Westfield West Lakes is a

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located in

West Lakes, South Australia West Lakes is a suburb of Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, Australia. It lies within the City of Charles Sturt. It contains the Westfield West Lakes Shopping Centre, Woodlake Shopping Centre and West Lakes Golf Club. It also conta ...

. It contains approximately 260 stores, with

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David Jones,

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, Coles,

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, Woolworths and

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Construction and opening

The shopping centre was designed in 1973 by architects Dick-Smith Associates in association with Snowden Brougham and Moulds. Construction commenced later in the year with the first stage being completed in late 1974 with the second stage of work being completed in 1975. It was opened on 13 November 1974 by

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, the Premier of South Australia.

Ownership

The shopping centre was originally owned by West Lakes Ltd, a subsidiary of the Development Finance Corporation Ltd (known as Delfin) and T & G Mutual Life Society. In 1987, Delfin sold its 25% share to its partner now owned by

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. Sometime after 1987, the shopping centre was sold to the Deutschland Retail Property Trust Australia Ltd who sold 50% of the asset to the

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in 2002 and the remainder at a later time to the Australian property investment company,

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. In July 2014, the Westfield Group was divided into two companies - the

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and the

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with the Scentre Group retaining the Westfield Group's interest in the shopping centre.

Upgrades

2004-2006 saw a major expansion to the north of the centre; a large food court, fashion strip and a

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complex was built. A large upgrade of the centre was completed in August 2013. It extended the centre further to the north-west, next to David Jones and Harris Scarfe and introduced a paid parking system.

become an anchor tenant as well as approximately 40 additional retailers added.

References

Westfield Group Shopping centres in Adelaide Shopping malls established in 1974 1974 establishments in Australia {{Adelaide-stub