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Knox City Shopping Centre

Location	Wantirna South, Victoria, Australia
Opening date	Knox City: 1977 Knox Ozone: 2002
Developer	AMP Limited
Owner	20% Australian Core Property Portfolio
No. of stores and services	350
Total retail floor area	142,244 m²
Parking	6,344
No. of floors	2 (4 in Myer, 1 in O-Zone)
Website	knoxcity.com.au

Knox City Shopping Centre and Knox O-Zone (formerly Knox Towerpoint) in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia is the largest shopping centre in the southern hemisphere by floor space with 142,674m2 of lettable area. It is the 7th largest shopping centre in Australia by number of stores with over 350 retailers. ^[1].

See: List of Shopping Centres in Australia by size

1 Development
2 External links
3 Transport (In and out)
4 References

[edit] Development

The Knox City Shopping Centre is located on the corner of Stud Road and Burwood Highway in Wantirna South. The centre was opened on November 9, 1977. The centre included the four-storey Myer department store, a twin Village Cinemas complex along with many other retailers.

Throughout 1989 and 1990 saw the centre double from its previous size as well as the addition of the newly created Knox District Centre (later to be known as Knox Towerpoint). The refurbishment gave locals many more shopping opportunities, as well as the addition of Knox Tavern amid other restaurants. The development also created a new ten screen Village Cinemas complex, replacing the existing twin cinema complex.

Another refurbishment, worth $150 million, was bestowed on the centre through 2002, which saw both the shopping centre and Knox Towerpoint (now renamed Knox O-Zone) combine to a total of 142,422 square metres, making it the largest shopping centre in Melbourne in terms of size.

Currently there are over 350 retailers throughout the complex and 6,391 car parking spaces available.

Major stores include Myer, Coles, Kmart, Target, Lincraft, Harvey Norman, Dick Smith Electronics PowerHouse, Borders Books and Music, Toys R Us, Rebel Sport, JB Hi-Fi, Virgin Music, Blockbuster Video, and a fifteen screen Village Cinemas Complex.

Eateries also at Knox Shopping Centre include two KFC and Hungry Jack's outlets, McDonalds, Red Rooster, Nando's, Subway, Krispy Kreme along with many smaller outlets. Knox Tavern is also located within the Knox O-Zone complex, along with two other popular bars.

The Knox O-Zone complex also houses several community services including medical and dental services, Centrelink and an RACV shop. O-Zone also encompasses an AMF Bowling Center, Glow in the Dark Mini Golf and Fitness First gym.

[edit] External links

Official Knox City Shopping Centre Website

[edit] Transport (In and out)

A large bus shed outside the main entrance was built in 1999 and hold major bus routes to Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre, Dandenong Railway Station and Rowville. Buses are a major category of transport as the nearest train station is Heathmont, 4 kilometres away.