Oasis Shopping Centre
The Oasis Shopping Centre is located on the Broadbeach Mall in Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
 | |
| |
| Location | Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 28.0296°S 153.4327°E |
| Address | Surf Parade |
| Opening date | 1989 |
| Owner | Abacus Property Group (40%) Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (60%) |
| Total retail floor area | 22,338 m2 (240,440 sq ft) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Parking | 1,250 spaces |
| Website | www |
Oasis Shopping Centre Monorail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It was purchased by Brookfield Asset Management in 2012 from Thakral Holdings. In March 2015 it was purchased by Abacus Property Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.[1][2]
History
The site was a former mineral sand mine before construction of the Lennons Broadbeach Hotel in 1955. The hotel was demolished in 1987 and the site redeveloped into the Oasis Centre.[3]
Stores and services
In addition to retail stores, the centre has doctors, dentists, and fitness, massage, yoga, accounting, financial and legal advisers, a Language school and travel club.[3]
Monorail
The Oasis Monorail connected the beach, shopping, Sofitel Gold Coast resort and Jupiters Hotel & Casino. It had two stations on level 2 of The Oasis and a station at Conrad Jupiters Casino. Originally known as the Gol'Coasta, the monorail opened to passengers in 1989 along with the shopping centre.[4] In 2001 the operator acquired the majority of the track and the trains originally used at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre in England.[5] In late 2013 the monorail closed for maintenance reopening to passengers on 18 December 2014.[4][6] It closed on 29 January 2017.[7][8]
References
- Abacus, KKR nab Oasis mall on Queensland's Gold Coast for $103m The Australian 14 February 2015
- Oasis Shopping Centre Abacus Property Group
- "About The Oasis Broadveach". oasisshoppingcenter.com. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- Kathleen Skene (28 December 2014). "Future of iconic Broadbeach monorail is uncertain after four-month wait for Oasis Shopping train". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- "Monorails of Australia; Oasis-Jupiter, Broadbeach". Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- Monorail back in business today from Oasis Shopping Centre to Casino Gold Coast Bulletin 18 December 2014
- Broadbeach Monorail will shut down in 2017 as Oasis plans major revamp for new restaurants Gold Coast Bulletin 9 December 2016
- Gold Coast Monorail to close this weekend My Gold Coast 27 January 2017