Chirnside Park Shopping Centre

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Chirnside Park Shopping Centre
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Chirnside Park Shopping Centre
Location Chirnside Park, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates 37°45′26″S145°18′45″E / 37.75722°S 145.31250°E / -37.75722; 145.31250
Opening dateJune 1979 (1979-06)
Management GPT Group
OwnerGPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund [1]
No. of stores and services119 [2]
No. of anchor tenants 7
Total retail floor area 37,400 m2 (403,000 sq ft)
No. of floors2
Website www.chirnsidepark.com.au

Chirnside Park Shopping Centre is a suburban shopping centre in Chirnside Park, Melbourne, Australia owned by GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund. It is located 32 kilometres east-north-east of the Melbourne central business district, opening in 1979 as a small convenience shopping centre which has grown over the years, opening retailers such as Specsavers, Kmart, Target, Woolworths, Coles, Aldi, Chemist Warehouse and Reading Cinemas.

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History

Chirnside Park Shopping Centre opened June 1979 as a mini convenience store including Safeway. In 1989 the centre was sold by George Herscu to Growth Equities Mutual. [3] [4]

It was sold to Lendlease, who owned the centre from 2000–2006, while building a cinema and new shops. From 2007 the GPT Group took over. [ citation needed ]

References

  1. GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund
  2. "The GPT Group > Retail". Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  3. Hersfield sells centre to Growth Equities Australian Financial Review 7 July 1989
  4. Growth Equities Mutual chief reveals run on funds Australian Financial Review 20 July 1990