The Jam Factory is a shopping and entertainment centre, located in cosmopolitan Chapel Street, South Yarra, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.[1] The centre contains a Village Cinema complex, Intencity arcade, fashion stores (Steve Madden, Tsubaki, Cue, Rivers) and numerous cafés and restaurants (eg. Lindt chocolate, Healthy Appetite, Papparazzi, Red Egg, Bar Trios, T.G.I. Friday's, Villa and Hut Kafe, China Bar Miyagi, and Boost Juice). Known new tenants expected in 2011: Urban by Target, Groove Train cafe & Nandos.The Jam Factory is owned by Challenger Financial Services.[1]
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The Jam Factory was originally established as the Victorian Brewery in 1858, having a value of 150 pounds. The brewery shut down in 1876, with the building and land then being purchased the same year by Robert Wright and Robert Payne, who started the Victoria Preserving Company.[2]
By 1880, it was named the Red Cross preserving company. During the fruit season it employed 230 people, and was the largest employer in Prahran.[2] Mr William Peacock bought the premises and turned it into the 'OK' Jam Co in 1895 and resold it to Henry Jones of the Henry Jones IXL Pty Ltd company and the Henry Jones IXL household brand name. Jam production continued in the building for this firm until 1970.[1]
At a cost of $20 million the site was redeveloped and opened on 9 October 1979 as a shopping centre[1] catering to modern fashions, and in 1995 was redeveloped as the Jam Factory.[1]
The shopping centre also housed the first Australian Borders Books shop opened in 1998, which closed, along with the rest of the bankrupt chain, in 2011. Several companies are in contention to utilise the space vacated by Borders, including British clothes retailer Topshop.[3]
Former tenants
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