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Forest Hill Chase

Forest Hill Chase is a major regional shopping centre located in the eastern suburb of Forest Hill in Melbourne, Australia. Owned and managed by Haben, the centre is among the oldest in Victoria, opening in 1964 as an outdoor strip shopping centre, before being developed over the years into its current three level indoor form. Currently, Forest Hill Chase contains 200 stores and over 3500 free car parking spaces. The centre has three supermarkets, two discount department stores and some smaller anchor stores.

Forest Hill Chase
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LocationForest Hill, Victoria, Australia
Opening date30 June 1964; 60 years ago (1964-06-30)
Previous namesForest Hills
DeveloperPacific Shopping Centres
ManagementHaben
OwnerForest Hill Heights P/L / Pacific Shopping Centres (1956-1983)
Novion (2004-2015)
Blackstone (2015-2022)
Haben (2022-Present)
No. of stores and services204
No. of anchor tenants7 major
10 minor
Total retail floor area64,935 m2 (698,950 sq ft)
No. of floors3
Parking~3400
Websitewww.foresthillchase.com.au
Entry 7 to the centre (the food court entry) from Mahoneys Road looking west
View of the 3 levels of Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre looking east, April 2016

History

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The centre was officially opened by Mayor of Nunawading Owen Goldsborough on 30th June, 1964. [1]

Origins

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The opening was attended by TV personality Graham Kennedy and shoppers came from all over Melbourne. Moores had 8,000 customers on that first day.[2] The centre was a project of developers Maurice Alter and Paul Fayman under the banner of a company called Forest Hill Heights[3] (later Pacific Shopping Centres). The 27-acre site had been purchased in 1956 for £59,800.[4]

Leslie M Perrott & Partners designed the £6 million centre and plans were revealed in September 1958 but were not finalised until mid-1959.[4][5] Construction commenced in January 1960 and was completed across many stages. The centre included branches of the Moores department store and McEwans hardware store chains, and Australia’s first Safeway (now Woolworths) supermarket in Australia.[6] The centre was developed alongside 200 houses and was originally going to be called Stonestown after a galleria of the same name in Los Angeles. [7][8]

The Board of Works had given Forest Hill Heights approval to build a hotel in 1959, but when Carlton and United Breweries applied for a liquor license they were rejected by council who received almost 100 letters of protest from ratepayers, neighbours, and the Nunawading High School Parent's and Citizen's Association. The hotel was a traffic hazard, the land was too small, and it was not in the best interest of the public.[9][10]

In 1968, the centre's directors purchased a little more than 80 acres of orchard in Vermont South for the Burwood Rise residential estate, situated between Stanley and Livingstone roads and around Dalroy Crescent.[11] Executives at Forest Hill Heights felt the establishment of 400 homes would ensure further development of the centre.[12] A strip of 28 shops, a theatre, and a double-storey restaurant "Crystal Palace" (now K-Box) was completed on the east side of Mahoneys Road in 1968, connected to the centre by a pedestrian crossing.[13]

A four-storey office building opened in 1969.[14] Ex-AFL player Brendan Edwards had a sports centre below the offices with in-ground trampolines, an indoor pool and spa, creche, and cafe.[15] These additions added 11,000 m² of floor space to the existing 15,000 m² centre.[12]

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    Forest Hills, 1968
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    Coles, 1965
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    Coles & Hannams, 1965
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    Front Carpark, 1964
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    West Garden Courts, 1965
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    Aerial Photograph, 1968

Entertainment and cinema

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Forest Hill Cinema, c. 1985
 
Hoyts 10 Forest Hill, 1994

In 1967 it was announced that an auditorium, designed to TV studio specifications, would be constructed on Mahoneys Road, and would run daily matinees for shoppers, special audiences, and schools.[2] Designed by architect Thord Lorich with assistance from ATV-0 engineers, it became the first purpose-built picture theatre in the Nunawading area, boasting 362 seats (later reduced to 337), a coffee lounge, kitchen and snack bar.[16] The opening night took place on 31 May 1968, with a screening of Otto Preminger’s “Hurry Sundown” with music by Victor Conner at the organ.[17]

Underground post-apocalyptic drama film Beyond Reason premiered at the Forest Hills Theatre and Sandringham Drive-In in May 1970.[18] ATV-0 beamed a test colour television transmission from their main studios at Nunawading to the cinema in March 1970, five years before colour broadcasts were formally introduced to Australia.[19]

Originally operated by Sherwood Productions, the cinema was taken over by Dendy in 1970, then Village in 1978, and later Palace in 1980.[20][21] It closed in September 1989, just before Hoyts opened across the road in the new Forest Hill Chase redevelopment. The cinema had its last full house in 1988 when it screened Crocodile Dundee II.[22]

The building was converted in 1990 and briefly occupied by a Canadian steak and seafood house.[23] It then became night club venue "The Bunker" but was shut down in 1993 due to an uprise in youth gang activity and antisocial behaviour.[24][25] Centre management worked with council officers and local police to re-open it as "Club 3131", a community-based blue light disco.[26]

The Hoyts 10 Forest Hill cinema complex opened on the third level of the newly-redeveloped Forest Hill Chase on 26 December 1989.[27][28] The multiplex originally had 10 screens and 2,500 seats although this was later reduced to 6 screens and 955 seats in a 2010 refurbishment.[29] Forest Hill Chase and Hoyts were among the objectors to a highly-publicised 1995 proposal to establish a $25 million cinema complex with 25 screens in nearby Burwood, which failed to materialise.[30][31]

Numerous events have been held at the centre over the years including fashion parades, workshops, band and solo performances, exhibits, seminars, food and wine tastings, children's shows, cooking demonstrations, school holiday fairs and activities, giveaways, and contests.[32][33][34] TV stars from the neighbouring ATV-0 studios often made appearances at these events.[35] Forest Hill Chase won the special events category of the Annual Awards for Excellence, Innovation and Outstanding Marketing (AXIOM) in 1990.[36]

Forest Hill Rocket

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In April 1965 a multi-level, children's climbing structure in the shape of a rocket was installed in the eastern garden forecourt, next to the radio booth. It was extremely popular with several generations of children and their parents and remained there until June 1987 when it was removed to make way for redevelopment of the centre. It was subsequently restored by parents of the Syndal South Primary School and erected in the playground of the school where it is still in use today. A plaque commemorating its history has been placed on it.[37][38]

Redevelopments

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Stage 2 "Marketplace" (1975-1976)

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Information leaflet, 1975

In 1975, the rear car park was replaced by a modern indoor shopping centre featuring a 9,290 m² fresh food market. Construction began in June 1975, and the redevelopment opened on 20 July 1976. The $10 million upgrade was projected to serve 370,000 customers and added 24,155 m² of retail space. A new logo was adapted and the front car park was renovated, increasing parking capacity to over 2,000.[39][40] Safeway moved into the upper level opposite the food market stalls. A Woolworths and the largest McEwans store outside of the city occupied the ground floor.[41]

By the end of 1976, the centre included a Moores, Clark Rubber, Pattersons, Bradmans, Brendan Edwards, Wardrops, Blackburn & Lockwood, Williams the Shoe Man, Fletcher Jones, Target, Toy World, Alexanders, Spotless, Sussan, Coles, and Lincraft.[42]

Major redevelopment (1986-1990)

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Perspective drawing for redevelopment
 
South entrance, 1990s

Forest Hill underwent radical transformation from 1986.[43] Pacific Shopping Centres contracted Podgor Constructions to build a new three-storey indoor centre to the design of architecture firm Buchan, Laird and Bawden.

Council gave permission for the redevelopment in July 1986 and works commenced in August 1986 with houses demolished on Flora Grove to make space for an extension of the car park and roadworks to develop Pacific Way[44]. The old outdoor strip mall section was demolished in August 1987[45] and the first stage of the expanded centre opened on 12 September 1989. By July 1990, 113 shops were operating and the development's second stage was completed in late 1990.[46]

The redevelopment costed roughly $100 million and had 210 tenancies, a 450-seat gourmet food court, fresh food market, and parking for about 3000 cars.[47] The centre's architecture took inspiration from the St. Louis Galleria in Missouri.[48] The atriums feature skylights of polycarbonate and reticulated steel construction with a barrel vault design. Weeks after the redevelopment opened, council failed in a supreme court bid to have the centre closed because of an alleged fire risk.[49]

Tenants of the redevelopment included K-Mart, McEwans, Coles, Safeway, Fletcher Jones, Priceline, Sportsgirl, Speeds Shoes, Prouds, Brown Sugar, Collins, Priceline, Mac's San Remo, Just Jeans, Sussan, Witchery, Diamond Design, Santini, Brashs, Dimmeys, Copperart, Sportsgirl, Shoe World, Cargo Hold, Alexanders, Sonia's Boutique, Eastcoast, Roger David, The Reject Shop, Sunglass World, Ooh La La, Menz Mode, Suji Kim Collection, Angus & Robertson, Zig Zags, Williams The Shoeman, 7 banks, and a post office.[50][46][51]

Supermarket chain Venture also briefly had a store in the new centre before closing in 1992.[52] Harris Scarfe opened in December 1990.[44] The third level was established as an entertainment precinct and included a Pancake Parlour, Galaxy World arcade (now TimeZone), and a Hoyts.[53]

Minor alterations and additions (1991-2007)

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Forest Hill Chase was attracting 180,000 shoppers a week by 1991.

 
The centre in 1994

A bar lounge and tavern with 90 gaming machines (later reduced to 50) called Vegas at The Chase opened on the centre's third level in early march 1995. The opening was delayed due to several legal disputes and trouble obtaining a liquor license.[54] The space had been reserved since the redevelopment opened. [55][56][57]

The Nunawading Council Community Resource Centre opened on Level 3 in 1993. It came after several years of debate between the council and Pacific Shopping Centres about where the council's community space allocation should be placed. [58] The resource centre offered a "non-threatening" environment where citizens could pick up council brochures and printed information on a range of council and community services or can have their questions answered.[59] It housed community groups such as the Maternal and Child Health Services, Adult Day Activity and Support Service, Lao Women's Association of Victoria, Nunawading Community Chest, Nunawading Older Persons' Action Group, The Communities Council On Ethnic Issues, U3A Nunawading, Youth Adult Bureau, The Iranian Society of Victoria, and the Lions Club of Victoria.[60] The resource centre was later moved to Level 1 of the executive offices building at 79 Mahoneys Road.

During circa 1997, Harris Scarfe was downsized from its two level form to occupying only Level 1,[61] to allow a new Big W store to open in the now vacant space on Level 2. An AMF bowling alley with 28 lanes and children's play centre Run Riot opened on Level 3 around 2000.[62] The John Driver Sports Centre, previously run by Brendan Edwards, had closed in August 1987 despite having 4000 members,[63]and was leased to Lifestyle Fitness.[64] Later in 2003 it began operating as Metro Health & Fitness before permanently closing in 2005.[65][66]

2007-2012 redevelopments

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In the biggest redevelopment of the centre since 1989, levels one and two of the centre were completely refurbished in 2007. Kmart Tyre & Auto Service was relocated from next to the centre entrance to the former Kmart, to a new free standing site in Pacific Way, which was completed in March 2007. The interior malls on level one and two were refurbished with new floor tiling laid, removal of the traditional gold balustrades with modern steel balustrades installed, and the removal of the stairwells at the south of the centre near Big W. The level two toilets were fully refurbished, completed in June 2007.

The Mahoneys Road entrance was upgraded, with the existing canopy replaced and upgraded with a terrace installed on level 3 for use by The Chase Hotel, which was completed by June 2007. The Alliance for Gambling Reform later called for The Chase Hotel to close down its pokies after it was revealed that almost $16 million was gambled in a year.[67] The centre's Kmart permanently closed on 31 January 2007 and was subsequently converted to Target, which opened in September 2007. The food court was refurbished and extended, completed in September 2007. A dance studio began operating out of the former Forest Hill Cinema building on Mahoneys Road in 2012 but closed in 2014.[68]

Level three refurbishment (2010–2011)

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The third level was expanded and refurbished during the second half of 2010, complementing the earlier refurbishment of the other levels of the centre and introducing a number of new tenants. The redeveloped level officially re-opened on 15 December 2010 with some retailers opening earlier or later in the following months. Pancake Parlour closed and was replaced by TGI Fridays.[69] The refurbishment of level 3, including mall reconfiguration, expansion and renovation, new escalators between levels two and three, and a new centre entry to a new car park, was completed in December 2010. The construction of an additional deck of car parking located west of Hoyts above the existing Target/Coles multi-deck car park, including 317 spaces, opened on 15 December 2010. An updated 'Entertainment and Dining' precinct with a refurbished Hoyts cinema, three new restaurants as well as new minor anchor retailers JB Hi-Fi, Rebel and gymnasium Fit n Fast was established.

Replacing Myer and new fresh food market (2012)

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In 2012, Harris Scarfe returned to the centre and spent more than $2 million redeveloping the store in the area previously occupied by Myer. The centre also expanded its fresh food market on level one, which included a new Aldi supermarket on top of the Canterbury Road multi deck car park, which caused a small increase in undercover parking. A new refurbished bus zone was also built as a result. (A temporary bus zone was constructed adjacent to Kmart Tyre & Auto during construction).

Minor improvements (2013)

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The glass lift in the food court that travels from the basement car park through to level 3 was replaced, as the existing lift was too small, causing heavy congestion as it became the only fully accessible way to move between levels 2 and 3 after a past level 3 redevelopment. The expanded lift is now operating and carries up to 26 people. New facade and centre entrance treatments were also installed along the Canterbury Road car park frontage and around the Level 2 Best & less centre entry.

Renovations and re-configurations (2017–2019)

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In late 2017, the latest renovations started, which were to completely revamp the third floor, and partially renovate the second floor. The east wing of the Level 2 mall, which formerly housed Dimmeys and a few other retailers, was closed down for several months and completely renovated and re-configured. Dimmeys moved to a smaller location near the Level 1 food court (which later closed down permanently) with JB Hi-Fi and Rebel moving from their former Level 3 tenancies. The escalators linking Level 2 and Level 3 were also removed to allow for more retail space.

In 2018, Big W closed down, with a new TK Maxx store occupying part of the available space, with its entrance opposite the newly re-located JB Hi-Fi and Rebel stores. A new Medical Centre and Child Care Centre will occupy the remainder of the space of the former Big W. In 2019, Level 3 was renovated, with the space left behind by JB Hi-Fi and Rebel being converted into more dining retailers, with the whole level getting a refurbishment and being branded as "The Loft". Zone Bowling (formerly AMF) and Timezone were also renovated to combine the two tenancies together with a new look. A new glass lift was also installed near the travelator located outside Woolworths with access to all levels.

Incidents

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The ANZ Bank, site of the 1971 robbery

A small fire broke out beneath the rear fire stairway of the Forest Hills Theatre in July 1969, causing the venue to fill with smoke. It began in a pile of empty cardboard cartons and waste paper from nearby shops, but was swiftly extinguished. Thankfully the incident occurred when the theatre was closed, as the rear stairway and exits would not have been usable to evacuating attendees. Provisions were subsequently put in place to prevent a reoccurrence. [16]

On June 15, 1971, masked bandits and a bank teller fought a running gun battle during a robbery at the ANZ bank. It was Victoria’s biggest bank hold-up at the time. The teller fired twice to stop them as they shot their way in with a sawn-off shotgun. The robbers blasted the teller's counter and then forced him to drop his revolver. Then they forced the teller and the bank manager against the wall. The bandits, wearing hessian masks, scooped up $84,700 in notes from a table near the main vault at the back of the bank. A third man who stood outside armed with a pistol fired two shots through a side window as the other two robbers grabbed the money. At least seven shots were fired in the two-minute battle, but nobody was hurt. The bank's security camera was not activated during the hold-up. They ran from the bank, firing as they left, and sped off in a stolen Holden sedan. Five employees, including two young women, were in the bank when the thieves crashed in at about 6:15 pm after smashing the front glass door with a fire hydrant cover.[70]

The National Bank was held up in January 1979 by a 25-year old man with an imitation pistol, who stole $9,000. He had no criminal history and told police prosecutors he carried out the robbery because of severe financial struggles.[71][72]

At approximately 11:15AM on 12 May 1986, several employees at the Safeway supermarket noticed a strong smell of gas and immediately notified the store manager, who notified the fire brigade. The store was evacuated as fireman wearing breathing apparatus tried to locate the gas leak. The leaking substance was discovered to be Freon gas from a refrigeration unit, probably from the air conditioning system. Although everyone who entered the building wore breathing gear, three fireman were treated at Box Hill Hospital for headaches, dizziness, and nausea, while two others were treated at the scene. A store employee later reported to the hospital with similar symptoms.[73]

Violence broke out between up to 30 people on the centre's second level in January 1993. Police District Chief Superindenant Ron Braybrook said the incident, which could be described as a riot, began after a group of youths started arguing.[74] A young man was stabbed outside the centre in 1992.[24] Due to the growing problem of youth violence, police presence was boosted with the introduction of an information caravan in 1993, the first of its kind to be fully owned and operated by police in the district.[75]

Two men ambushed two Armaguard security officers on the third floor at 12:20pm on 16 May 1998. A guard carrying a bag of cash was ordered by the thieves drop the bag but was shot in the hand and stomach before doing so. They grabbed the bag and ran off through the centre, startling shoppers. The other guard, who had taken cover, fired a shot but missed. Police said the men stole between $10,000 - $50,000. One of the ski masks and a gun was later found in a bush on Mahoneys Road.[76]

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