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Channel Court Shopping Centre …

VITAL STATISTICS� THE Channel Court Shopping Centre is a destinational retailexperience.� $100 million retail development project, a significant Tasmanianinvestment in challenging times.� A major vote of confidence in Tasmanian retail sector.� Stage 3 completion costs: $50 million� Development undertaken by locally owned, family developmentgroup.� Destination shopping centre that is unique to Tasmania.� One of the largest retail shopping spaces in the state.� A unique experience for the shopper, with international retailers.� A total of 99 speciality shops and service stores.� Comprises 25,000 square metres of retail space.� More than 500 Tasmanians employed throughout the Centre.� Provides 1104 car parks, including disabled and seniors andparents’ spots, and strong public transport links.

Centre is a major

PROUDACHIEVEMENT:Behrakis Groupmanaging director Peter Behrakis, left, with directors,from left, Vicky Behrakis, Maria Behrakis and Dennis Behrakis. Picture: ROGER LOVELL

THE Behrakis Group, aTasmanian-owned and man-aged family company, has in-vested $100 million transform-ing the Channel CourtShopping Centre into one of thelargest retail shopping spacesin the state.

The significant investment isa major boost to the Tasmanianeconomy and a strong vote ofconfidence in the state’s retailsector.

On buying the Centre in 2002,owners Peter and Vicky, andDennis and Maria Behrakishad a vision to bring the ‘‘bigcity’’ to Kingston by creating aunique destination.

The Kingborough munici-pality has seen the largestgrowth of any other region inTasmania, and the Behrakisfamily had the foresight toinvest in the expansion ofChannel Court to accommo-date the growing region.

That vision for a destinationshopping experience has nowbecome reality.

Stage 3 of the Channel Courtredevelopment began in Augu-st 2011 with an investment of$50 million, and this month willsee it completed.

To gain an idea of the extentof the project, a total of 11,000cubic metres of concrete wasused to build the 25,000 squaremetres of shopping space.

Providing direct and indirectwork for 100 local employeesover that period, the mammothproject began with the exca-vation of 45,000 cubic metres ofearth to accommodate a full-line Woolworths supermarket,new speciality retailers andadditional car parking.

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CLEANANDSLEEK: The Centre has a distinct European feel.

MAMMOTHTASK: The Channel Court Shopping Centre has been a huge logistical undertaking.

There are car parking spacesfor 1104 cars, with most undercover, which is particularlyconvenient for shoppers whocan easily access all areas of theCentre.

There are disabled, seniors’and parent designated spots

contained within the car park.Bus stop, taxi rank and publictransport facilities are alsoavailable close by for shopperswho do not drive.

With the completion of Stage3, the Centre can now boastthat employment has grown to

more than 500 staff – a signifi-cant achievement in a regionalarea – making the ChannelCourt Shopping Centre a sig-nificant major Tasmanian em-ployer.

The Centre has a distinctEuropean feel, with state-of-the-

art finishing, clean lines, sleekfittings and ultra-modern retailoutlets with plenty of room tobrowse.

T h e C e n t r e h a s 1 2travelators to make walkingbetween shops easy and ac-cessible, and three lifts to carparking to cater for customersof all ages and abilities.

Channel Court ShoppingCentre boasts 99 shops, with 30new speciality shops offering amix of international men’s andwomen’s fashion labels thatyou cannot buy anywhere elsein Tasmania.

These complement the natio-nal retailers, local retailersand essential service pro-viders, and all in one con-venient location.

Channel Court also has avery strong food offering, bothdine-in or takeaway, with newrestaurants set to open laterthis year. Watch this space.

Everything shoppers need isin the one Centre and allwithin easy access, just 10minutes from the Hobart citycentre.

The new Channel CourtShopping Centre that offerseverything for the shoppermakes the entire destinationexperience easy, comfortableand extremely user-friendly.

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Channel Court Shopping Centre …

It’s hats off to adedicated team

JOBWELLDONE:Construction work during the early stages of the redevelopment.

BRINGING the vision of theChannel Court Shopping Centreto a reality was the result of a lotof hard work, dedication andcommitment by the propertymanagers and developers, theBehrakis Group.

The Behrakis Group’s princi-pals are Peter and Vicky, andDennis and Maria Behrakis.

Managing director Peter Beh-rakis said much of the effort inensuring the Group’s visionwas realised was the result of adedicated team involved in theconstruction and leasing of theCentre.

‘‘We really must recogniseand thank our wonderful teamof people who have worked sohard to ensure the developmentproceeded as smoothly as poss-ible over this time frame,’’ hesaid.

On behalf of the BehrakisGroup, Mr Behrakis thankedthe Apple Construction team

under the management of pro-ject manager Prahalada Budeh-al and construction managerDoug Webb and the construc-tion team.

He thanked the Centre’sproperty manager Bill Blaik innegotiating the leases andworking seamlessly with theKnight Frank team of ScottNewton and Matthew Wright,to finalise retail leases withimportant international, natio-nal and local brands in theCentre.

‘‘The team has worked ex-tremely hard to find the righttenancy mix in a very difficultleasing period,’’ Mr Behrakissaid.

‘‘We engaged Knight Frankas it is the commercial propertyspecialist in Tasmania, and setthe company a very difficulttask of bringing a varied mix ofretailers to the Centre.

‘‘With the leasing and mar-

keting team, Knight Frank hassucceed beyond our expec-tations.

‘‘I would also like to payparticular thanks to theKingborough Council for itshelp in ensuring the smoothtransition of the project.

‘‘More importantly, I mustalso thank our existing tenantswho have had to endure workproceeding around them.

‘‘Our retailers are confidentthat the new development willenhance their existing busin-esses and have a very positiveoutlook for the future.

‘‘We are so pleased that thosetenants could see our dream ofdeveloping this magnificentCentre into what it is todayand while it may have beendifficult for them at times, theywill hopefully be able to reapthe rewards of a new, modernand exciting Centre for theregion.’’

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SOMETHING FOREVERYONE: The redeveloped ChannelCourt Shopping Centre features 99 shops.

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Caring for communityTHE developers behind thenew Channel Court ShoppingCentre, the locally owned fam-ily company the BehrakisGroup, have an enduring andsignificant commitment toTasmania and the Tasmaniancommunity.

Apart from the major in-vestment of $100 million in theChannel Court ShoppingCentre since its purchase in2004, the Group’s directors,Peter and Vicky and Dennisand Maria Behrakis, also ownSalamanca Fresh located in

the Centre, as well as outletsin Salamanca Place and inDavey St, Hobart.

They also own the statewidevegetable wholesaler, SHVWholesalers.

The Behrakis Group has awell-established refrigeratedtransport business, Boomer-ang Transport Pty Ltd inHobart, which it began morethan 20 years ago as part ofthe diversification of SHV.

Apart from the employmentof 100 staff (sub-contractors forthe various trades, suppliers of

the range of building ma-terials) both directly and in-directly during the construc-tion of the Channel CourtCentre, the Behrakis Groupemploys 180 people in theseother ventures, providingwork and career opportunitiesfor the local community.

For example, between thevarious phases of the develop-ment of the Channel CourtShopping Centre, the Groupensured that its constructionworkforce was employed tobuild a housing development

of up to 18 town houses andunits at Kingston not far fromthe Channel Court ShoppingCentre.

At the same time, the com-pany, through Peter Behrakis,is a strong supporter of theHeart Foundation and theVariety Club in Tasmania.

It has a demonstrated com-mitment to the Kingboroughcommunity as a benefactor tothe community and schoolgroups, and through its ongo-ing support with theKingborough Council.

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CHOICESGALORE:Channel Court will provide a range oflocal, national and international fashion brands.

THE vision of the BehrakisGroup, the developers of theChannel Court Shopping Centre,is to provide shoppers with adestination, and that is why itworked hard to get labels to theCentre that were not availableanywhere else in Tasmania.

The new Channel Court Shop-ping Centre is therefore de-lighted to announce that twonew retailers direct from theUnited States and Europe will bepart of the new development.

The Centre says the newoutlets offer a retail experiencethat Tasmania has never seen.

The retailers, 4evermen andB-young Fashion, will open atChannel Court Shopping Centrealong with Jeans West, Millers,

Om Nom, Prouds and Yeltuor,with more to come.

The Centre’s marketing man-ager Deborah Bollard said the4evermen and B-young storeswould be an attractive andsought-after destination for localshoppers and people from furth-er afield in the state.

‘‘Both stores are bringing freshand innovative fashion at afford-able prices, combined with agreat customer experience,’’ shesaid.

‘‘The 4evermen store featuresmen’s fashions and accessoriessourced directly from the USand Europe, alongside the store’sown stylishly curated collection.

‘‘4evermen will house cultbrands such as Lindbergh,

Jack’s, Shine Original and Bi-son. Shoppers will be amazed atthe range available.’’

Rather than only have fourseasons of fashion, the 4evermenGroup is able to bring on-trendfashion from Europe and the USto Tasmania more frequently.

‘‘Our customers have repeat-edly asked us for more fashion,both male and female, so as partof our strategic leasing plan weknew we had to get the mixright,’’ Ms Bollard said.

‘‘One of our new retailersknown locally and that is syn-onymous with fashion is Yel-tuor.

‘‘Yeltuor is a well-recognisedbrand in Tasmania and offersdiversity with the labels it car-

ries, again offering more for ourcustomers.’’

She said the centre would havea fantastic selection of men’s andwomen’s fashions, coupled withother specialist stores.

‘‘We are expanding our foodcourt with more dine-in andtake-away options, and alongwith important services and allin the one complex, it makes fora true retail experience,’’ MsBollard said. ‘‘We are offeringsomething quite different forTasmanian shoppers.

‘‘At the same time we areexcited to now bring our cus-tomers more diversity, not onlymore fashion but fashion thatcan’t be bought anywhere elsein Tasmania.’’

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C H A N N E L C o u r tShopping Centre of-fers a vibrant andthriving shopping ex-perience for shoppers,with both specialityshops and importantservices all located inthe one Centre.

Below is a list ofshops in the Centre.Directories are lo-cated in the Centre forshopper convenience.

ANZBankApple ConstructionsArcadia AccessoriesAustralia PostAustralian RedCross

Banjo’s BakeryBendigo andAdelaideBankBertoz JewellersBIGW

Browns SugarBWSB-Young

CafeNamaskarCapri Body FashionsCentreManagementChannel CourtFootwearNextra ChannelNewsworldChoose EmploymentChopsticksRestaurantCommonwealth Bank

Donut KingDPAC (Labor PartyOffices)DPAC (Liberal PartyOffices)

EBGames

4evermenFan EverydayWearFlight Centre

Geo-GioGloria JeansGolden TulipPatisserie

Insygnia Hair andBeauty

JeansWestJenerick

Kingston Florist

LaVita JewelleryLane RidgesHair,Beauty and Body

Lauren& SamLaVenezia PizzaLegs&Breasts

MillersModern Thai CuisineMotivate ItMures

National AustraliaBankNaturesWorksNikoNiko Sushi

OmNom

Party RoomPaul’s Hair SalonPlanetMaxPriceline PharmacyProuds

RACTRedBill SurfResourceAsianGrocer

Salamanca FreshSchulz Kay Cuttingand EngravingService TasmaniaShields HeritageSolicitorsShine Retail TherapySouthernMechanicaland BrakeSpiceHealth& FitnessSportscoSubway

TasmanianEyeClinicsTelstra StoreTheSalvationArmyTheTimelessWayCafeTotal EyecareTreadliesBikeShop

Whitey’s ShearingShedWoolworthsSupermarket

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