Westfield Tea Tree Plaza
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Westfield Tea Tree Plaza is a large South Australian shopping centre located in Modbury, north of Adelaide. It is linked to the city by Adelaide's unique O-Bahn system, which terminates at the Tea Tree Plaza Interchange, and as such is a major hub for Adelaide's northern suburbs.[1] There is a smaller shopping centre building called Tea Tree Plus slightly to the north of the main centre.
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[edit] History
The centre was built by The Westfield Group as part of an extensive subdivision of the area, which at the time was the largest remaining underdeveloped, nonindustrial land in the Adelaide metropolitan area. The centre opened in September 1970.[2]
On 27 June 2005, a gang of jewel thieves broke into the centre through the roof and stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of jewellery, including gold bracelets and watches, from one of the centre's jewellery stores.[3]
[edit] Tea Tree Plaza today
Tea Tree Plaza is owned by The Westfield Group and AMP Limited, who each own 50% of the centre.
The centre features a four-floor Myer department store, a Kmart, Target, Big W, Coles, BI-LO, Woolworths, a Hoyts cinema plus over 250 speciality stores. The centre spans one main level, and one minor level below it which only features the Woolworths and a limited number of stores.
A major AUD$190 million expansion of the centre is underway, to incorporate the Tea Tree Plus and add about 95 new stores and a four-storey car park.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Landry, Charles: A road well travelled, The Adelaide Review, August 2004.
- ^ Transportation Research Board: Adelaide, Australia O-Bahn Guided Busway (PDF), United States National Academy of Sciences.
- ^ ABC News: Jewel thieves pillage Adelaide store, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 27 June 2006.
- ^ Novak, Lauren: Shopping centres in $190m upgrade, The Advertiser, 19 October 2006.
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