Pran Central

Pran Central
Pran Central, as viewed from Chapel Street
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Former namesRead's Stores
General information
StatusCompleted
Type
  • Retail shopping centre;
  • Residential accommodation
Architectural styleEdwardian baroque
Address325 Chapel Street, Prahran, Victoria
CountryAustralia
Coordinates37°50′51″S 144°59′37″E / 37.84750°S 144.99361°E / -37.84750; 144.99361
Current tenantsAnchor tenants:
Opened1915
Renovated1978; 1999
Renovation costA$60 million
OwnerPrecision Group
Technical details
Floor count7
Floor area5,350 square metres (57,600 sq ft)
Design and construction
DeveloperCharles Moore & Company
DesignationsNational Trust of Australia (Victoria): Chapel Street Precinct
Renovating team
Architect(s)SJB Architects

Pran Central is a heritage-listed seven storey Edwardian baroque architectural style former department store, built in 1915 as Read’s Store, comprising a shopping centre with apartments above. The building is located on the corner of Chapel Street and Commercial Road in the well-known retail precinct of Prahran, a suburb in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The shopping centre occupies the lower ground, ground floor and first floor mezzanine, with approximately 30 specialty stores along with a food court.[1][2]

  1. ^ Gurvich, Victoria (22 April 2001). "Livin' La Vida Chapel". The Age. p. 1.
  2. ^ Lindsay, Nicole (9 November 2006). "Prahran's Pran Goes to Sydney Developer". Herald Sun. p. 83.