Westfield Miranda

Westfield Miranda

Westfield Shopping centre, eastern end
Opening date	1964
Management	Scentre Group
Owner	The Westfield Group, Westfield Retail Trust DWPF(Dexus Wholesale Property Fund)
No. of stores and services	396
No. of anchor tenants	9
Total retail floor area	127,000 m² (1,367,017 ft²)
Parking	4,326
Public transit access	Miranda railway station
Website	Westfield Miranda
Also known as "Miranda Fair"

Westfield Miranda (also known as Miranda Fair) is a large shopping centre in the suburb of Miranda in Southern Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is managed by the Westfield Group which owns 25 percent of the centre. Another 25 percent is owned by Westfield Retail Trust and the final 50 percent by the Dexus Wholesale Property Fund. In July 2014, the Westfield Group became two companies Scentre Group and Westfield Corporation. This shopping centre is now managed by Scentre Group.

Miranda Fair was originally opened in 1964 as a Myer shopping centre. Designed byTomkins, Shaw & Evans Architects, it was built on the former site of Fowler's brick pit. It was the first regional shopping centre in Sydney to have two department stores - Grace Bros. and David Jones.It was purchased by Westfield in 1969. Following this purchase, the store was refurbished, at a cost of $10 million, expanding the shopping centre to 400,000 square feet. The shopping centre is 50 percent owned by the Dexus Wholesale Property Fund, 25 percent by the Westfield Retail Trust and 25 percent by Westfield Group.

Miranda Fair was easily distinguishable as it had a large eight-pointed, slowly revolving star on its rooftop. Part of the heritage of the centre, and somewhat of a local landmark, the star was lit at night and unique to any Westfield shopping centre. The star was knocked of the top of the tower in late July 2013 during the centre's 2013 – 2014 re-development as the office tower it sat upon was demolished.

There have been two major renovations and extensions since 1964. The first was in 1971, which made it the largest shopping centre in Australia for its time. It was also the first major shopping centre to have two major department stores, Grace Bros. and Farmers. Further expansion occurred in 1992 giving it 108,316 square metres (1,165,900 square feet) of retail space. (107,929 square metres or 1,161,734 square feet is also cited) Since these openings, other shopping centres have been built and expanded, including Westfield Parramatta and Westfield Bondi Junction, now making it the fourth largest Westfield shopping centre in Sydney. In December 2005 it was valued at A$481.6 million, up from $444.7 million in December 2004.