Karrinyup Shopping Centre
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| Location | Karrinyup, Western Australia, Australia |
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| Coordinates | 31°52′30″S 115°47′02″E / 31.875°S 115.784°E |
| Opening date | 17 September 1973 |
| Owner | UniSuper |
| No. of stores and services | 170 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 57,301 m² (616790 ft2) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Parking | 3,035 Bays |
| Website | karrinyup-centre.com.au |
| Information from AMP and UniSuper. | |
Karrinyup Shopping Centre is a shopping centre, located in Karrinyup, a suburb of Perth, that was established in 1973.
Prior to the current centre being built, a smaller Karrinyup Shopping Centre was constructed in 1964 on a 0.5-acre (2,000 m2) corner site (Karrinyup Lot 450) bounded by Francis Ave and Karrinyup Ave, on a 5-year lease from the Lands Department This was built as the precursor to a larger centre expected to be constructed in the future. The original centre was constructed by LJ Wallis of Osborne Park a.nd owned by Karrinyup Investments of Scarborough. Valued at £12,500 (1964), it consisted of a grocer, greengrocer, deli, butcher, chemist, hairdresser, draper, news agent, post office, bank agency, and parking for 100 cars.
During the latter part of the 1960s, the Metropolitan Regional Planning Authority developed the Corridor Plan for Perth which was published and adopted in 1970. The plan called for the creation of five 'sub-regional' retail centres (Fremantle, Joondalup, Midland, Armadale and Rockingham) which would form the commercial and economic focus of each 'node', and take the retail burden away from the CBD. The Corridor Plan was not endorsed by Parliament until 1973, by which stage Morley Shopping Centre had expanded twice in 1970 and 1973, and Karrinyup was one of three new shopping centres that were completed in 'middle-distance' suburbs, locations outside the designated corridors; the other two were Westfield Carousel at Cannington and Garden City at Booragoon established a year earlier in 1972.
Construction on the larger centre began in April 1972, and on completion was expected by its developers, St. Martins Properties Pty Ltd, to become the biggest shopping centre in the state. The centre consisted of a number of features including grade separated access from the car parks to the centre over the main vehicle routes to reduce driver confusion, 37 feet (11.3 m) wide malls of terrazzo flooring, natural light provided through diffused roof lanterns, and enclosed air conditioned malls, the latter being considered unusual at the time by the local press. Construction of the centre was expected to be completed in September 1973.
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