The tips on how to improve the Orange Homemaker Centre came thick and fast on social media, and people weren't afraid to dream big.
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"We need a Costco," said one poster in a request echoed by others.
"IKEA, or Costco would be amazing," wrote another, "but I highly doubt they'd come."
Indeed.
Given there are only 12 Costcos in Australia and 10 IKEAs, the chances of these foreign giants landing at the Orange Homemaker Centre in coming months or years are pretty much zero, save for one of the bosses buying a local vineyard and drinking too much of their own supply.
The Improve Orange Homemaker Centre page on Facebook is giving people the chance to win a $50 voucher by making suggestions on how to make the centre more appealing.
The net was cast wide, from the meat and potatoes issues of getting the toilet situation sorted and improving the markings for parking, to requests for a Victoria's Basement (five in Australia), an ice skating rink and a spa shop.
Other suggestions included a Good Guys, Target, JB Hi-Fi and Sam's Warehouse.
Some of the most popular ideas involved recreation - a kids' playground with attached cafe, rock climbing walls and a games arcade.
The Homemaker Centre responded to calls for a supermarket, grocery store and newsagent by saying they were prohibited by the centre's zoning restrictions.
In November the Central Western Daily reported that the entire Orange Homemaker Centre was up for sale.
The Bathurst Road centre's major tenants include Harvey Norman, Supercheap Auto, Autobarn, Spotlight and Sheridan.
It is owned by the Sentinel Property Group.
Sentinel executive chairman and chief investment officer Warren Ebert said at the time that under the terms the property trust operated there was an Australian Securities and Investments Commission limit on how long it could own a property.
He said that was due to expire as they had owned the site for about seven years.
"The time's up," he said.
"We would be keeping it for sure [if we could].
"We like Orange, there is a lot happening. We love the regional areas."
Mr Ebert said the site was on four separate titles that could be sold separately or as a package.
He estimated the worth of the entire site at $20 to $30 million.
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