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414:. The shopping centre opened on 3 October 2018 with 113 retail outlets and 1,500 parking bays. Vicinity has a 50% shareholding with the remainder owned by Perth Airport Development Group Investments. It has 111 tenants on 23,729 square metres (255,420 sq ft) of GLA. It opened in 2018.
398:. In 1997 the centre was purchased by the Austexx Group as the group's first DFO shopping centre. The centre had approximately 45 stores on 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft). Since opening, the centre has expanded to 24,715 square metres (266,030 sq ft).
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322:, It opened in 2005. As of December 2021, it has 144 tenants on 26,020 square metres (280,100 sq ft) of gross lettable area (GLA). It was acquired by Vicinity Centres in May 2016.
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504:Battle of the titans
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1297:DFO Brisbane
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1227:DFO Essendon
1169:The Galeries
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1308:Myer Centre
857:10 December
424:South Wharf
418:South Wharf
255:KordaMentha
196:blind trust
180:Liberty Oil
106:Area served
1459:Categories
1337:Colonnades
1289:Queensland
971:29 October
714:Herald Sun
491:References
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276:South Bank
260:CFS Retail
206:survey by
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50:Subsidiary
1408:Northgate
1403:Eastlands
1361:DFO Perth
1343:Elizabeth
1260:Northland
1215:Chadstone
1163:Roselands
721:18 August
692:18 August
386:Moorabbin
290:Locations
272:Moorabbin
268:Homesbush
164:warehouse
110:Australia
88:Australia
1395:Tasmania
1367:Galleria
1272:The Glen
1192:Victoria
1027:15 March
1021:PerthNow
999:15 March
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