In the 1950s, Gandel took control of his parents' women's clothing business (then named Sussan) in the 1950s and with his brother-in-law Marc Besen grew it into a chain of over 200 stores [REF].
In July 1983, the Myer Emporium sold the Chadstone Shopping Centre to the Gandel Group for 37 million, which has since managed and developed the complex into Australia's biggest shopping mall which is now valued at over $3 billion.