales, Australia 10 kilometres north
of the Sydney central business district.
Chatswood is the administrative centre of the
local government area of the City of
Willoughby.

Chatswood is one of the North Shore’s major
commercial and retail districts. The Australian
headquarters of CSR Limited, Smith's
Snackfood, Abigroup, Coffey, Pepsico and
Carter Holt Harvey[5] as well as offices of Nortel
Networks, Optus, Lenovo, NEC, Leighton
Contractors and Cisco Systems are located in
Chatswood. A number of high-density
residential towers are also located in
Chatswood.


Victoria Avenue pedestrian mall, facing west
towards Chatswood railway stationChatswood
has two major shopping centres, Chatswood
Chase and Westfield Chatswood. There are also
a few smaller shopping centres such as 'Lemon
Grove' on the pedestrian mall and the
'Mandarin Centre' beside Westfield on the
corner of Albert Avenue and Victor Street.
'Metro Chatswood' is a new shopping centre
above the Chatswood railway and bus
interchange featuring retail, high rise office and
blocks of units. The 'Interchange' was a small
shopping centre and bus interchange built in
the late 1980s which provided pedestrian
access between the two halves of Victoria
Avenue but was demolished to accommodate
the construction of the Epping to Chatswood
railway line and subsequently 'Metro
Chatswood'.

'Chatswood Chase', completed in 1983, features
a David Jones store, K Mart, Coles and 120
specialty stores, focusing on designer-label
brands. 'Westfield Chatswood', owned and
managed by The Westfield Group, originally
opened on 30 January 1986 and was
redeveloped in the late 1990s to incorporate a
previously free-standing Grace Bros store. It
now features a Myer department store, Target,
Coles supermarket, JB Hi-Fi, Rebel Sport, Hoyts
cinema complex, and 300 speciality stores. In
2015 a $125 million redevelopment went
underway at Westfield Chatswood. It now
features H&M, Uniqlo, Topshop Topman, Zara
and an Asian Dining Market. There is also a
second Hoyts cinema complex in the 'Mandarin
Centre'.