Zara mooted for Westfield Doncaster
Zara is possibly heading to Doncaster Westfield. Westfield is planning a $5 million expansion of the shopping complex to accommodate a big-box retailer like the Spanish clothing store.
It is understood the application doesn’t mention Zara by name, but there’s an architect’s impression with Zara etched onto a front window.
Westfield and Zara spokespeople have issued no comment when asked today by Property Observer of their intentions.
Word of the possible arrival leaked out from Manningham Council on Friday, and Manningham councillor Stephen Mayne put it out on Twitter not long after.
“Developers brekky at Manningham just told that Zara is coming to Westfield Doncaster. Women are very excited,” Mayne tweeted.
The opening in June of Melbourne’s first Zara store in Bourke Street caused frenzy.
Westfield’s application would suggest Melbourne's second Zara store could be bigger than the Sydney and Bourke Street stores, with almost 2,000 square metres of shopping space, according to plans submitted to Manningham Council on August 31.
Westfield Doncaster – formerly Doncaster Shoppingtown – is a shopping centre 50% owned by the Westfield Group and 50% owned by LaSalle Investment Management.
Westfield Doncaster, which officially opened in September 1969, was Westfield's first entry to Victoria.
