Merry Hill Shopping Centre had agreed to become tenants of a new department store in the final phase of the shopping complex. It opened on 23 October 1990, replacing the recently closed stores in nearby towns West Bromwich and Dudley; the retailer had hoped that its Merry Hill store could co-exist with the West Bromwich and Dudley stores, but the onset of the recession and a general downturn in trade in these towns led to the closure of both stores on 25 August 1990. On 24 December 1990, the shopping centre was sold to Mountleigh. Development of the steelworks site did not commence until
Westfield Miranda Westfield Miranda Westfield Miranda (also known as Miranda Fair) is a large shopping centre in the suburb of Miranda in Southern Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located near Miranda railway station. It is managed by the Scentre Group which owns 50 percent of the centre with the other 50 percent by Dexus. Miranda Fair was originally opened in 1964 as a Myer shopping centre. Designed byTomkins, Shaw & Evans Architects, it was built on the former site of Fowler's brick pit. It was the first regional shopping centre in Sydney to have two department