CENTRE HISTORY
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AUSTRALIA FAIR SHOPPING CENTRE TIME LINE | |
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1983 |
Australia Fair West (originally known as Scarborough Fair) was built and anchored by Franklins. 'There's a fair amount of faith in the State'... State Commerce and Industry Minister Bill Gunn quotes this as he officially opened Scarborough Fair. Was formally the site of South Coast Dairy in Scarborough Street. Contains Franklins, Treasureway and 40 specialty shops with off-road parking. |
| 1984 |
Scarborough Fair was built incorporating a Coles Supermarket and Kmart store. |
| 1989 |
Scarborough Fair Shopping Centre doubled it's size and extended through to Nerang Street Mall. Work on Australia Fair Shopping Centre was based around the old Scarborough Fair Retail Centre and retail anchors Kmart, Coles, Woolworths and Franklins. |
| 1990 |
Australia Fair opened on 10th April 1990 a project which took more than a year and $300 million to complete. At completion, Australia Fair Shopping Centre had the largest concentration of Specialty stores and was the only Shopping Centre in the nation with 3 Supermarket chains at the time; Woolworths, Coles and Franklins. '$300m Showplace to woo shoppers'... After more than a year in progress, Stage 1 of the $300million Australia Fair opens with Kmart, Coles, Woolworths and Franklins and 230 specialty stores. Greek and Roman god Apollo and artworks from Europe and the United Kingdom double as novel landmarks for shoppers. |
| 1991 |
'A Fair Slice of History'... The most sensational advance in the town's 117 year history! The 52,000 square metre shopping development is the first of its kind in Australia and one of the largest in Queensland. |
| 1993 |
An extension introduced the centre to a 6 Cinema Complex and also created a Leisure Court Retail precinct. |
| 1995 |
The Fashion Boulevard, Broadwater Food Court and Fresh Food Marketplace were refurbished and renamed to establish these precincts. The owner acquired the ex-State School site next to Australia Fair West for expansion purposes. |
| 1997-1998 | Extensions were completed, Cinemas expanded from 6 to 10 and reconfiguration of the Cinema Leisure Court Retail/Entertainment precinct. |
| Continued over the page | |