Melbourne Central Shopping Centre
Shopping mall in Victoria, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Melbourne Central is a large shopping centre, office, and public transport hub in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa, and opened in 1991.
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Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Coordinates | 37°48′37.42″S 144°57′47.32″E |
Opening date | 1991; 33 years ago (1991)[1] |
Developer | Kumagai Gumi |
Management | GPT Group |
Owner | GPT Group[2] |
Architect | Kisho Kurokawa, Ashton Raggatt McDougall (major redevelopment) |
No. of stores and services | 290[2] |
Total retail floor area | 55,100 square metres (593,000 sq ft)[2] |
No. of floors | 6[3] |
Parking | 1,600[4] |
Website | melbournecentral |
The complex includes the Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, which was refurbished in 2005 by architects ARM Architecture; Melbourne Central railway station (part of the City Loop underground railway and formerly called Museum Station); and the 211-metre (692 ft) high Melbourne Central Office Tower with its distinctive pair of communications masts. The shopping centre features a large glass cone, which houses the heritage-listed Coop's Shot Tower.
The Melbourne Central shopping and office development was constructed between 1986 and 1991 by Japanese firm Kumagai Gumi at a cost of $1.2 billion.[5] The original anchor tenant was the Japanese department store Daimaru, which opened its first Australian store over six floors located between the shot tower and La Trobe Street.[5]
The centre features a gross leasable area of 55,100 square metres (593,000 sq ft) and is owned by GPT Group.