Westfield Marion

Westfield Marion
Adelaide, South Australia
Westfield Marion; Adelaide, South Australia
Postcode(s)	5047
LGA(s)	City of Marion
State electorate(s)	Gibson
Federal division(s)	Boothby
	Suburbs around Westfield Marion:

Westfield Marion
	Westfield Marion interior
Location	Oaklands Park, South Australia
Opening date	1968; 56 years ago
Management	John O'Loughlin
Owner	Scentre Group (50%), Paragon REIT (50%)
No. of stores and services	342
No. of anchor tenants	11
Total retail floor area	136,778 m2 (1,472,266 sq ft)
No. of floors	4 (Main Complex), 8 (Office Tower)
Parking	5,549
Website	westfield.com.au/marion

Westfield Marion (colloquially known as simply "Marion") is the largest shopping centre in Adelaide, South Australia, located in Oaklands Park, serving greater Southern Adelaide. Westfield Marion is the eleventh largest shopping centre in Australia, with approximately 342 stores alongside anchor tenants including David Jones, Myer, Harris Scarfe, Target, Kmart, Big W, Woolworths, Coles, Event Cinemas, Aldi and Rebel Sport. The centre's Event Cinema complex is the Southern Hemisphere's largest cinema complex,^{[citation needed]} featuring 26 screens. The centre houses all of Westfield's management in Adelaide, located in an 8-storey office block to the east of the centre, as well as services including; legal, child care, health and dental clinic. It also houses the head office for Fellas Gifts. The office tower is located at the original mall where the food court is facing Diagonal Road. The South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre is also a part of Westfield Marion; located on the northern side of the site after its opening in April 2011.

History

Westfield Marion was built in 1968 on a large expanse of land bordered by Sturt, Diagonal and Morphett Roads, and has seen extensions in 1982, 1989, 1997 and 2016. The 1997 extension saw the centre expand to a floorspace of roughly 119,000 m².

Westfield Marion achieved major Australian firsts upon redevelopment in 1997 as the first shopping centre to have all three department stores present in South Australia at the time, (David Jones, Harris Scarfe and Myer) as well as all three discount department stores (Big W, Kmart and Target).

Incidents and accidents

In June 2024, a group of teens started fighting; expandable batons were reportedly used. It has been reported that the fighting was over stealing a hoodie from a different teen. Marion shopping centre was put into lockdown amid fears of a recent incident that took place in another Westfield shopping centre a few months earlier - the Westfield Bondi incident. ^[2]