Wesfarmers closes up to 75 Target stores
It’s an announcement most landlords knew was coming based on the low performance of many Target stores across their portfolios and the growing success of Kmart over the past few...
Coles local supermarket format arrives in Sydney
The first of Coles’ new-look local neighbourhood supermarkets has arrived in Sydney as the doors officially open to Coles Local Rose Bay. The store marks a new era for supermarket shopping...
WEBINAR | Leading the Retail Revival in the Pandemic Era
The full replay of the webinar is available here With Jennifer Cook, Customer 360 and Melissa Webber, Holy Cow! Creative Hosted by Belinda Daly, Shopping Centre News As shopping...
Manor Lakes Central $60 million extension opens during stage 3 restrictions
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and Stage 3 restrictions in Victoria, Ranfurlie Asset Management, the Dennis Family’s retail and commercial division, has successfully opened the extension of the Manor Lakes...
Retailers welcome rent relief ruling by ACCC, while the full force of COVID-19 hits April sales
The National Retail Association (NRA) has today welcomed a ruling by the ACCC to authorise tenants to collectively bargain with landlords for continued rental relief if they’ve been adversely affected...
Eliza Hodgson, Stockland
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...
Noel Cook, oOh!media
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...
Mirvac receives planning approval for 505 George St, Sydney
Mirvac Group and Coombes Property Group have received planning consent from the City of Sydney, through its Central Sydney Planning Committee, for the proposed mixed-use, residential-led precinct at 505 George...
McKinsey report reveals Australians embracing new values
McKinsey & Company has launched the second article in the online publishing series, The Story of the Australian Consumer – entitled ‘Emerging from COVID-19: Australians embrace their values’. The first...
M-CITY development launches retail precinct in unprecedented times
The M-City mixed-use development launches its retail precinct on Thursday May 21, with the opening of its two major tenants; Kmart and Woolworths Supermarket. The Buchan designed mixed-use development is...
Pacific Werribee show support for their community
QICGRE’s Pacific Werribee is home to more than 300 stores and and is central to its community in Hoppers Crossing, Melbourne. Ever since the pandemic hit, the centre has been...
McKinsey’s latest report ‘The Story of the Australian Consumer’
Research powerhouse McKinsey have released a series of reports about ‘The Story of the Australian Consumer’ – exploring the unique impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Australian consumer sentiment,...
Stephen Choi, Frasers Property Australia
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...
YFG Shopping Centres takes full ownership of Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre
YFG Shopping Centres doubles down by taking full ownership of Brisbane’s Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre after acquiring the remaining 75% interest from Nuveen Real Estate for $285 million. YFG bought its...
Shopper Media data confirms local shopping centres are essential
Shopper Media today has released the findings of its Consumer Sentiment Study, revealing the impact of COVID-19 on current and future shopping patterns and the behavioural and attitudinal shifts driving...
Charter Hall cements leadership position with industrial deals
Charter Hall has secured its strong position in the industrial sector by announcing it has extended its relationship with the Coles Group by securing long-term pre-lease commitments for two new high-tech distribution...
Scentre Group shows promise of retail recovery
The two largest shopping centre groups have now reported on their quarterly results, Vicinity Centres last week and Scentre Group today issued their March 2020 quarterly operational update. Like Vicinity,...
QIC and Yurika Energy to deliver whole-of-system renewable energy solution
The Hon. Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland, and QIC Global Real Estate (QIC GRE) Managing Director, Michael O’Brien, today announced a ground-breaking partnership between QIC and Yurika Energy to...
Frasers Property announces leadership changes for Australia
Frasers Property Limited today announced leadership changes for Australia effective 1 October 2020. Anthony Boyd will be appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Frasers Property Australia. Boyd currently serves...
Colliers International Retail Landlord Sentiment Survey results
Rental growth and pricing valuation benchmarks are the biggest challenges facing the retail sector over the next 12 months, according to Colliers International Retail Landlord Sentiment Survey. The findings of the...
Vicinity manages costs with development deferrals
Vicinity Centres provided their March 2020 quarterly update in response to COVID-19, announcing a number of sensible measures to ensure the organisation gets through this challenging retail period. As one...
Toria Daniel, JLL
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...
Wynnum Plaza delivers essential supplies and support to those in need
Brisbane’s Wynnum Plaza is delivering care packages to community members who are struggling to buy the essentials during COVID-19, including the elderly, disadvantaged families and people with disability. The centre will...
Shopping Centre Council welcomes NSW Premier’s support for retail road to recovery
The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) has welcomed NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s encouragement for businesses to ‘have a go’ and reopen if they are able to adhere to social...
Stockland celebrates Australian mothers
With Mother’s Day this Sunday, Stockland is recognising the incredible contribution from all mums across the country, now more than ever, with its new Mother’s Day campaign, ‘Let Us Be...
Liverpool set to become Sydney’s third largest CBD
Greater Sydney’s ‘Metropolis of Three Cities’ sees Liverpool speed to the forefront as Sydney’s third largest CBD has begun. With more than 100,000 m2 of commercial floor space in the pipeline,...
Shopping centres road to recovery – Top 10 insights revealed
As reported last month, Skyfii have partnered with Brickfields Consulting to uncover key impacts of COVID-19 on shopping behaviours through a first-of-its-kind Nationwide Survey on retail property shopper confidence – the...
Skyfii releases an automated occupancy and social distancing management tool to help businesses comply with COVID-19 regulations
In the wake of COVID-19, the ability to actively maintain a safe environment for customers and staff members is crucial. Skyfii, an Omnidata Intelligence company and the leader in location-based...
St Ives Shopping Village launches ‘Love Local’ campaign
As social distancing rules have now been in effect in Australia for a month, St Ives Shopping Village is offering some much needed local community support to assist the elderly, young...
Victoria’s Derrimut Village proceeds with expansion
Australia’s convenience-based shopping centre category has demonstrated strong performance despite the challenging retail environment. Melbourne-based family business Noordenne Family Group are investing in their retail asset by expanding their Coles...
Retail industry releases COVID-19 Retail Recovery Protocol
Australia’s key retail industry groups have united to release a Retail Recovery Protocol for COVID-19 to assure the community, including retail employees and customers are safe in retail stores and...
Coles opens its latest Local format store in Hawthorn, with Rose Bay next
This morning Coles opens its newest Local store – and this one includes some quirky features like ice cream for dogs! The award-winning Coles Local Glenferrie in Melbourne’s Hawthorn, has thrown...
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