Northland Shopping Centre
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| Northland Shopping Centre | |
 Northland Logo |
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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 shopping centre in East Preston, approximately 11km north of the Melbourne Central Business District in Victoria. Its motto is For the Love of Shopping. It is the largest predominantly single-level shopping centre in Melbourne. It has more than 230 stores all spread on one floor but cinemas, playtime and pancake parlour is on the top level, very entertaining and great area for kids and families, very fun.
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[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] 8th Redevelopment
The 8th Redevelopment added an outdoor area to the Entertainment Precinct fronting Murray Road containing cafes and eateries as well as a Fitness Centre.
[edit] 9th Redevelopment (commenced-completion late 2008 )
Colonial First State Retail Property Trust recently announced plans to extend and redevelop the centre. The redevelopment will construct a new mall from the current Coles Supermarket location to the East Mall, through the current car park. Coles will be re-located to the West Mall, where a fresh food precinct will be created and completed by late 2008. The current Coles Supermarket location will become a Target Department Store. Also rumored to be going into the centre is a Big W and a range of new stores and the departure of Baby Target and a small number of specialty stores an 9th extension is planed with a new Target store to be coming and over 80 new stores, with the expected completion date to be late 2009.
Already commenced is construction of new stores next to Best & Less now the new Toy's 'R' us and opposite Sir Sharks entrance where the old homewares store is now the new Reject Shop. During the 2008 calendar year, Myer will be continuously refurbishing their store within Northland, and weill be doing the same with their Doncaster store. However, the Northland store will remain open throughout the refurbishment, so the final outcome at Northland will be far less grandiose. Further works on the carparks to increase capacity has commenced.
Currently a huge long black wall is running down the length of the isle where the new mall is to be opened in late 2008.
[edit] Tenants
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, 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, Hairhouse Warehouse, The Reject Shop, Priceline, HMV, EB Games, Strathfield, 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, Credit Union Australia and RACV. There is a bingo club accessible from outside the centre.
Northland is also notable for only having one floor throughout most of the centre. While Myer is 4 floors (with the second floor being accessible from the Centre) and the Lincraft and Hoyts are on contained lower and upper floors respectively. All of Northland's specialty stores and chains are located on the ground floor.
[edit] Public Transport
Northland is a major public transport hub for the East Preston region. 10 different bus routes travel through or terminate at Northland. The Victorian State Government announced that Northland Shopping Centre will, in the future, be serviced by the new Red Orbital SmartBus Route running from Mordialloc to Altona. The Darebin Creek Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail runs north south on its east side.
