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Pran Central is a shopping centre with 2 apartment towers built above it, located on the corner of Chapel Street and Commercial Road in the well-known retail precinct of Prahran, a suburb in the city of Melbourne, Australia. The shopping centre has three levels of retail space on the lower ground, ground floor and first floor mezzanine, and approximately 45 specialty stores along with a food court. == History == The building was constructed in 1914-15 and opened under the name Read's Stores and contained Charles Read’s Emporium, the largest department store in Australia at that time. The lower storeys were converted into a retail facility and renamed Prahran Central in 1978, then Pran Central after redevelopment in 1999.〔〔 Lang Walker acquired the property from Maurie Alter in 1999 for $22 million, and carried out a $60 million upgrade to the building. Construction was completed on both the shopping centre and the upper six floors to convert them from office space into "New York" style luxury apartments.〔〔 SJB Architects won the 2004 City of Stonnington Urban Design Award for Best Heritage Design, Alterations and Additions/Restoration for the upgrade to the Pran Central Apartments. In 2006 the shopping centre was purchased by Shaun Bonétt's Precision Group, from Lang Walker for $34.5 million.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pran Central」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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