Mark Foys

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Downing Centre, former Mark Foys department store

Sydney Mansions, former Mark Foys warehouse,

Mark Foys was a department store in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The store started trading from its Liverpool Street premises in 1909. In 1964 Mark Foys opened a store Eastwood (NSW) followed in 1966 at Burwood (NSW).

In 1980, when it went into ceased trading after going into receivership, the City Piazza building briefly became "Grace Bros Piazza" until 1982. The natural shift of the retailing hub further north of the CBD, around Pitt Street Mall, led to its closure. The building is now used as a complex of courthouses known as the Downing Centre. However, its former role is preserved in the ornate tilework on the facade and surroundings.

The Mark Foys warehouse is a heritage brownstone building located in nearby Goulburn Street, which has been converted into residential apartments known as Sydney Mansions.

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