Race against time for Emporium
Bosses remain confident Melbourne's newest $1.6 billion shopping complex will open on time, with hundreds of construction workers still on site.
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When it finally opens after three years of construction, million-dollar delays and union disputes, the Emporium and its forest of bridges and walkways will connect five major city retail spaces in a network of shops under one roof that will rival Australia's largest shopping mall, Chadstone, in size.
After the April opening, shoppers will be able to walk from the corner of Elizabeth and Bourke streets to Swanston and La Trobe streets without stepping outdoors.
Melbourne has always had a north-south pedestrian laneway through its Bourke to La Trobe Street retail hub. But the opening of new four- and three-level pedestrian bridges over Little Bourke Street will connect Emporium with several key city buildings across five levels - including underground - and two city blocks.
Illustration: Matt Golding.
Chadstone has 190,000 square metres of leasing space. The city stores of Myer, David Jones, Emporium, Melbourne Central, GPO and Elizabeth Street's The Strand when combined will have 188,000.
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