34-706: Westfield Fountain Gate is a super-regional shopping centre located in Narre Warren in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne , Australia . It is the second largest shopping centre in Australia by both floor area and number of anchor tenants. However, it is the largest shopping centre in Australia with all 3 discount department stores , Big W , Target and Kmart . The Fountain Gate Shopping Centre, constructed by Overland Construction Corporation,
68-561: A competing shopping centre was lodged to Liverpool City Council and subsequently built. The centre would be about three kilometres from Westfield Liverpool . Narre Warren railway station Narre Warren railway station is a commuter railway station on the Pakenham line , which is part of the Melbourne railway network . It serves the south-eastern suburb of Narre Warren , in Melbourne , Victoria, Australia. Narre Warren station
102-549: A crossover at the up end of the station. In 1989, the signal box was abolished. On 2 June 1995, the station was relocated to the east side of the Webb Street level crossing, and reopened to the public the following day. In October 2003, Narre Warren was upgraded to a premium station . In 2004, the Cranbourne Road level crossing was grade separated , being replaced with a road underpass . On 29 July 2021,
136-747: A group of terrorists wanted to blow up the Westfield London but they were stopped by police. They wanted the bombing to be around the same day as that of the 2005 London attacks anniversary. Despite the Westfield Group's asset dimensions, the Westfield Group was strongly controlled by the Lowy Family Group, including non-executive chairman, Frank Lowy , one of its founders. Lowy's two younger sons, Steven and Peter, were joint managing directors. Having been established in Australia, with their original premises being at Blacktown,
170-505: A new two-level 12,000m Myer store, a new 4,200m Coles store, in a new location near the former BI-LO , with the existing store shell being reconfigured with space for two new minor anchor stores, as well as providing increased retail space for Target , which increased from 6,884m to 8,368m. David Jones had been set to open a store in the new expansion but terminated the contract with Westfield in July 2010, with Myer replacing David Jones in
204-631: A small number of states. They built considerable holdings on the East Coast and in California before expanding into the Midwest. By 2005, the company owned centres in 15 US states. In the 1990s, Westfield began a major expansion to New Zealand , where they mostly bought existing shopping centres of the Fletchers company, progressively rebranding them. Only in 2007, with Westfield Albany , did
238-422: Is an elevated hybrid premium station, featuring two side platforms. It opened on 10 March 1882, with the current station provided in 2024. Narre Warren station opened on 10 March 1882 as a single platform, just over four years after the railway line from Dandenong was extended to Pakenham . Like the suburb itself, the station carries the name of an Aboriginal word believed to mean 'small hills'. In 1956,
272-616: Is linked by a number of bus routes to Westfield Fountain Gate. Some regional buses also stop at Fountain Gate. The Hallam Bypass, a new section of the Monash Freeway opened in 2003, passes beside the complex and can be viewed from the windows in the food court. A trail known as the Hallam Bypass Trail , constructed at the same time, runs beside the centre on the north-east side, providing access for cyclists and pedestrians . Westfield Group Westfield Group
306-601: Is the location of the first-ever Krispy Kreme in Victoria. A new building has been added to the complex which is the City of Casey's vibrant new entertainment precinct, it is the creative and community heart of the region. This is the new home of the Narre Warren Library. Fountain Gate Shopping Centre is named as the mall frequented by the characters in the popular television series Kath & Kim . Scenes in
340-554: The Level Crossing Removal Project announced that the Webb Street level crossing would be grade separated by 2025, with a rail over road "hybrid" design. Webb Street was to be lowered and a rail bridge built over the road, with the station to be rebuilt as part of those works. However, on 14 January 2022, the LXRP announced that the "hybrid" design would be replaced with a rail over road design, removing
374-796: The Whitgift Centre in Croydon in South London . The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission investigated several disputes between the Westfield Group and its tenants. In 2004 the Commission found Westfield was abusing its market and commercial power in settling disputes with tenants, and forced Westfield to formally undertake to not engage in "Unconscionable conduct and intimidation" of tenants. Also in Australia, Westfield fee structures and policies were criticised by retailers who operated in centres that had been taken over by
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#1732798060644408-776: The western suburbs of Sydney . The first development was named "Westfield Place", and opened in July 1959 in Blacktown . The name Westfield is derived from "west" related to the West Sydney location, and "field" due to having located on subdivided farmland. The centre was opened by John Saunders and Frank Lowy. The company was floated on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1960 and built another five centres in New South Wales before expanding into Victoria and Queensland in 1966–67. For
442-887: The United States. Westfield entered the New Zealand market in 1997 and acquired an interest in the St Lukes Group portfolio in 1998. Westfield malls became by far the most numerous chain in New Zealand, with six of its 12 centres in Auckland , including their largest development located in Albany . Westfield had NZ$ 2.8 billion in assets under management in New Zealand. In mid-2012, Westfield sold its 50% share of Westfield Shore City in Takapuna on Auckland's North Shore , now known as Shore City Shopping Centre, and over
476-423: The Westfield Group continued to operate a large number of shopping centres in Australia. A feature of ticketless parking at Westfield Miranda , Westfield Hurstville , Westfield Bondi Junction and Westfield Doncaster was that SMS alerts were provided for when the shopper's three free hours of parking were about to expire and when the shopper left the centres. This feature was removed in 2016 due to concerns that
510-528: The addition of a second floor to the shopping complex. This expansion welcomed a Forges department store (now Target ), a Harry Heath’s Supermarket (later replaced with a relocated Coles New World), a food court, and an array of 40 more shops. The following September saw the inauguration of the adjacent homemaker centre. The centre underwent significant redevelopment when it was acquired by the Westfield Group in July 1995. This redevelopment transformed
544-399: The centre into a much larger complex, culminating in 2001. Notable additions included a new eastern wing on the ground floor, featuring a revamped food court, an entertainment precinct housing a Village cinema, a Big W department store, an Aldi supermarket, a relocated Safeway (later rebranded as Woolworths ), and various specialty shops. Additionally, a BI-LO supermarket was added to
578-582: The company open a fully new centre in the country. On 9 May 2006, Westfield announced the sale of eight United States shopping centres which it deemed to fit outside its strategic plan, to Centro Properties Group . In April 2012 it was announced that the Westfield Group would sell seven non-core property assets to Starwood Capital Group for A$ 1 billion and one other property to an undisclosed buyer for A$ 147 million. The funds would be used to repay debt and invest in businesses offering higher return. The sales were expected to be completed by mid–2012. In 2015,
612-422: The company. Retailers suggested that when centres were acquired there should be more cooperation between the new operators and existing tenants in bringing shops up to the corporate standards of the Westfield Group, and increases in rent (required to operate a shopping centre with high standards of fittings and services) should be staged with the required improvements in fittings. In Liverpool , Australia in 2002,
646-737: The construction of a new railway station for the London Overground and Southern services, and a new entrance for the London Underground station . Westfield owned the Westfield Stratford City and also controlled the Stratford City redevelopment project next to 2012 Olympic park in Stratford in east London , having acquired the 75% of the project that it did not already own. Westfield
680-410: The expansion. David Jones had been trying to exit its contract with Westfield Group since 2003 as Fountain Gate did not fit the company's strategy or target demographic. Four new minor anchor retail spaces were constructed, as well as 114 new specialty store spaces and 1,500 new car parking spaces, with new ground-level parking surrounding the centre and new rooftop parking above the new mall areas. It
714-736: The first half of 1971, Westfield reported earnings of $ 886,382. The expansion into the United States began with the purchase of the Trumbull Shopping Park in Connecticut in 1977, and was followed by three centres in California , Michigan and Connecticut in 1980 and three centres in California, New Jersey and Long Island , New York in 1986. In 1994 Westfield joined with General Growth and Whitehall Real Estate to purchase 19 centres for US$ 1 billion. Westfield seems to form clusters of centres on particular cities or within
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#1732798060644748-539: The following day, operating on the rail-over-road bridge without stopping at Narre Warren. Services resumed stopping at the station as it reopened on 28 March 2024. Narre Warren has two side platforms . It is located on top of Webb Street, which also provided station access. The 2003 station featured a semi-large fibro building was located at the Flinders Street (Up) end of the station, which housed an enclosed waiting area, toilets and ticket facilities. There
782-407: The line between Dandenong and Narre Warren was duplicated , with duplication to Berwick provided in 1962. As part of the duplication to Berwick, an island platform was provided, as well as boom barriers replacing interlocked gates at the former Webb Street level crossing which, at the time, was located at the down end of the station. In 1970, a crossover between No. 2 and No.3 roads
816-460: The need to lower Webb Street. On 23 August of that year, final designs for the level crossing removal and rebuilt station were released. On 24 November 2023, a 'construction blitz' began, which saw the station close and demolished, while trains stopped running on sections of the Pakenham line. On 10 December of that year, the construction blitz ended, with trains on the Pakenham line resuming
850-640: The next five years sold, or divested itself of its interest in, six of the remaining stores. It now has five stores nationwide, four of them in Auckland. As of 2014, before Westfield Corporation was created, Westfield had an interest in two shopping centres in England and Northern Ireland . By far its most significant asset was Westfield's 50% partnership in the £ 1.6b Westfield London development in Shepherd's Bush , West London . The development included
884-584: The second floor alongside an array of more shops. Furthermore, the former Safeway premises were repurposed to accommodate additional stores, including the Reject Shop , a Dimmeys (later replaced with Harris Scarfe ), an Australian Post office, and various other shops. A major expansion of the complex took place between 2011 and 2012. Approved by the City of Casey in December 2007, the extension featured
918-401: The show are filmed at Fountain Gate and at another Westfield complex, Westfield Southland . Fountain Gate Shopping Centre was a filming location in the feature film Bad Eggs where, in the first scene, a car rolls into the actual shopping centre; in the film, the mall is named Crystal Heights Shop Kingdom . Narre Warren railway station is approximately 1 km away from the centre and
952-785: The system could be used to track the movements of others by giving the wrong car numberplate on registration of the phone number. Westfield entered the United States market in 1977. In September 2003 the company received $ 17.3 million as a party in the insurance claim following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center . On 18 February 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported that Westfield had agreed to acquire 15 stores from Federated Department Stores , all but three in southern California . On 9 May 2006, Westfield sold eight United States shopping centres to Centro Properties Group. As of 2024, Westfield owned 16 malls in
986-717: Was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and had interests in and operated one of the world's largest shopping centre portfolios with investment interests in 103 shopping centres across Australia , the United States , the Netherlands , the United Kingdom , New Zealand , Italy , France , Sweden , Austria , Germany , Croatia , Poland , Czech Republic and Brazil , encompassing around 23,000 retail outlets and total assets under management in excess of A$ 63 billion. The Westfield Group had origins in
1020-661: Was a myki ticket vending machine inside the waiting area. There was also a small café located next to the entrance of the building, which was open during the morning peak-hour, selling coffee and newspapers. A Protective Service Officers ' (PSO) pod was located next to the station building, which was used from 6:00 pm until the last service every day. Narre Warren is served by Pakenham line trains. On average, there are three off-peak services per hour on weekdays, travelling to and from Flinders Street, with more frequent services during peak-hours, and three services an hour on weekends. Platform 1: Platform 2: By June 2025, it
1054-408: Was abolished. In 1974, flashing light signals were provided at the former Cranbourne Road level crossing, which was located nearby in the down direction of the station. In 1978, the waiting room at the original station was demolished. In 1986, boom barriers were provided at the Cranbourne Road level crossing. By 1988, No. 2 road was booked out of use, as well as points at each end of the road and
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1088-636: Was an Australian shopping centre company that existed from 1960 to 2014, when it split into two independent companies: Scentre Group , which owns and operates the Australian and New Zealand Westfield shopping centre portfolio; and Westfield Corporation , which continued to own and operate the American and European centre portfolio. Westfield Group undertook ownership, development, design, construction, funds/asset management, property management , leasing, and marketing activities. The multinational company
1122-525: Was inaugurated by the Governor of Victoria , Sir Henry Winneke, on March 11th, 1980. Initially, the centre boasted two major retailers: Kmart and Coles New World . Alongside them were 48 other shops and the Hotel Fountain Gate, a pub and restaurant. In 1984, a Safeway supermarket was erected to the south of Kmart, enriching the centre's offerings. The evolution continued in 1988 with
1156-534: Was the developer behind the troubled Broadway shopping development in Bradford after acquiring Stannifer in 2004. On 9 October 2007 Westfield opened the £340m extension and refurbishment of Derby 's Eagle Centre, which saw the shopping centre rebranded Westfield Derby . The centre was subsequently sold to Intu in 2014. Westfield were reviewing plans with the Whitgift Foundation to rebuild
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