DFO Moorabbin

Coordinates: 37°58′10″S 145°05′15″E / 37.9695°S 145.0875°E / -37.9695; 145.0875

DFO Moorabbin
Location Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia
Opening date 1992[1]
Owner Austexx Group
No. of stores and services 135+[2]
Total retail floor area 24,715m2[2]
No. of floors 1
Parking 1,373[2]
Website www.dfo.com.au/moorabbin

DFO Moorabbin (also known as Direct Factory Outlets Moorabbin), is a regional discount shopping centre located in Cheltenham, Victoria[2][3] approximately 16 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, directly adjacent to Moorabbin Airport.

History

Originally Fairways Leisure Market, the centre was opened in 1992, on land adjacent to Moorabbin Airport.[1]

In 1997, the centre was purchased by the Austexx Group and was the group's first of eleven Direct Factory Outlets shopping centres in Australia.[4] The centre had approximately 45 stores, on 8,000m2 of land.[5] Since opening, the centre has been expanded to 24,715m2,[2] and as a result now comprises up to 135 stores mainly devoted to fashion,[2] and two food courts.

Kingston Central Plaza also adjacent to DFO is a smaller shopping precinct, which opened in 2008, and has 10 stores including: The Good Guys, Aldi Supermarket and Sam's Warehouse, closed 2013 and soon replaced by a Toys "R" Us .[6]

DFO Moorabbin's main local rival is the super-regional shopping centre, Westfield Southland, which is located approximately 5 kilometres north-east from the centre, in Cheltenham.

Transport

The shopping centre is serviced by Bus routes, as well as the nearby Cheltenham railway station, Melbourne, a 30-40 minute walk from the centre.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Our History
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 DFO Moorabbin - CFSGAM Portfolio
  3. 1 2 DFO Moorabbin location
  4. Pallisco, Marc (9 February 2010). "Ownership of 1.5 Billion DFO Retail Chain to Change". realestatesource.com.au. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  5. Khadem, Nassim (2 May 2004). "Centres feel left out of discount boom". The Age. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  6. Property Developments

External links

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