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7 unusual facts about Westfield Group


Larry Silverstein

In January 2001, Silverstein, via Silverstein Properties and Westfield America, made a $3.2 billion bid for the lease to the World Trade Center.

Mansfield, Queensland

Mansfield has regular bus services to the CBD and to the Westfield Garden City shopping centre at Upper Mount Gravatt.

Move San Diego

For example, executives from residential developer Black Mountain Ranch and shopping-center firm Westfield Group serve on Move San Diego's board of directors.

Orange Grove affair

The Orange Grove affair was a political scandal in Australia concerning the dealings of the New South Wales state Australian Labor Party government with multinational corporation The Westfield Group.

Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith

In August 2008, Goldsmith was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Australian property trust, Westfield Group.

Shepherd's Bush railway station

In 2005, construction began on a major redevelopment project in the White City area, including the large-scale Westfield Shopping Centre, developed by the Westfield Group.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Skyward Sword was available as a demo at the Australian Nintendo Connection Tour 2011 at selected Westfield stores and was the central theme of the event, attracting vast amounts of attention and praise.


Barris Industries

On March 31, 1989, Burt Sugarman sold his shares of Barris Industries to Westfield Capital Corporation and Northern Star Holdings Ltd., the owners of Network Ten of Australia owned by Frank Lowy for $34.5 million.

Intencity

The chain was originally launched in 1995 as part of a venture called Village Nine Leisure (a partnership between Village, Nine Network and Westfield Group).

Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon

It was sponsored by the Westfield Group, with the start being at Westfield Parramatta shopping centre and the finish at Westfield Doncaster shopping centre (formerly known as "Doncaster Shoppingtown").

Warner Center, Los Angeles

In 2012 the City Council approved the Village at Westfield Topanga - a new Costco, retail and entertainment development that will combine with existing Westfield Warner Center malls to make one of Southern California's largest shopping complexes: "Westfield's Big 3".

Westfield Belconnen

Westfield Belconnen, also known colloquially as "Belconnen Mall", is managed by Westfield Group and located in the Canberra suburb of Belconnen, Australia.


see also

Westfield WestCity

It is immediately adjacent to Waitakere Mega Centre, an integrated bulk retail centre, and is in direct competition with Lynnmall in New Lynn and another Westfield Group centre Westfield St Lukes in Morningside.