Galleria Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located in Morley, about northeast of the Perth central business district. It is the 5th largest shopping centre in Western Australia, with several major retailers and approximately 300 specialty retailers. The Shopping centre consists of major retailers including Woolworths, Coles. Kmart, ALDI, Target, Rebel Sports, Myer, Event Cinemas and facilities including toilets, restrooms, info desk, lost and found, wheelchair hire, payphones, recycling stations, Uber and Taxi bays. The present centre was constructed in stages between 1988 with Coles and Kmart Australia, and in 1994 with Event Cinemas and Myer. In 2008 a new level was constructed for Myer. Revised plans for the $350 million Morley Galleria shopping centre expansion were approved on 11 February 2019 — though some elements of the development are not expected to be completed until 2031. The redevelopment will expand the shopping centre floor area from 73,365sqm to 180,235sqm with the number of car bays rising from 4086 to 7200. The centre could ultimately end up with as much as 263,500sqm in floor space.
History
The shopping centre was developed as a joint construction between Colonial Mutual Group and Coles Myer. Construction started in 1989 after a fire had destroyed the Boans complex in June 1986. Construction joined three separate shopping centres — Morley Shopping Centre, Morley City Shopping Centre and Boans Shopping Centre, which were demolished to make way for Galleria. The 1994 redevelopment was designed by the Los Angeles architects RTKL Associates Inc and local firm Oldham Boas Ednie-Brown Architects, Planners & Interior Designers. The centre was officially opened on 26 September 1994. In 1996, Galleria was sold in its entirety by joint owners Coles Myer and Colonial Mutual Group to Westfield Group for $289 million; the centre was renamed as Westfield Galleria. In 2003, Galleria was acquired from Westfield by Centro Properties Group for $414 million, the centre being renamed as Centro Galleria. Westfield Group continued to operate the centre until late 2004 when Centro Properties Group officially took over management of the centre. In 2012, private property investment group, Perron Group, acquired 50% of Galleria, entering a co-ownership arrangement with Centro. In mid 2012, Centro Galleria rebranded as Galleria 220, and later simply Galleria, while still under Centro's management. In 2013, Centro rebranded as Federation Centres, and in November, Galleria shopping centre was rebranded as simply Galleria, to match the other centres in the chain. In 2015, Federation Centres rebranded as Vicinity Centres after merging with Novion Property Group. On 3 February 2015, a transformer exploded around 9.30am near the Woolworths loading bay area resulting in the deaths of 2 people, others suffered serious burn injuries. In March 2017, major German tenant ALDI opened outside of the complex, replacing the old Morley Library.
