The Jam Factory






Jam Factory, Chapel Street




Jam Factory interior


The Jam Factory is a shopping and entertainment centre, located in Chapel Street, South Yarra, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The Jam Factory is owned by Challenger Financial Services.[1] It is also the headquarters of Village Roadshow.



History


The Jam Factory was originally established as the Victorian Brewery in 1858, having a value of 150 pounds. The brewery shut down in 1876, with the building and land then being purchased the same year by Robert Wright and Robert Payne, who started the Victoria Preserving Company.[2]


By 1880, it was named the Red Cross preserving company. During the fruit season it employed 230 people, and was the largest employer in Prahran.[2] Mr William Peacock bought the premises and turned it into the 'OK' Jam Co in 1895 and resold it to Henry Jones of the Henry Jones IXL Pty Ltd company and the Henry Jones IXL household brand name. Jam production continued in the building for this firm until 1970.[1]


At a cost of $20 million the site was redeveloped and opened on 9 October 1979 as a shopping centre[1] catering to modern fashions, and in 1995 was redeveloped as the Jam Factory.[1]


The shopping centre also housed the first Australian Borders shop opening in 1998. It has since closed, along with the rest of the bankrupt chain, in 2011, when its regional parent company, RedGroup Retail, went into administration. The Borders space is now occupied by Topshop.[3][4] The Jam Factory was also chosen by Brazin Limited to be the first site to reintroduce Virgin Megastores in Australia opening in 2002. It has since been closed by Sanity Entertainment (formally Brazin) in 2010 with the Virgin space now occupied by the country's first Urban by Target store.[5][6][7]


Before these major tenants closed their Jam Factory outlets, its owner, Challenger, announced in June 2008 a $700 million redevelopment that did not proceed. It would have seen the historic factory building demolished and replaced with a new style shopping centre (54,000 square metres of shops, more than double the present size), apartment towers built on the car park closest to Virgin Megastore/Urban by Target, 8000 square metres of office space, and a 100-room hotel. Challenger then attempted to sell the entire site in May 2009 for about $110 million without success.[1][6]



References





  1. ^ abcde Pallisco, Marc (June 24, 2008). "Jam Factory set for $700m revamp". Retrieved 1 October 2009..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab "History - Jam Factory". Retrieved 1 October 2009.


  3. ^ Dykes, Daniel (June 26, 2011). "Topshop in Australia". Retrieved 26 June 2011.


  4. ^ Puchalski, Natalie (20 August 2011). "Topshop to make Australian debut in Jam Factory revamp". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 February 2013.


  5. ^ Lawson, Annie (16 April 2002). "Virgin plays to youth in rebirth of music Megastores". The Age. Retrieved 13 February 2013.


  6. ^ ab Pallisco, Marc (3 September 2011). "Urban cool in Target sights". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 February 2013.


  7. ^ Pallisco, Marc (22 June 2011). "Wesfarmers to unveil new concept store, Urban at Target, in Melbourne". RealEstateSource.com.au. Retrieved 13 February 2013.




External links


  • Official website


Coordinates: 37°50′34″S 144°59′44″E / 37.84278°S 144.99556°E / -37.84278; 144.99556







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