Northland Shopping Centre

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Northland Shopping Centre
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Location	East Preston, Australia
Opening date	1966
Developer	Colonial First State Property Management
Management	Colonial First State Property Management
Owner	Colonial First State Property Management
No. of stores and services	231
No. of anchor tenants	8
Total retail floor area	79,325 m² (lettable)
Parking	4,235
No. of floors	3
Website	www.northlandshopping.com.au

Northland Shopping Centre is a major multi-level shopping centre in East Preston, approximately 11km north of the Melbourne Central Business District in Victoria. Its motto is For the Love of Shopping.

1 History
2 Commerce
3 Public Transport

[edit] History

Opening in 1966, Northland Shopping Centre was one of the first self-contained regional shopping centres in Melbourne. The centre was built and owned by the Myer Emporium. The original shopping centre consisted of 3 malls radiating north, east and west from a centre stage area. It housed 73 tenants and 6 professional suites. Some of the original retailers included Myer, Coles New World Supermarket, Buckley and Nunn Department Store and Coles Variety Store. A feature of the shopping centre was the Northland Market located at the south-east end of the shopping centre.

In July 1983, the Myer Emporium sold the shopping centre to the Gandel Group of Companies, comprising of the Gandel Retail Trust and the Gandel Group. It's current owners are Colonial First State Property Management and Colonial First State Gandel Retail Trust.

Since 1983, Northland Shopping Centre has undergone many extensive extensions and renovations:

[edit] 1st Redevelopment

Comprising principally of an extension to the North Mall, was completed in December 1984, increasing the number of tenants to 99, with 6 professional suites. Super K-Mart (Hypermarket) and North Court added. The Super K-Mart was the first to be included in a regional centre in Australia.

[edit] 2nd Redevelopment

Completed in October 1985, this extension was principally the extension of the pre-existing East Mall. It increased the number of tenants to 128. Fosseys, Franklins and East Court were added.

[edit] 3rd Redevelopment

Completed in February 1986, increased the number of tenants by 13 to 141. This was principally the extension of the West Mall and included the addition of the West Court and retailers including McEwans and Toyworld.

[edit] 4th Redevelopment

Completed in December 1987, this was one of the biggest extensions increasing the number of tenants to 170 tenants and the number of professional suites to 7. It includes the addition of a new Food Court and the construction of the Hoyts cinema complex, the new Myer facade and the first multi-level car park at Northland.

[edit] 5th Redevelopment

Total 'Fresh Food Story' constructed at the end of the North Mall.

[edit] 6th Redevelopment

Addition of 13 retailers including Toys R Us and 14 specialties. Glazing of the mall was also included.

[edit] 7th Redevelopment

The development of a fully integrated lifestyle, leisure and entertainment precinct adding more than 9,000 square metres to the centre. The development included a complete refurbishment and extension of the food court with increased seating capacity from 550 seats to 750 seats. The extension of Hoyts 8 to Hoyts 14 with the feature 'Superscreen' standing 20 metres wide and 10 metres high. It added a number of leading retailers including Rebel Sport, HMV, Playtime, Nature's World and The ABC Shop, to name a few.

[edit] Commerce

Northland Shopping Centre has a total annual turnover of over AUD$387 million. It is surrounded by over 4,235 car parking spaces and has a major public transport interchange for the northern suburbs of Melbourne.

It contains a diverse mix of major international brands and local stores. Major tenants include Myer, Kmart, Coles Supermarket, Safeway Supermarket, Baby Target, Toys R Us, Lincraft, Best and Less, Pancake Parlour, Nandos, and a Hoyts Cinema Complex featuring 14 theatres (of which 3 are Cinemaxx with stadium seating). There are many clothing stores within the centre, including Country Road, Esprit, Just Jeans, Colorado, and Sportsgirl.

Other stores include Dick Smith Electronics, Tandy, Vodafone, Optus, Telstra Shop, Supre, Roger David, Collins Booksellers, The Reject Shop, Priceline, Harvey World Travel and House. The centre is also home to the Beach House Health and Fitness Centre located near the cinemas.

The centre has branches of Australia Post, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ Bank and RACV. There is a bingo club accessible from outside the centre.

[edit] Public Transport

Northland is a major public transport hub in its local area. It is the terminus of 10 different routes as well as a major stop on other routes. The Darebin Creek Trail runs north south on its east side.