MILDURA'S city centre has shifted out to Fifteenth Street as Langtree Mall and the "old" CBD remain stuck in a by-gone era, Cr Glenn Milne says.

Cr Milne, a former mayor, said the city's traditional CBD would have a "bright future" with more specialty shops and residential development – "but it's not the centre of Mildura anymore".

"I'm looking at all the development and business growth around...