Stockland Townsville powers ahead with $600,000 mall project
Stockland has announced that it will undertake a $600,000 project at its Townsville centre in North Queensland. Construction will commence in early September 2020 and will involve reconfiguring a mid-mall...
Thomas Jenkins, Colliers International
The Shopping Centre industry is driven by people. It’s the skills and expertise of the people that manage, develop and evolve shopping centres for their communities that creates this great...
Spring Freshtival at The Square Mirrabooka
The Spring Freshtival has launched at The Square Mirrabooka to celebrate the arrival of Spring this September with delicious events, giveaways and fun for the whole family. A stunning natural art...
Westfield Carindale welcomes Kmart
Last week, Scentre Group welcomed a brand-new Kmart store to Westfield Carindale, in a highly anticipated store opening. Celebrations began with a ‘Welcome to Country’ performed by Ashley Ruska of...
Adrian Lee, Priceline
Retailers play a vital role in creating great shopping centres, and at Shopping Centre News we think it’s important to showcase and profile retailers to our audiences – especially during this time. This...
Stockland supports grant to tucka-time indigenous health program
Stockland, together with the Stockland Gladstone team are proud to support the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal’s (FRRR) Tackling Tough Times Together grants program, which helps drought-affected communities access...
UNIQLO to open at Westfield’s Bondi Junction and Liverpool
Japanese global apparel retailer, UNIQLO, will celebrate the opening of its new store at Westfield Bondi Junction on Thursday 17 September this week and will open its 25th Australian store at Westfield...
Crossroads Homemaker Centre shares the love
There’s no doubt that this year has been tough for a lot of people in the community, with COVID-19 causing a lot of uncertainty and anxiety for families and their...
JLL’s latest Retail Centre Managers’ Insights report
JLL’s latest Retail Centre Managers’ Insights report shows strong supermarket sales supported surrounding retailers in neighbourhood centres, while apparel, travel centres and F&B contributed to store closures in sub-regional centres...
McConaghy Properties announces $34 million redevelopment of Castletown
Retail property group McConaghy Properties has announced a $34 million redevelopment of its flagship Townsville shopping centre, Castletown, which will see the arrival of a new Coles supermarket, new specialty...
Adam Martin, Lancini Property Group
The Shopping Centre industry is driven by people. It’s the skills and expertise of the people that manage, develop and evolve shopping centres for their communities that creates this great...
Woolworths unveils first stage of major $30m renewal of Western Sydney retail centre
Residents in Emerton in the City of Blacktown are set to experience a new frontier in retail shopping with the official opening of the first stage of the revitalised Emerton...
New Coles supermarket opens at Ed.Square
Coles has created 120 new jobs for the Edmondson Park community as it opens the doors to its brand-new supermarket today – the first store to open at Frasers Property...
Mirvac announces executive leadership changes with Susan MacDonald to depart
Mirvac Group has announced changes to its Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and adjustments to its organisational structure to enhance and maximise operating efficiencies, with Chief Financial Officer, Shane Gannon and Head...
Macquarie Centre’s ‘Love your Community’ campaign
Love Your Community is the latest initiative from Macquarie Centre, a content series celebrating the centre’s whole community. The series aims to bring to life the personalities behind the centre’s...
Vicinity Centres gets creative with a fun and novel message to encourage health and hygiene
As Sydney’s CBD continues to navigate the impacts of COVID-19, three of its most iconic shopping destinations, managed by Vicinity Centres – the QVB, Strand Arcade and The Galeries – are...
Caddens Corner to boost amenities and jobs for Western Sydney
When Caddens Corner opens its doors mid-November, the community will benefit from an exciting new retail and cultural precinct, as well as more than 400 new jobs for Western Sydney....
Eastland’s community outreach
While Victoria continues to struggle with life in lockdown, QICGRE’s Eastland Shopping Centre have been engaging their community in a significant way since the start of the pandemic and they look...
Port Adelaide Plaza Stage 2 plans November opening
Precision Group’s, Port Adelaide Plaza’s Stage 2 is on track to open in November 2020 following its Stage 1 launch in March this year. Expanding to more than 29,000m2 to accommodate...
July retail figures +3.2% but an uncertain future awaits
Australian retail turnover rose 3.2% in July 2020, seasonally adjusted, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Retail Trade figures. This updates the preliminary result of a 3.3% published...
Robina Town Centre rolls up its sleeves for Scrub Up September campaign
The first week of September doesn’t just mark the arrival of Spring and the start of a new month on the Gold Coast, it also signals the return of one...
Yamanto Central hits another major milestone in its construction journey
While COVID-19 is impacting retail and retail projects across Australia, Queensland is kicking goals. Construction of Yamanto Central, a new shopping centre located west of Brisbane in the outskirts of Ipswich, is...
Blockchain-based platform for bank guarantees set for commercial launch
ANZ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac, IBM and Scentre Group have announced the expansion of a successful blockchain platform, Lygon, that reduces the time to issue a bank guarantee from up to...
Programmatic retail out-of-home delivers agility for advertisers
Advertisers and brands today require greater agility and speed to market to adapt to the ever-changing conditions of 2020. This is leading to an increase in demand from media buyers...
KENZO opens its first Sydney store
French fashion brand KENZO has arrived in Sydney, opening the doors of its first New South Wales store in the iconic Queen Victoria Building (QVB) managed by Vicinity Centres. Their...
Cairns Central redevelopment powering ahead
In July 2019, Lendlease announced the commencement of the $60 million redevelopment of Cairns Central. Today, Thursday 1 September, Queensland Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning Cameron Dick, got to...
Gaby Anger, QICGRE
The Shopping Centre industry is driven by people. It’s the skills and expertise of the people that manage, develop and evolve shopping centres for their communities that creates this great...
Russell Zimmerman partners with LeaseInfo as distributor
This month, Russell Zimmerman, former Executive Director of the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) will be joining Australia’s premier provider of retail-leasing services – LeaseInfo, as a national and international distributor...
Mosaic Brands re-opens Westfield-based stores
Mosaic Brands (ASX:MOZ) has announced that following successful negotiations with Scentre Group (ASX:SCG), all non-Victorian stores in Westfield shopping centres have now reopened. Mosaic Brands Ltd in recent times has grown...
QVB partners with local artist to create ‘The 2020 Tree’
Following a challenging and extraordinary year so far, Sydney’s iconic Queen Victoria Building (QVB) has collaborated with celebrated local artist, Gerwyn Davies, on a new large-scale art installation in the...
Stockland’s results reflect the benefits of a diversified portfolio
This week, Stockland (ASX:SGP) released its results for the 12 months to 30 June 2020 (FY20), reflecting the benefits of a diversified portfolio. The group’s strategy of building and investing...
Customers pick-up parcels at Chadstone’s new click and collect service
Stage 4 lockdowns in Victoria has been challenging for both retail and customers. Chadstone – Victoria’s largest shopping centre managed by Vicinity Centres, is now delivering a solution to get...
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