Knox Shopping Centre

Knox Shopping Centre

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Standort	Wantirna South, Victoria, Australia
Opening date	1977
Developer	AMP Limited
No. of stores and services	350
Total retail floor area	141,714 m² (lettable)

Knox City Shopping Centre in Wantirna South, Victoria, Australia is one of the largest shopping malls in the southern hemisphere, and was first built in the 1970s. The shopping centre is on the corner Stud Road and the Burwood Highway. It contains many Australian department stores such as Myer, Coles and Kmart. After the recent reconstruction it was advertised as the largest shopping centre in Victoria. The previous extension in 1990 doubled the centers size to include a bus interchange .

Development

Prior to November 2003, Chadstone had remained Australia's largest shopping mall. However, Chadstone was over when the Knox City complex had a $150 million major refurbishment (which began in 2002). This refurbishment included the construction of the outdoor O-Zone precinct, which was designed with for outdoor leisure and dining. Ozone also includes a food court. Ozone also encompasses an AMF Bowling Centre, Glow in the Dark Mini Golf and Fitness First gym. This was done by taking away the Towerpoint area, on the eastern side of the precinct. This large scale redevelopment allowed the centre to achieve a lettable area of 141,714m², breaking Chadstone's record of 126,980m² at the time. With over 13.3 million people visiting a year the shopping centre has 6,344 carparking spaces in total; 1,923 of these are undercover. Knox City Shopping Centre is owned by the AMP Shopping Centre Trust.

Westfield Parramatta in Sydney also claims to be the largest shopping centre in Australia. Parramatta has a smaller net leasable area but has over 100 more stores than both Chadstone Shopping Centre and Knox City Shopping Centre with a total of 560 stores after its 2006 renovation.

External links

• knoxshoppingcentre