Pacific Fair Shopping Centre
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Pacific Fair is a major shopping centre located in Broadbeach
Broadbeach, Queensland
Broadbeach is a suburb on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Broadbeach had a population of 3,791.Development in the area today mostly incorporates low rise structures, consisting of single bedroom houses and apartment blocks...

 on the Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...

, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, and was Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

's largest regional shopping centre until 2006.

Its major stores include a 4 level Myer
Myer
Myer is Australia's largest department store chain, retailing a broad range of merchandise including women's, men's and children's clothing, footwear and accessories; cosmetics and fragrance; homewares; electrical; furniture and bedding; toys; books and stationery; food and confectionery; and...

, Kmart
Kmart Australia
Kmart Australia Limited is a discount department store chain owned by Wesfarmers. It operates 172 stores in Australia and 15 in New Zealand, with its head office located in Mulgrave, Victoria. Wesfarmers uses the Kmart name under licence from Sears Holdings Corporation.-History:Kmart Australia...

, Target
Target (Australia)
Target Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian department store chain owned by Wesfarmers . It operates 172 Target stores and 119 Target Country stores making 291 combined stores with its head office located in North Geelong, Victoria. It sells clothing, cosmetics, toys, homewares, electrical and...

, Coles
Coles Supermarkets
Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741 stores nationally Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741 stores nationally Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741...

 and Toys "Я" Us. Daimaru
Daimaru
is a Japanese department stores chain, principally located in the Kansai region of Japan. The chain is operated by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, a subsidiary of J. Front Retailing...

 operated in the centre before its Australian withdrawal, albeit briefly. It also has a 12 screen Birch Carroll and Coyle
Greater Union
Greater Union, Birch Carroll and Coyle, Event Cinemas, Skycity Cinemas and Damodar Village Cinemas together form a chain of cinema multiplexes across Australia, New Zealand and Fiji...

 Cinema, a home and leisure centre and also a crystal photography studio, regarded as one of the only crystal photography studios in the southern hemisphere.

Pacific Fair is a major public transport interchange
Pacific Fair Bus Station, Queensland
The Pacific Fair Bus Station, at Broadbeach, is serviced by TransLink bus routes. It is part of the Pacific Fair Shopping Centre and is close to Conrad Jupiters and the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre....

 on the Gold Coast, serviced by Surfside Buslines. Nearby to Pacific Fair is Dracula's Cabaret Restaurant, Jupiters Hotel and Casino and Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre located on the Gold Coast Highway in Broadbeach, Gold Coast was opened on 29 June 2004 at a cost of $167 million and is linked by a covered walkway to Conrad Jupiters...


Pacific Fair fronts Little Tallebudgera Creek and is the southern end of the Surfers Riverwalk.

Within the aforementioned development will be a brand new David Jones store that will span two levels and sit over 14,500 sq.m. It will be located where the existing Target and Toys'R'Us are located and span further west into the development. Target and Toys'R'Us will relocate elsewhere within the centre. This store will compete with the existing Robina Town Centre
Robina Town Centre
Robina Town Centre is a large shopping centre covering in the suburb of Robina, Queensland with over 350 retail outlets covering over . - History :...

 store located nearby that was recently redeveloped. Development will surround the new store with restaurants to its north and fashion to its south, parking to its west and the existing centre to its east.

This shopping centre was featured on the third season of The Mole
The Mole (Australia season 3)
The third season of the Australian version of The Mole took place mostly in Gold Coast, Queensland and was hosted by Grant Bowler.-Show Details:...

. The assignment in that show involved contestants Pete Moore and Bob Young having to find two treasures in the shopping centre, and the other contestants required to tail them without being caught.

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