Westfield Marion
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 Westfield Marion interior | |
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| Location | Oaklands Park, South Australia |
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| Opening date | 1968 |
| Management | John O'Loughlin |
| Owner | Scentre Group (50%), Paragon REIT (50%) |
| No. of stores and services | 342 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 11 |
| Total retail floor area | 136,778 m2 (1,472,266 sq ft)[1] |
| No. of floors | 4 (Main Complex), 8 (Office Tower) |
| Parking | 5,549[1] |
| Website | westfield.com.au/marion |
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| Postcode(s) | 5047 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Marion | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Boothby | ||||||||||||||
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Westfield Marion (colloquially known as simply "Marion") is the largest shopping centre in Adelaide, South Australia, located in Oaklands Park, serving greater Southern Adelaide. It contains approximately 342 stores, with anchor tenants including David Jones, Myer, Harris Scarfe, Target, Kmart, Big W, Woolworths, Coles, Event Cinemas, Aldi and Rebel Sport. The centre's Event Cinema complex is the Southern Hemisphere's largest cinema complex,[citation needed] featuring 26 screens. The centre houses all of Westfield's management in Adelaide, located in an 8-storey office block to the east of the centre, as well as services including; legal, child care, health and dental clinic. It also houses the head office for Fellas Gifts. The office tower is located at the original mall where the food court is facing Diagonal Road. The South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre is also a part of Westfield Marion; located on the northern side of the site after its opening in April 2011.
History
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Westfield Marion was built in 1968 on a large expanse of land bordered by Sturt, Diagonal and Morphett Roads, and has seen extensions in 1982, 1989, 1997 and 2016. The 1997 extension saw the centre expand to a floorspace of roughly 119,000 m2.
Westfield Marion achieved major Australian firsts upon redevelopment in 1997 as the first shopping centre to have all three department stores present in South Australia at the time, (David Jones, Harris Scarfe and Myer) as well as all three discount department stores (Big W, Kmart and Target).
Incidents and accidents
[edit]In June 2024, a group of teens started fighting; expandable batons were reportedly used. It has been reported that the fighting was over stealing a hoodie from a different teen. Marion shopping centre was put into lockdown amid fears of a recent incident that took place in another Westfield shopping centre a few months earlier - the Westfield Bondi incident. [2]
Image gallery
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Looking down on centre of mall. -
Cinema Steps leading to Event Cinemas. -
Westfield Marion aerial view. -
Western wing of the mall, facing west.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Westfield Marion".
- ^ Evans, Duncan (24 June 2024). "Police allege teen fight over jumper sparks Marion shopping centre lockdown". www.news.com.au.