History
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 the 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 10 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 Gold Coast let alone nation with 3 Supermarket chains at the time; Woolwsorths, Coles and Franklins. '$300m Showplace to woo shoppers'...After more than a year in progress, Stage 1 of the $300 million 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.
1998-1999: 'Colonial in $142m Australia Fair Deal'...Colonial First State boughts into the joint-venture ownership of Australia Fair with MEPC. The sale deal also includes the former state school redevelopment site in Garden Street. 'Australia Fair set for $16m upgrade'...Owners announce their $16m refurbishment and upgrade. A major part of the refurb is the upgrade of the Fig Tree Foud Court, remodeling of tennancies, additional weatherproof structure and replacement of an escalator.
2001: 'Yu Feng in $162m Coast Deal'... Mr Gordon Fu purchases Australia Fair from Colonial First State.
2002-2004: $2.7m spent on an upgrade to Flooring, Directional Signage and Amenities/Facilities upgrade which enhances the Centre's appearance and image for Southport.
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