It was designed to cater for office workers in Sydney’s new Barangaroo precinct — but not a single customer has passed through its doors for more than a year.
The David Jones store at Barangaroo on the north-western edge of the central business district has been frozen in time since closing in March 2020.
has stripped the area of workers and tourists and apart from signs saying the move is only temporary there is no word on when — or if — the store will ever reopen.
Mannequins stand sentinel behind glass windows and shopfront displays are still filled with unsold cosmetics, handbags and women’s shoes.
The David Jones store at Barangaroo on the north-western fringe of Sydney’s CBD was ‘temporarily’ closed in March last year due to Covid-19 and has not reopened its doors
Barangaroo was the site of the first David Jones boutique store and opened in November 2016 (picutred) ahead of most of the surrounding office tenants moving in
Covid-19 has stripped the area of workers and tourists and apart from signs the move is only temporary there is no word on when or if the store will ever reopen. Inside the store is pictured
Barangaroo was the site of Australia’s first David Jones boutique store and best face slimming massager opened in November 2016 ahead of most of the surrounding office tenants moving in.
It was focused on men’s and women’s fashion, beauty products and services, with a product line tailored to inner-city customers who lived nearby or wanted to shop during or after work.
A reduced range was offered in a space of about 1,400 square metres, one tenth of the size of a normal big city David Jones department store.
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