Carillon City

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Carillon City
Carillon city shopping centre from Hay Street.jpg
Carillon City from Hay Street, circa 2019
Carillon City
Location Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°57′13″S115°51′32″E / 31.953538°S 115.85881°E / -31.953538; 115.85881 (Carillon City)
Opening date
  • 1970 (City Arcade)
  • 1982 (Carillon Arcade)
Closing date1 November 2021
Owner Tattarang
No. of stores and services0 (Previously 144)
No. of anchor tenants 0
Total retail floor area 11,670 m2 (125,600 sq ft) (excludes office tower), 16,451 m2 (177,080 sq ft) (includes office tower)
No. of floors5
Parking0
Website www.carilloncity.com.au

Carillon City was a major Australian shopping centre in Perth, Western Australia. It was located in the middle of the Perth main retail precinct between the Hay and Murray Street malls, at the southern end of Forrest Place. It was linked to St Georges Terrace by way of access through Trinity Arcade and an arcade under Hay Street Mall. Walkways and a pedestrian overpass connected the Cultural Centre, public carparks, and the rail and bus terminal with Carillon City.

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As of January 2025, the centre is undergoing redevelopment involving demolition of the existing centre and replacing it with new buildings.

History

Originally the centre was two individual arcades known as City Arcade and Carillon City. The then-City Arcade was constructed in 1970 and refurbished in 1980. Carillon Arcade was opened in 1982. Some of the original tenants were Miss Maud, Four Seasons and Sasellas Tavern, all of which had remained at the same locations throughout all the changes undertaken to the centre. In 1996, the Perth Tourists Lounge opened on the fifth floor; it was targeted primarily at overseas visitors particularly from Asian destinations to relax while visiting and shopping within the city areas. [1]

Sometime in 1998, City Arcade was purchased by the Hawaiian Property Group and Multiplex Property Trust, and merged into what is now known as Carillon City.

In 2016, property group Dexus bought the centre for $140 million at a yield of 5.47% for its Dexus Wholesale Property Fund. [2]

On 1 November 2021, the centre closed for redevelopment except for a few stores with storefronts facing Murray Street and Hay Street. [3] On 29 April 2022, it was announced that Tattarang bought the centre. [4]

In 2024, the mostly empty Carillon City hosted art installations for multiple cultural festivals. This included being turned into a wetland for Perth Festival, [5] and an extended multi-artist visual art installation for Strange Festival. [6] [7]

Redevelopments

As part of the merger of the two arcades in 1998, extensive refurbishment works were undertaken to increase the aesthetic appeal of the new combined arcades.

In December 2013, the western end of the Carillon City site was demolished to make way for a new Topshop Topman store, which opened in October 2014. The store had a floor space of 2,200 square metres (24,000 sq ft), the same size as the largest Topshop Topman store in Australia at the time which was located in Brisbane. The store closed in July 2017, less than three years after opening amidst financial difficulties for the company in Australia. [8] A Cotton On outlet would later occupy the space.

In 2019 Dexus proposed a new redevelopment that would include a Hoyts cinema, a 24-storey mixed-use tower, and a 17-storey office and education building above the existing structure. [9]

On 29 April 2022, it was announced that Tattarang will transform Carillon City into a world-class retail and experiential precinct. [10] The $400 million redevelopment plans will encompass two towers on either side of a central plaza surrounded by retail and hospitality businesses, with one 17-storey tower containing a hotel with the other 31-storey building consisting of student accommodation. [11]

Architectural features

The centre gets its name from the Carillon Bells, a group of 35 bells launched in 1983 which play melodic sounds. Carillon City's carillon is one of only four carillons in Australia. [12]

On the south-western side of the complex was a three-storey glass atrium with a two-storey glass spiral staircase between the first and second storeys. On the eastern side of the property is a fourteen-story office block.

Transport

As the centre connected with two major pedestrian malls there was no direct transport to the location. However, the area is well serviced by bus links along St Georges Terrace, as well as services from the Perth Busport and the Elizabeth Quay Bus Station. Rail services are available from the nearby Perth railway station.

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References

  1. ↑ Opening of dedicated tourist lounge in Carillon Arcade
  2. ↑ Devlin, Peter (21 September 2021). "Carillon City retailers in Perth's CBD given six weeks to vacate as redevelopment plans stall". PerthNow. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Carillon City retailers in Perth’s CBD given six weeks to vacate as redevelopment plans stall
  4. ↑ Forrests buy Carillon City in 'game changer' for Perth CBD
  5. ↑ Brennan, Rosamund (22 February 2024). "'Nature will have her way': how a desolate Perth shopping mall has been transformed into a sprawling wetland". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Strange 2024 Programme" (PDF). Strange Festival. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  7. ↑ Sadler, Claire (13 June 2024). "Unusual immersive and interactive art coming to Perth for Strange Festival". Perth Now. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Perth Topshop shuts doors 3 years after grand opening
  9. ↑ Carillon City re-vamp plans to revitalise CBD
  10. ↑ Tattarang to transform Carillon City into world-class retail and experiential precinct
  11. ↑ Check out the new designs for the $400m Carillon City redevelopment
  12. ↑ "The Carillon City Bells Toll for Perth!". Carillon City. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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