Westfield Carindale

Westfield Carindale

Westfield Carindale from Creek Road in 2006
Location Carindale, Brisbane Australia
Coordinates 27°30′10″S 153°06′05″E / 27.50278°S 153.10139°ECoordinates: 27°30′10″S 153°06′05″E / 27.50278°S 153.10139°E
Address 1151 Creek Road
Opening date 1979
Management Scentre Group[1]
Owner Carindale Property Trust (The Westfield Group)
Australian Prime Property Fund (Lend Lease Group)
No. of stores and services 432
No. of anchor tenants 9 Myer, David Jones, Target, Big W, Coles, Woolworths, Supa IGA, Event Cinemas, JB Hi-Fi, Rebel Sport, Best & Less We Play and Go Health Club
Total retail floor area 139,582m2(approx)
No. of floors 3 (Event Cinemas and Go Health Club on level three)
Website westfield.com/carindale

Westfield Carindale is a shopping centre located in the suburb of Carindale, east of Brisbane. The centre became the sixth-largest shopping centre in Australia on completion of redevelopment in 2012.[2]

Major stores

The centre contains over 430 specialty stores and over 6,200 car parking spaces. Other features include a large food court, Brisbane City Council Library, and a Glasshouse Dining Precinct.

Westfield introduced paid parking (after the first three hours) to the centre in June 2012, to the anger of patrons, centre staff (Westfield-employed staff receive $3 all day parking), local residents and local and state politicians.[4]

Transport

Carindale bus station is a major transport hub for the area, providing access to three major universities, the Redland Shire and the Brisbane CBD. The proposed future Carindale busway station as part of the Eastern Busway will provide extra and more efficient public transport.

History

First opened in 1979, it was Brisbane's largest shopping centre (at 116,884m2 or 1,258,139 ft2) until late 2006, when the renovated and extended Westfield Chermside on the north side overtook the title of largest shopping centre in Brisbane. In 1996 Suncorp floated the property as the Suncorp Property Trust.[5]

In March 1999 it became the first centre in Queensland to have two Major Department Stores in the one centre.[6][7]

It was managed for twenty years by Jones Lang LaSalle until October 1999 when The Westfield Group launched a bid for Suncorps 50% of the trust.[8][9] The Westfield bid was successful and the trust was renamed Carindale Property Trust in addition to a re-branding of the centre.[10] Suncorp sold its remaining 50% as part of the sale of Suncorp Retail Property Fund to Lend Lease Groups Australian Prime Property Fund in 2001.[11]

In October 2010, Westfield Carindale commenced a $300 million redevelopment which added approximately 22,000 sqm of retail to the centre. Stage one of the project opened on 29 March 2012 and featured over 75 new retail tenancies in a new 2 level parallel mall, a full-line Coles Supermarket and a larger relocated Target Department Store.[12]

Stage Two of the development opened on 9 August 2012 and included a strong focus on Australian and International fashion brands.[13] New precincts revealed top brands such as Adidas, Aesop, Kookai, Leona Edmiston, Marcs, Mecca Maxima, Saba and Scotch & Soda. Other features of the redevelopment includes a new Brisbane City Council Library, a new restaurant precinct (The Glasshouse) and an improved car park management system which includes parking guidance assistance.

In December 2013 Carindale opened their first ever indoor children's play centre 'We Play' located on level 3 near the 'Go Health gym'. Parents can drop off their child for a maximum of 2 hours whilst they go shop and have the We Play staff supervise.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Condon, Turi (20 June 2014). "Westfield restructure a success: Lowy". The Australian Business Review. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Westfield leads retail experience". South East Advertiser (1 ed.) (Brisbane, Australia). 2012-08-22. p. 13.
  3. ↑ "Customers welcome Carindale's $6m Coles". South East Advertiser (1 ed.) (Brisbane, Australia). 2012-04-04. p. 020.
  4. ↑ Tony Moore. 24 May 2012. "Carindale to start paid parking". Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Hughes, Anthony (1996-10-04). "Suncorp plans shops float". The Sydney Morning Herald (Late ed.). p. 27. ISSN 0312-6315.
  6. ↑ "DJs Store Opens". South East Advertiser (Brisbane, Australia). 1999-03-10. p. 28.
  7. ↑ MacDonald, Kim; Rhyll Cronin (1999-03-26). "Retailing Rivals Clash To Lure Customers". The Courier-Mail (2 - First With The News ed.) (Brisbane, Australia). p. 034.
  8. ↑ Cronin, Rhyll (1999-10-06). "Westfield's $92m move". The Courier-Mail (1 - First with the news ed.) (Brisbane, Australia). p. 031.
  9. ↑ "Westfield Takes Reins". South East Advertiser (Brisbane, Australia). 1999-10-13. p. 3.
  10. ↑ Brannelly, Louise (1999-12-14). The Courier-Mail (1 - First with the news ed.) (Brisbane, Australia). p. 027. Missing or empty |title= (help);
  11. ↑ Wilson, Bob (2001-08-10). "Suncorp in $486m exit from property". The Courier-Mail (1 - First with the news ed.) (Brisbane, Australia). p. 031.
  12. ↑ http://www.4-traders.com/CARINDALE-PROPERTY-TRUST-6492288/news/CARINDALE-PROPERTY-TRUST-Westfield-Carindale-Redevelopment-Opens-14244529/
  13. ↑ Hart, Matthew (2012-08-09). "Westfield spends up to attract shoppers". The Courier-Mail (6 - Late City ed.) (Brisbane, Australia). p. 022.

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