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403:. 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.
387:. 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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311:, 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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512:"Ownership of 1.5 Billion DFO Retail Chain to Change"
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725:CFS Retail raises $ 540m for DFOs
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636:"Direct factory outrage"
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493:Battle of the titans
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1286:DFO Brisbane
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1158:The Galeries
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846:10 December
413:South Wharf
407:South Wharf
244:KordaMentha
185:blind trust
169:Liberty Oil
95:Area served
1448:Categories
1326:Colonnades
1278:Queensland
960:29 October
703:Herald Sun
480:References
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265:South Bank
249:CFS Retail
195:survey by
183:through a
39:Subsidiary
1397:Northgate
1392:Eastlands
1350:DFO Perth
1332:Elizabeth
1249:Northland
1204:Chadstone
1152:Roselands
710:18 August
681:18 August
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279:Locations
261:Moorabbin
257:Homesbush
153:warehouse
99:Australia
77:Australia
1384:Tasmania
1356:Galleria
1261:The Glen
1181:Victoria
1016:15 March
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988:15 March
900:Archived
870:Archived
840:Archived
818:ABC News
559:15 March
468:See also
462:Victoria
429:Bundoora
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