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Hanover Holdings
Hanover Holdings Limited was a real estate development and investment group based in Melbourne, Australia. It was originally established as a publicly listed finance company by the Allans Music, Allans Music Group but was later taken over by a group of Jewish businessmen — Maurice Alter, Paul Fayman, and George Herscu — who acquired a joint majority share, granting them collective control of the company. Together, they transformed it into the development conglomerate that became known as Hanover Holdings in 1969. Hanover became a prominent name in post-war corporate Australia, capitalising on the country's growing population and the subsequent demand for housing, retail, and office space. Between 1969 and 1977, Hanover and its affiliated companies were responsible for the development of thousands of homes, numerous successful shopping centres and retail precincts, and several large-scale office developments in the Melbourne CBD. The company's head office, Hanover House, was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southbank, Victoria
Southbank is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south of the Melbourne central business district, located within the Cities of City of Melbourne, Melbourne and City of Port Phillip, Port Phillip Local government areas of Victoria, local government areas. Southbank recorded a population of 22,631 at the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census. Its southernmost area is considered part of the central business district of the city. Southbank is bordered to the north by the Yarra River, and to the east by St Kilda Road. Southbank's southern and western borders are bounded by Dorcas Street, Princes Highway, Kings Way, Market Street, Ferrars Street, and a triangle bordered by Gladstone Street, Montague Street and the West Gate Freeway. Southbank was formerly a mostly industrial area, and simply part of the locality of South Melbourne, and the City of South Melbourne. It was transformed into a densely populated district of high rise apartment and office buildings begi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
520 Collins Street
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 digits on their limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple ( 3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not tile the plane with copies of itself. It is the largest face any of the five regular three-dimensional regular Platonic solid can have. A conic is determined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Hill Chase
Forest Hill Chase is a major regional shopping centre located in Forest Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Developed by Holocaust survivor Paul Fayman alongside a team of prominent businessmen, the original centre opened in June 1964 and quickly became a local landmark and cultural hub, rivalling only the Chadstone Shopping Centre. Major redevelopments were carried out in July 1976 and December 1990. Currently, Forest Hill Chase contains around 200 stores and over 3500 free car parking spaces. It has three supermarkets, two discount department stores, a cinema complex and some smaller anchor stores. The JY Group and Haben Property Fund have shared joint 50/50 ownership of Forest Hill Chase since 2022. Forest Hill Chase was a pioneering development in Australia, introducing the concept of an American-style, car-oriented shopping centre, setting the blueprint for future suburban retail hubs. Its early success, including Australia's first Safeway supermarket and innovative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Financial Review
The ''Australian Financial Review'' (''AFR'') is an Australian compact daily newspaper with a focus on business, politics and economic affairs. The newspaper is based in Sydney, New South Wales, and has been published continuously since its founding in 1951. It is currently owned by Nine Entertainment. The ''AFR'' is published in tabloid format six times a week, and provides 24/7 coverage through its website and mobile app. In November 2019, the ''AFR'' reached 2.647 million Australians through both print and digital mediums according to Mumbrella.SMH, AFR and The Age all report audience growth in November Mumbrella 2020 The ''Australian Financial Review'' started as a print-only |
Leviathan (clothing)
Leviathan is an Australian clothing brand established by 1865 at 68 Bourke Street East in Melbourne, Victoria, by Leviathan Clothing Industry, which began its activities as garments manufacturer for transoceanic crews. Its headquarters, the Leviathan Building, on the prominent Melbourne corner of Bourke Street and Swanston Street, was designed and realized in 1912-13 by Bates, Pebbles & Smart, in an eclectic style with Beaux Arts form, but stylized classical elements, and Edwardian Baroque details, including the most prominent feature being over-scaled Mannerist scrolled brackets supporting a large cornice. The company was relocated to Perth, Western Australia, in 1969 by UWM Corporation. They renewed the trademark Leviathan name as one with a focus on marine outdoor garments for sailing, surfing Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centrepoint Mall (Melbourne)
Centrepoint Mall is a shopping centre in the Melbourne central business district, Australia. The development was a joint venture between Jewish businessmen Maurice Alter and Paul Fayman, and was officially opened by Premier of Victoria Rupert Hamer on 9 October 1979. History Background In the early 1970s, Melbourne-based property investment group Hanover Holdings commenced the strategic acquisition of several adjoining sites in the central business district, with the intention of undertaking a major redevelopment. The company first purchased the Eureka Stockade Hotel at 287–297 Bourke Street, along with the adjacent Mason's Building on Sugden Place. Over the following two years, Hanover also acquired the neighbouring Berkowitz and Union Building Society buildings, which fronted Little Collins Street. These properties occupied a prominent site between Bourke and Little Collins streets, diagonally opposite the Myer, Myer Emporium, one of Melbourne's most important retail landma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
