The Glen shopping centre redevelopment: David Jones to feature

The next stage of the massive revamp of The Glen shopping centre has been revealed, with a new-look upscale department store the anchor of the lifestyle and fashion precinct. It will open next month with 50 more shops and another 10 restaurants.

A render of The Glen's new residential and dining precinct.

A new-look David Jones will anchor the unveiling of the latest upgrades to The Glen next month.

The upscale department store will headline a new lifestyle and fashion precinct with 50 specialty shops to open in August.

The 8000sq m David Jones will cover two levels, featuring a cafe with Sensory Lab Speciality Coffee making coffee unique to the retailer.

Discerning shoppers will also have access to a personal shopping suite and the services of a personal stylist.

A two-level 5000sq m outdoor dining precinct will feature more than 10 new restaurants.

Centre owner Vicinity confirmed it would reveal its list of new stores soon.

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Work has also begun on the $450 million three-tower development, known as the Sky Garden, which will crown The Glen shopping centre.

In a unique transaction, Vicinity, which owns The Glen, sold the air rights above the shopping centre to Golden Age Group, who are building Sky Garden, for $60 million in 2017.

More than 550 apartments will be built across three towers above The Glen.

Vicinity chief executive and managing director Grant Kelley said the ambitious mixed-use development with Golden Age had a combined value of close to $1 billion.

He said The Glen was ideal for such a project as the company’s strategy “takes advantage of our shopping centres’ great locations around Australia as more and more people seek to live in areas which satisfy a range of diverse lifestyle needs”.

Designed by Rothelowman, DKO Architecture and ASPECT Studios, Sky Garden will feature a 4000sq m ‘garden in the sky’ that will act as a community meeting place for residents, with about 1550 people expected to be housed once complete.

A render of the new-look David Jones set to open at The Glen next month.

Golden Age Group founder and managing director Jeff Xu said starting construction marked a new era in residential living for the suburb and demonstrated the strength of Melbourne’s apartment market.

“The success of Sky Garden demonstrates buyers’ continued confidence in the market, where quality projects with a focus on first-class resident and community amenities continue to attract interest from a diverse range of purchasers,’’ he said.

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“Sky Garden’s 4000sq m rooftop garden is comparable in size to an inner-city botanic garden.

“The gardens are multifunctional, created with purpose and tailored to all different lifestyles and needs.

“Sky Garden’s unbelievable proximity to a premier retail and lifestyle destination is unlike anything else currently on the market, offering all the convenience of inner-suburb living with a community feel.”

Up to 500 jobs will be created during the construction led by Probuild, with 400 construction workers expected on site at its peak.

The three towers will be built and completed simultaneously with settlements expected to occur from early 2021.

Sky Garden will include more than 7200 panels across its 22,000sq m glass facade and use four electric tower cranes and seven material hoists during construction.