Harbour Town is a

shopping centre A shopping center (American English) or shopping centre ( Commonwealth English), also called a shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof. The first known colle ...

concept that incorporates multiple

factory outlet An outlet store, factory outlet or factory shop is a brick and mortar or online store in which manufacturers sell their stock directly to the public. Traditionally, a factory outlet was a store attached to a factory or warehouse, sometimes allowin ...

s in one centre. As of February 2021, there are two locations owned and operated under the Harbour Town brand:

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, on Queensland's

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, and at

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, in

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. Harbour Town centres also operated in

Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

and

Docklands, Victoria Docklands, also known as Melbourne Docklands, is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. Docklands recorded a populat ...

before being sold off and rebranded.

Current centres

Gold Coast

Harbour Town Gold Coast is situated on the corner of the

Gold Coast Highway Gold Coast Highway links the coastal suburbs of the Gold Coast in south eastern Queensland such as Miami, Mermaid Beach, Tugun, Bilinga to the Tweed Heads suburb of Tweed Heads West in New South Wales. At in length, the highway runs jus ...

and Oxley Drive

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...

. Opening in 1999 and located on the Gold Coast Highway just 20 minutes north of Surfers Paradise en route to theme parks, Harbour Town was the first and is still the largest purpose-built brand direct

shopping centre in Australia.

Adelaide

Harbour Town Adelaide opened in 2003, and is situated next to the

, South Australia. It features over 130 outlet stores along with supermarkets, chemists, cafes and eateries, fresh food, homewares and outdoor products.

Former centres

Perth

A Harbor Town centre in

opened in 2003. In October 2013 it was sold to the

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of Singapore and rebranded to Watertown Brand Outlet Centre. Consisting of about 120 outlet stores, the shopping centre covers and is located at 840 Wellington Street, West Perth. It was constructed and formerly owned by the Lewis Land Group in a joint venture with ING Real Estate Development Australia.

Melbourne

A Harbor Town centre in

opened in 2008. It was sold in March 2014 and rebranded to

The District Docklands The District Docklands (previously known as Harbour Town) is an indoor/outdoor shopping centre in the suburb of Docklands in the inner-west of Melbourne. History The District Docklands opened on 21 October 2008 as Harbour Town. Following the ...

in 2017.

References

External links

Harbour Town Australia home pageHarbour Town AdelaideHarbour Town Gold Coast
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