Myer in Dandenong being built around 1974.

The new Myer building in Dandenong, being built, around 1974. Looking across Clow Street from in front of the Dandenong Market. Safeway would later be built on the corner of Walker and McCrae Street opposite the Myer building. The Safeway site would later be rebuilt as Capital Centre, the basis of where the present shopping centre came from, after being connected over Walker Street, to join the Myer building.

Woolworth's and Safeway were separate companies until Woolworth's bought Safeway in 1985. They rebranded all of their stores as Safeway in Victoria, apart from 1 of 2 in the Karingal Hub centre. There were plenty of places that had 2 Safeway's for a while such as Springvale, Mt Waverley (Hamilton Pl and Virginia St) & Mentone (the current Woolies and the current Coles).

In the following image from a Lend-Lease Promotional booklet in 1993, you can see the Capital Center and Myer building, with Walker Street still running through to McCrae, before they were joined, creating the Dandenong Plaza. The former Woolworths was closed after Capital Centre opened.

Lend-Lease Promotional booklet in 1993.

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