Westfield Group - Wikipedia Westfield Group This article is about the shopping centre group that operated from 1960 to 2014. For the current operators in Australia and New Zealand, see Scentre Group. For the group which operated in Europe and the US from 2014 to 2018, see Westfield Corporation. For the current operators in Europe and the US, see Unibail - Rodamco - Westfield. A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia 's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page. ( July 2015 ) Westfield Group Former type Public Traded as ASX : WDC Industry Real estate investment trusts Genre Shopping malls Successors Scentre Group Westfield Corporation Founded 1960 ; 58 years ago ( 1960 ) Founder John Saunders Frank Lowy Defunct 2014 ; 4 years ago ( 2014 ) Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States Number of locations United States United Kingdom Italy Croatia Key people Peter S. Lowy ( co-CEO ) Steven M. Lowy ( co-CEO ) Revenue US $ 833 million ( 2014 ) Operating income US $ 391 million ( 2014 ) Net income US $ 461 million ( 2014 ) Total assets US $ 28.5 billion ( 2014 ) Number of employees 2,000 + ( 2014 ) Website westfieldcorp.com Westfield Group was an Australian shopping centre company that existed from 1960 to 2014, when it split into two independent companies : Scentre Group, which now owns and operates the Australian and New Zealand Westfield shopping centre portfolio ; and Westfield Corporation, which continued to own and operate the American and European center portfolio. Westfield Group undertook ownership, development, design, construction, funds / asset management, property management, leasing, and marketing activities. The multinational company was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and had interests in and operated one of the world 's largest shopping centre portfolios with investment interests in 103 shopping centres across Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Italy, Croatia and Brazil, encompassing around 23,000 retail outlets and total assets under management in excess of A $63 billion. Contents 1 History 2 Operations 2.1 Australia 2.2 United States 2.3 New Zealand 2.4 United Kingdom 3 Relationship with tenants 3.1 Relationship with competition 4 See also 5 References 6 External links History The Westfield Group had origins in the western suburbs of Sydney. The first development was named `` Westfield Place '', and opened in July 1959 in Blacktown. The name Westfield is derived from `` west '' related to the West Sydney location, and `` field '' due to having located on subdivided farmland. The centre was opened by John Saunders and Frank Lowy. The company was floated on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1960 and built another five centres in New South Wales before expanding into Victoria and Queensland in 1966 - 67. For the first half of 1971, Westfield reported earnings of $886,382. The expansion into the United States began with the purchase of the Trumbull Shopping Park in Connecticut in 1977, and was followed by three centres in California, Michigan and Connecticut in 1980 and three centres in California, New Jersey and Long Island, New York in 1986. In 1994 Westfield joined with General Growth and Whitehall Real Estate to purchase 19 centres for US $1 billion. Westfield seems to form clusters of centres on particular cities or within a small number of states. They built considerable holdings on the East Coast and in California before expanding into the Midwest. By 2005, the company owned centres in 15 US states. In the 1990s, Westfield began a major expansion to New Zealand, where they mostly bought existing shopping centres of the Fletchers company, progressively rebranding them. Only in 2007, with Westfield Albany, has the company opened a fully new centre in the country. In April 2012 it was announced that the Westfield Group would sell seven ' non-core ' property assets to Starwood Capital Group for A $1 billion and one other property to an undisclosed buyer for A $147 million. The funds would be used to repay debt and invest in businesses offering higher return. The sales were expected to be completed by mid -- 2012. Operations Main article : List of Westfield Group shopping centres Despite the Westfield Group 's asset dimensions, the Westfield Group was strongly controlled by the Lowy Family Group, including non-executive chairman, Frank Lowy, one of its founders. Lowy 's two younger sons, Steven and Peter, were joint managing directors. Australia Main article : List of Westfield Group shopping centres in Australia Having been established in Australia, with their original premises being at Blacktown, the Westfield Group continued to operate a large number of shopping centres in Australia. A feature of `` ticketless parking '' at Westfield Miranda, Hurstville, Bondi Junction and Doncaster was that SMS alerts were provided for when the shopper 's 3 free hours of parking were about to expire and when the shopper left the centres. This feature was removed in 2016 due to concerns that the system could be used `` to track the movements of others '' by giving the wrong car numberplate on registration of the phone number. United States Westfield entered the United States market in 1977. In September 2003 the company received $17.3 million as a party in the insurance claim following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. On 18 February 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported that Westfield had agreed to acquire 15 stores from Federated Department Stores, all but three in southern California. As of 2018, Westfield owned 33 malls in the United States. New Zealand Westfield entered the New Zealand market in 1997 and acquired an interest in the St. Lukes Group portfolio in 1998. Westfield Malls were by far the most numerous chain in New Zealand, with 6 of its 11 centres in Auckland including their largest development located in Albany. Westfield had NZ $2.8 billion in assets under management in New Zealand In mid-2012 Westfield sold its 50 % share of Westfield Shore City in Takapuna on Auckland 's North Shore, now known as Shore City Shopping Centre. The group reportedly also had three of its smaller malls ; Pakuranga, Glenfield, and Chartwell in Hamilton up for sale. United Kingdom As of 2014, before Westfield Corporation was created, Westfield had an interest in two shopping centres in England and Northern Ireland. By far its most significant asset was Westfield 's 50 % partnership in the £ 1.6 b Westfield London development in Shepherd 's Bush, west London. The development included the construction of a new railway station for the London Overground and Southern services, and a new entrance for the London Underground station. Westfield owned the Westfield Stratford City and also controlled the Stratford City redevelopment project next to 2012 Olympic park in Stratford in east London, having acquired the 75 % of the project that it did not already own. Westfield was the developer behind the troubled Broadway shopping development in Bradford after acquiring Stannifer in 2004. On 9 October 2007 Westfield opened the £ 340m extension and refurbishment of Derby 's Eagle Centre, which saw the shopping centre rebranded `` Westfield Derby ''. The centre was subsequently sold to Intu in 2014. Westfield were reviewing plans with the Whitgift Foundation to rebuild the Whitgift Centre in Croydon in south London. Relationship with tenants The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission investigated several disputes between the Westfield Group and its tenants. In 2004 the Commission found Westfield was abusing its market and commercial power in settling disputes with tenants, and forced Westfield to formally undertake to not engage in `` Unconscionable conduct and intimidation '' of tenants. Also in Australia, Westfield fee structures and policies were criticised by retailers who operated in centres that had been taken over by the company. Retailers suggested that when centres were acquired there should be more cooperation between the new operators and existing tenants in bringing shops up to the corporate standards of the Westfield Group, and increases in rent ( required to operate a shopping centre with high standards of fittings and services ) should be staged with the required improvements in fittings. Relationship with Competition Main article : Orange Grove affair In Liverpool, Australia in 2002, a competing shopping centre was lodged to Liverpool Council and subsequently built. The centre would be about 3 kilometres from Westfield Liverpool. See also Australian real estate investment trust Vicinity Centres Lend Lease Corporation List of shopping centres in Australia Shopping property management firms Stockland References Jump up ^ http://3e2rn51w31w0f6cvh1jkh9u48z.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WFD-Annual-Fin-Report-2014.pdf Jump up ^ http://www.westfieldcorp.com/news_announcements/westfield-group-welcomes-westfield-retail-trust-approval-of-restructure-to-form-scentre-group/ Jump up ^ `` The Westfield Group 's shopping centre portfolio is one of the largest in the world '' ( Press release ). Westfield Group. Retrieved 2 February 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` History '', Westfield Corp ^ Jump up to : Sammartino, André ; Van Ruth, Frances ( 2007 ). `` The Westfield Group ''. In Dick, H. ; Merrett, D. The Internationalisation Strategies of Small - Country Firms : The Australian Experience of Globalisation. Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar. pp. 308 -- 318. Jump up ^ `` Westfield, at new peak, lifts its payout ''. The Canberra Times. 45, ( 12,882 ). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 August 1971. p. 11. Retrieved 29 March 2017 -- via National Library of Australia. Jump up ^ Gibson, Anne ( 23 August 2007 ). `` Countdown under way for Albany supermall rollout ''. New Zealand Herald. Jump up ^ Saminather, Nichola ( 18 April 2012 ). `` Westfield Sells 7 U.S. Malls to Starwood for $1 Billion ''. Bloomberg. Retrieved 18 May 2012. Jump up ^ Cummins, Carolyn ( 24 September 2004 ). `` Frank Lowy gives himself a $1.3 m pay rise ''. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2006. Jump up ^ Trembath, Murray ( 3 February 2016 ). `` Why your SMS alerts at Westfield Miranda and Hurstville stopped ''. St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 28 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Westfield wants out of World Trade Centre site ''. The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 September 2003. Jump up ^ Roger Vincent ( 18 February 2006 ). `` Deal to Open Up Shopping Malls ''. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Jump up ^ `` Properties ''. Westfield Corp. Retrieved 8 April 2018. ^ Jump up to : Gibson, Anne ( 29 June 2012 ). `` Westfield sells Auckland 's Shore City mall ''. The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 11 August 2013. Jump up ^ `` Property Portfolio - London ''. Westfield Group. March 2018. Jump up ^ `` A New Icon in UK Retail : `` Westfield London '' '' ( PDF ) ( Press release ). Westfield Group. 18 September 2006. Retrieved 2006 - 11 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Westfield to control 100 % of Stratford City, Major East London Regeneration Project '' ( Press release ). Westfield Group. 2006 - 06 - 13. Retrieved 2006 - 12 - 04. Jump up ^ Kilner, Will ( 29 September 2006 ). `` Broadway construction `` will start in New Year '' ``. Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 4 December 2006. Jump up ^ Walsh, David ( 30 November 2006 ). `` The Eagle is Grounded ''. Derby Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 2006 - 11 - 30. Jump up ^ Johnson, Robin ( 20 March 2014 ). `` Westfield Derby shopping centre sold to Intu for £ 390m ''. Derby Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 2014 - 07 - 04. Jump up ^ Dangerfield, Andy ( 5 July 2012 ). `` Westfield unveils plans for Croydon shopping centre ''. BBC News. Jump up ^ Hughes, Anthony ( 18 June 2004 ). `` Westfield promises not to bully ''. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 December 2006. Jump up ^ `` Westfield fees ' force business closure ' ''. ABC News. Australia. 30 September 2006. Retrieved 28 November 2006. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Westfield Group. 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Question: where was the first westfield shopping centre built
Answer: Blacktown