World’s Largest LEGO Store opens in Sydney
The LEGO Group, in partnership with Alquemie Group, have unveiled the world’s largest LEGO® store at Sydney Arcade, overlooking Pitt Street Mall in the heart of Sydney. The impressive 900m2...
Scentre Group BrandSpace launches 3D enabled network at Westfield destinations
Scentre Group BrandSpace has announced the release of its 3D enabled large format network. The network consists of 46 SuperScreens, located in 18 Westfield destinations throughout Australia and 10 SuperScreens...
Westfield Knox announces opening date for new fashion and lifestyle precinct
Westfield Knox will open its newest fashion and lifestyle precinct with an impressive list of international and Australian brands on 23 November, with local customers set to shop the latest...
Coles expands Quiet Hour in supermarkets nationwide
Coles has expanded its low-sensory shopping experience – Quiet Hour – to five days a week, at a time that better suits many customers and working parents. Coles supermarkets nationwide...
Stockland celebrates the unsung heroes who make Christmas even more special
Stockland is celebrating those who go the extra mile to make the holidays magical year after year with its annual Christmas campaign – Here for the Christmas Makers. This year,...
QIC unveils its first ever large format external digital billboard
Local businesses and national companies will have the opportunity to reach a broader audience and a wider demographic, with QIC unveiling its first ever large format external digital billboard, at...
QVB unveils its Christmas programming and largest indoor Christmas tree
The QVB in Sydney’s CBD will deliver the magic of Christmas with a unique and exciting new schedule of music programming and once again unveils its Australian native Wollemi Pine-inspired...
A 100% interest in MetCentre has exchanged hands for the first time in 40 years
In a landmark deal for both the retail and office sectors, MetCentre and 60 Margaret Street have been divested to investment manager, AsheMorgan for $796 million. JLL’s Retail Investments Australia,...
Scentre Group’s strategy continues to drive strong operating performance
Scentre Group, owner and operator of 42 Westfield destinations across Australia and New Zealand, has announced its third quarter operational update for the period ended 30 September 2023. Scentre Group...
Mixed-use site with Woolworths-anchored shopping centre for sale
Colliers and Stonebridge are exclusively bringing the high-performing Pakington Strand Shopping Centre in Geelong West to market. Anchored by a full-line Woolworths supermarket and supported by 13 specialty shops, three...
QIC rings in the festive season with its Merry Everything Christmas campaign
With the holiday season nearing, QIC is inviting all Australians to embrace their inner child with the launch of its Merry Everything Christmas campaign across 18 centres along the East...
Charter Hall launches ‘Goodness with Less’ campaign
Charter Hall continues its commitment to fostering a greater sense of belonging across its communities by proudly partnering with the social enterprise Two Good Co for the ‘Goodness with Less’...
Construction commences at $900m Waterloo Collective
Construction has officially commenced at Waterloo Collective, a $900 million joint venture between Mirvac and John Holland, which will deliver a mixed-use precinct combining residential apartments, social housing, student accommodation,...
Perth’s Midland Gate Shopping Centre sold for $465 million
Midland Gate, the dominant regional shopping centre in Perth’s fast-growing north-eastern metropolitan corridor, has been acquired for $465 million by Melbourne-based fund manager Fawkner Property together with PAG. The deal,...
Bay Central Woolooware re-sets Grand Opening date
Novm, the developer of the Bay Central Woolooware in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire, has re-set the shopping centre’s opening date to Wednesday February 7, after its builder confirmed the construction program...
New campaign to combat abuse and violence against retail workers
The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA), the National Retail Association (NRA), and the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) have partnered in a new campaign for Christmas 2023...
Vicinity commits to Chatswood Chase luxury redevelopment with $307m acquisition
Vicinity Centres has exchanged unconditional contracts to acquire GIC’s 49% interest of Chatswood Chase Sydney for $307 million, with the transaction expected to settle on 15 March 2024. Chatswood Chase...
JY Group boosts Australian shopping centre portfolio to over $2bn with major acquisition
The Hong Kong based JY Group has expanded its Australian shopping centre portfolio with the $123 million acquisition of Melbourne’s Roxburgh Village. The purchase lifts the value of JY Group’s...
Darren Steinberg to step down as Dexus CEO
Dexus announces that Chief Executive Officer, Darren Steinberg, has advised of his intention to step down in 2024 after more than 11 years in the role. Steinberg has more than...
Golden Age strikes landmark deal with BTR platform Local Residential to acquire Box Hill twin towers
Leading developer Golden Age’s SKY SQR project in Box Hill will be home to the suburb’s first Build-to-Rent (BTR) offering, following a landmark deal with Melbourne-born BTR business, Local Residential....
2023 SCCA Marketing Awards Winners announced | QIC wins Campaign of The Year for the second consecutive year
Last night, at an exclusive Gala Dinner at Sydney’s Ivy Ballroom, the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) announced the winners of its 2023 SCCA Marketing Awards and there seemed...
Westfield Knox unveils brand new food court
Westfield Knox has opened a reimagined and relocated food court on level one as part of its $355 million redevelopment. With sought-after food operators slated to open in stages from...
Accent Group to open four HOKA stores in 2023
Accent Group today announced the opening of four HOKA stores across three states in 2023, including the brand’s first Australian standalone concept store at Westfield Bondi Junction on Thursday 2nd...
ISPT sells major Brisbane CBD retail asset for $145m
Australian property fund manager, ISPT, has sold 170 Queen Street Mall, Brisbane to a local private investor. The sale follows last week’s announcement to divest Eastgate Bondi Junction and two...
Croydon Central to host ‘Market Day’ event
Croydon Central Shopping Centre is paying homage to a piece of its market history, hosting a fun-filled Market Day for all on Sunday 29 October. Once a bustling food market...
oOh! launches premium Sydney Out of Home network and reooh announces its first Australian retail media partner
oOh!media will launch more than 800 digital faces across its brand-new premium Sydney network, and for the first time in Sydney’s CBD – large format, full motion 3D Anamorphic screens. ...
Sephora announces opening date for Castle Towers store
Sephora is excited to announce the opening of its 29th store located in QIC’s Castle Towers, Sydney. Set to open its doors on Thursday November 2, 2023, the 401m2 store...
Santa Photography bookings officially open at Westfield
The festive season is just around the corner, with Scentre Group announcing that Santa Photography bookings at Westfield officially open today. Santa will be touching down at Westfield centres across Australia...
Introducing the Shoppable Magic Mirror: The future of retail is here
The Party People, an Australian leading costume and party supply store, in collaboration with tech partners, stockinstore, Starshipit, ShopExp, and Uber, are taking a bold step with the introduction of...
Lendlease fund named Australia’s most sustainable in retail
Lendlease’s Australian Prime Property Fund Retail (APPF Retail) has been ranked Australia’s most sustainable unlisted retail fund in the 2023 GRESB Real Estate Assessment as well as Global Sector Leader...
Stockland launches sensory maps at five more retail centres
Stockland is improving accessibility across a further five town centres with the launch of the second stage of its sensory map roll-out at Townsville, Rockhampton, Hervey Bay, Burleigh Heads in...
Region Group to divest three Woolworths-anchored retail properties
Region Group is looking to divest three Woolworths-anchored, convenience and essential service-based retail properties across Australia’s East Coast. The three assets, located in Victoria and New South Wales, consist of...
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