GPT defers commencement of Rouse Hill retail and Melbourne Central expansion
The GPT Group today released its operational update for the March 2020 quarter. In response to the current operating environment brought on by COVID-19, the Group has implemented a variety of...
Coronavirus testing sites expands to Shopping Centres
Six new drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites across Melbourne will open today, bringing the total to 10 shopping centres, as part of the Victorian Government’s blitz to test up to 100,000 people...
Code of Conduct passed by State parliaments
During the past weeks, the State Governments have passed legislation in line with the National Cabinet’s Commercial Leasing Code of Conduct announced earlier this month. The code applies to SME...
Alipay launches Zero Contact to support the Australian hospitality sector
Alipay has today announced a new initiative – Zero Contact – to support Australia’s hospitality sector as the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions begin to gradually ease. Zero Contact aims to help...
Dexus and Frasers Property Australia progress $2.5 billion Central Place Sydney
Dexus and Frasers Property Australia (the partnership) progress their proposal to revitalise Central and deliver a world class tech precinct for Sydney. The partnership’s proposal is for a circa $2.5...
Stockland Townsville teams up with Just Cuts to pamper local seniors
Stockland Townsville has teamed up with Just Cuts to donate a number of complimentary hair care packages to seniors at a local Aitkenvale retirement village. Peggy Millios, owner of Just...
Leighton Hunziker, Savills 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...
Mirvac Retail launches online marketplace and contactless shopping
In an effort to support the local independent retailers that are the lifeblood of Mirvac Retail Centres, the team have launched an innovative online marketplace and contactless drive-thru pick-up service...
Vicinity’s Emporium Melbourne reopens
Vicinity Centres have reopened Emporium Melbourne today, Monday 27 April, three weeks after the centre was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 situation. The centre had been impacted as Melbourne’s CBD...
Preliminary March +8.2% retail figures fuelled by panic buying
Australian retail turnover rose 8.2% in March 2020, seasonally adjusted, according to preliminary retail trade figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This is the strongest seasonally...
Proposed $450 million Toowong Town Centre development
State Development Corporation and White & Partners Sydney have this week lodged a Development Application (DA) with Brisbane City Council to construct a proposed $450 million Toowong Town Centre. The site...
Retailers granted authorisation to collectively negotiate with landlords
The ACCC has granted interim authorisation allowing retailers to collectively bargain with landlords. The application was lodged on 17 April 2020, by the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), on behalf of itself...
What will food retailing look like post COVID-19?
The pandemic has clarified the vital role that grocery retailers play in society. Consumers expect these businesses to keep them fed and healthy, and groceries remain essential retailers in an...
Hyperdome’s “A Little Thanks Goes A Long Way” community initiative
QIC’s Hyperdome continues its community spirit initiatives by delivering precious cups of liquid gold, of the caffeine kind, to the entire team of volunteers at Lighthouse Care this morning as...
Simon Dyer, 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...
Keeping the community connected at Burwood Brickworks
While some of the new retailers at Burwood Brickworks are unable to welcome customers into their shops at the moment, the new heart of the Burwood community continues to offer...
The Square Mirrabooka launches ‘Carpark Collect’ service
The Square Mirrabooka has been a pillar of the local Mirrabooka community and now during these unusual times, continues to be a shopping destination for customers’ daily needs, just in...
Inside:Out Retail Property welcomes new Partners to the team
Inside:Out Retail Property have welcomed Kate Jarman as Partner, Asset Management and Senior Centre Manager. Jarman’s appointment follows Malcolm Creswell who joined Inside:Out in 2019 as Partner, Asset Management and...
Two Victorian neighbourhood shopping centres come to market
Two Melbourne based private investors bring their neighbourhood shopping centres to market this week, both being offered for sale by JLL’s Stuart Taylor and Tom Noonan. Karingal Village in Frankston and...
Land Tax relief packages welcomed by landlords
The states and territories have announced a range of land tax measures to help landowners manage some of the challenges COVID-19 has presented. Each state and territory has different eligibility requirements...
GPT’s Melbourne Central launches MCTV
Melbourne Central customers in self-isolation can still get their urban entertainment fix with the launch of MCTV today. The Melbourne CBD destination is connecting with its audience with a new...
Scentre Group launches Westfield Direct
In a retail environment where agility and flexibility are imperative to remain relevant in this changing environment, Scentre Group has launched Westfield Direct across its portfolio of Westfield Shopping Centres....
Rick Silberman, Savills 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...
Local buyer pays $33 million for Melbourne Woolworths Shopping Centre
Well located retail assets are still selling in the current market due to strong investor demand and interest in neighbourhood assets anchored by a strong supermarket offering. A local investor has...
NSW Government offers $440 million land tax break
Commercial tenants significantly impacted by COVID-19 will have greater protection from evictions with the NSW state government set to enact the National Cabinet Code of Conduct as part of a...
New design revitalises retail hub in Perth’s CBD, in time for post COVID-19 retail resurgence
After the COVID-19 isolation period passes, a revitalised city heart awaits Perth commuters, shoppers and diners. Hames Sharley, were the lead architects on the redevelopment, which includes a new façade...
Shopping Centres welcome Queensland’s $400 million Land Tax Relief package
The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) today welcomed the Queensland Government’s $400 million Land Tax Relief package which will assist in the provision of support to retail tenants experiencing...
Understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on shopping behaviours
In this ‘new world’ where things are changing by the hour, omnidata intelligence company Skyfii, has partnered with leading customer insights firm Brickfields Consulting to help the retail property industry...
Private investor buys high performing Woolworths centre for $26 million
Colliers international have confirmed the sale of a brand-new, high performing freestanding supermarket investment on behalf of its client Woolworths Group. This sale represents the first recorded NSW retail transaction...
Stockland sells Benowa Gardens for $40.1 million
A Queensland based fund manager has purchased Gold Coast based centre Benowa Gardens Shopping Centre. The Stockland owned and managed centre has sold for $40.1 million with a passing yield of...
Retailers and Shopping Centres welcome retail SME code of conduct
The retail industry has been significantly impacted by the COVID 19 pandemic. The concept of landlords and retailers working together is a valid one, especially in a situation that is...
oOh! partners with The Kindness Pandemic to amplify Aussie goodwill
oOh!media has teamed up with grassroots Facebook campaign, The Kindness Pandemic, to share uplifting stories of kindness from the Australian community across its retail, street and rail networks around the...
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