Mark Foys

Mark Foys
Downing Centre, former Mark Foys department store
Sydney Mansions, former Mark Foys warehouse,

Mark Foys was a department store in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, founded by Francis Foy and his brother Mark Foy (1865–1950) and named after their father Mark Foy (Senior).

The store started trading from its Liverpool Street premises in 1909. The store had Australia's first escalator. In 1964 Mark Foys opened a store in Eastwood (NSW) followed in 1966 at Burwood (NSW).

In 1980, when it ceased trading after going into receivership, the City Piazza building briefly became "Grace Bros Piazza" until 1982. The natural shift of the retailing hub further north of the CBD, around Pitt Street Mall, led to its closure. The building is now used as a complex of courthouses known as the Downing Centre. However, its former role is preserved in the ornate tilework on the facade and surroundings.

The Mark Foys warehouse is a heritage brownstone building located in nearby Goulburn Street, which has been converted into residential apartments known as Sydney Mansions.

Mark Foy also founded the Hydro Majestic Hotel at Medlow Bath near Katoomba and Australia's Oldest Open Boat Sailing Club the Sydney Flying Squadron, founded in 1891

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