Highpoint Shopping Centre
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| Location | Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia |
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| Opening date | 1975 |
| Developer | GPT Group |
| Management | GPT Group |
| Owner | GPT Group |
| No. of stores and services | 411 stores |
| No. of anchor tenants | 7 |
| Total retail floor area | 113,000 m² (lettable) |
| Parking | over 6,200 |
| No. of floors | 4 |
| Website | http://www.highpoint.com.au |
Highpoint Shopping Centre is a major shopping centre located in Maribyrnong, Victoria, in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The centre has over 400 stores including a four-level Myer department store, Target, Big W, Harris Scarfe, Safeway supermarket, Best and Less, Rebel Sport, Toys R Us, JB Hi-Fi, a Borders bookshop, a 17 screen Hoyts cinema and an IMAX theatre. It is the largest shopping centre serving Melbourne's western and north western suburbs, an area with a population of at least half a million people.
It is Australia's fourth most profitable centre after Melbourne's Chadstone Shopping Centre, Sydney's Westfield Bondi Junction and Sydney's Warringah Mall with an annual turnover of $735 million.[1]
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[edit] History
Highpoint is built on a hill which looks out over the Maribyrnong River to Melbourne's CBD, hence its name. The site was previously a quarry, as can be seen by the quarry cliff face walls of the lower carparks. An anti-aircraft battery operated on the site during World War II for protection of the surrounding military bases and ammunition works in Maidstone and Maribyrnong.[citation needed]
Named originally "Highpoint West Shopping Centre" it was later renamed "Highpoint City Shopping Centre". It is now simply marketed as "Highpoint". It is sometimes humorously referred to as Knifepoint.
[edit] Facilities
Highpoint has 113,000 m² of floor space on four levels.[citation needed]
- Level One
- Youth & Entertainment
- Level Two
- Rebel Sport
- Best & Less
- Level Three
- New Food Court
- BigW
- Target
- Level Four
- Professional suites
- Centre management
Opposite the main Highpoint centre on Rosamond Road there are a large number of other stores and businesses, including Bunnings Warehouse, Harvey Norman, Dick Smith Powerhouse, another JB Hi-Fi, Officeworks, an AMF Bowling center, The Good Guys and a large number of homeware and furniture retailers in a section called "Homemaker City" such as Freedom and Barbeques Galore
[edit] Ownership
Until 2006, Highpoint was wholly owned by Melbourne's Besen family (also owners of the Sussan retail chain). In March 2006, the GPT (General Property Trust) Group purchased a 50% stake and management rights in the centre for about AUD $621.2 million.[2]
[edit] Transport
Melbourne tram route 82 (Footscray to Moonee Ponds) while Melbourne tram route 57 (West Maribyrnong to City) is a few hundred metres away on Raleigh Rd.
Highpoint Shopping Centre is serviced by the following bus routes:
- 215 Deer Park West
- 223 Williamstown Road
- 406 Footscray
- 407 Milleara Mall
- 408 St. Albans
- 468 Essendon
Bicycle racks can be found at both the "Atrium Level 2" and the "Riverbank" entrances.
[edit] External links
- Highpoint Shopping Centre - Official site.
[edit] References
- accessibility.com.au - Highpoint Shopping Centre Disability information resource reports on accessibility of this shopping centre for users of wheelchairs or baby strollers.
- Australian Steel Institute Steel Design Awards - 2006 - Highpoint Shopping Centre - Southern Extension Discusses how steel trusses were used for a complex dome structure in this building extension. This was the winner in the "small project" category.
Coordinates: 37°46′24″S 144°53′09″E / 37.77333°S 144.88583°E
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