Garden City (Booragoon)
| Location | Booragoon, Western Australia, Australia |
|---|---|
| Opening date | 1972 |
| Management | AMP Capital Shopping Centres |
| Owner | 75% AMP's Australian Core Property Portfolio, 25% WestART |
| No. of stores and services | 272 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
| Total retail floor area | 71,714 sqm |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Website | gardencity.com.au |
Coordinates: 32°02′03″S 115°50′15″E / 32.0342°S 115.8376°E
Garden City Shopping Centre (usually known as Garden City, or Garbo) is a major regional shopping centre in the city of Perth, Western Australia. Garden City is located at the corner of Marmion Street and Riseley Street in the southern suburb of Booragoon. Garden City is majority-owned by AMP Limited through its Australian Core Property Portfolio.
In recent years there have been, on average, 13 million annual individual visits to the centre, generating an estimated turnover of over A$500 million annually. In 2011, it grossed a Moving Annual Turnover of A$577.1 million giving it the highest turnover of any centre in the state and the 13th highest in the country. Westfield Carousel has the 2nd highest MAT in the state. Garden City has been owned and managed by AMP Shopping Centres since 1986.
In the late 1960s, the planning department of the state government drew up a plan for several 'sub-regional' retail centres, which would form the commercial and economic focus of each 'node', and take the retail burden away from the CBD.Booragoon, in the southern suburbs, was chosen as one of the ideal locations.
Work on Garden City was undertaken by Hooker Corporation, and began in 1970. In December 1971, Lady Lloyd Jones placed a time-capsule in the ground. The centre was opened in 1972, and immediately became popular as the nexus of the Melville Civic Centre Complex, which had been established after the Melville Council Offices were built in 1968. The site was in the midst of sandy bush, not far from Applecross Senior High School and Wireless Hill Park.
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