Northland Shopping Centre
 Northland Shopping Centre in May 2019 | |
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| Location | Preston, Victoria, Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°44′18″S 145°1′47″E / 37.73833°S 145.02972°E |
| Opening date | 4 October 1966 |
| Developer | Myer |
| Management | Vicinity Centres |
| Owner | Vicinity Centres (50%) GPT Group (50%) |
| No. of stores and services | 330 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 9 |
| Total retail floor area | 97,922 m2 (1,054,020 sq ft)[1] |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Parking | 4800+ spots[2] |
| Website | northlandsc |
Northland Shopping Centre is a major shopping centre in Preston, approximately 11 km north of the Melbourne central business district in Victoria, Australia. It is the largest predominantly single-level shopping centre in Melbourne. It has more than 330 stores on one floor, with the top floor containing just the Hoyts cinemas, Pancake Parlour and indoor golf venue X-Golf.
The centre is anchored by a Myer department store (4 levels), Target and Kmart department stores, Coles, Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets, as well as mini majors Best & Less, JB Hi-Fi, Rebel Sport, TK Maxx and Chemist Warehouse, and international retailers H&M, Uniqlo and Sephora.
History
[edit]Opening on 4 October 1966,[3] Northland Shopping Centre was one of the first self-contained shopping centres in Melbourne. The shopping centre was built and owned by Myer. The original shopping centre consisted of three malls radiating north, east and west from a centre stage area. It housed 73 tenants and six professional suites. Some of the original retailers included Myer, Coles New World Supermarket, Buckley & Nunn, McEwans, Woolworths Variety Store and Coles Variety Store. A feature of the shopping centre was the Northland Market located at the south-west end of the shopping centre.
In July 1983, the Myer Emporium sold the shopping centre to the Gandel Group of Companies.[4] In June 2011, the CFS Retail Property Trust sold a 50% shareholding to CPP Investments.[5] CPP sold this in March 2014 to the GPT Group.[6][7] The other 50% passed to Vicinity Centres in June 2015 when it merged with the Novion Property Group.[8][9]
Gallery
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Panorama of the main entrance from Murray Road, 2009
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Secondary entrance from Murray Road, 2009
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The Hoyts cinemas on the second floor, 2009
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The main food court, 2009
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Outside Woolworths, then called Safeway, 2009
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Kmart and surrounding stores, 2009
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The Playtime Arcade, near the cinema, 2009. X-Golf is now in this location
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The main entrance from Murray Road, 2009
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Exterior of entertainment precinct, August 2023 with extensions such as a playground and bar opened in June 2023
Legionnaires Scare
[edit]In 2006 Northland Shopping Centre was one of seven buildings suspected of harbouring legionnaires' disease after an outbreak which killed one and infected seven others in the area. Subsequent investigation by the Coroner - Dr Jane Hendtlass (Case No 729/06) confirmed that alleged buildings nearby did not contain the disease.[10][11][12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Northland - Vicinity Centres".
- ^ "Northland".
- ^ "???". The Sun. 24 September 1966.
- ^ The mall master Australian Financial Review 20 May 2004
- ^ CFS Retail Property Trust Australian Financial Review 15 June 2011
- ^ GPT buys Northland Mall stake for $496m Sydney Morning Herald 27 March 2014
- ^ Northland Shopping Centre GPT Group
- ^ Merger of Novion Property Group and Federation Centres implemented Novion Property Group 11 June 2015
- ^ Federation reborn as Vicinity with new chief in place Australian Financial Review 28 October 2015
- ^ New legionnaires' case confirmed The Age 2 March 2006
- ^ Killer bug kills elderly man Herald Sun 2 March 2006
- ^ ??? The Australian 10 March 2006
- ^ Coroner's Report (Case No 729/06) - Dr Jane Hendtlass (11 May 2006)
External links
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