The second enclosed retail complex in the Land Down Under was built in the northwestern environs of Adelaide. ARNDALE CENTRE was dedicated on November 14, 1963. Among its thirty-eight charter tenants were Woolworths, Banana Bowl and an Adelaide-based John Martin's department store. Today, the facility is known as ARMADA ARNDALE. It features 120 stores and services.
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Greater Sydney's first fully-enclosed mall opened for business on March 21, 1964. MIRANDA FAIR, situated 12 miles southwest of the urban core, cost over 3 million pounds to build and had parking accommodations for 1,100 autos.
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Originally anchored by a Sydney-based Farmer's, MIRANDA FAIR would go on to become Australia's first two-anchor shopping complex. A Grace Brothers store was completed in August 1971. In the 2020s, the retail complex is known as WESTFIELD MIRANDA. It encompasses 1,191,500 lettable square feet, with 396 tenant spaces.
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