Rundle Mall Plaza welcomes SA’s first H&M store
Thousands of South Australians flocked to Rundle Mall Plaza last Friday 2 November for the highly anticipated opening of SA’s first H&M store. The Swedish fashion giant’s two-level store marks the first...
Sunshine Plaza to open first stage before Christmas
Lendlease’s Sunshine Plaza, one of the most iconic shopping centres in Queensland has announced the first retail stage of the $420 million redevelopment will open to the public on Thursday 15...
Kendal Cross, CBRE
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 industry....
Drysdale Village Shopping Centre on the market
Drysdale Village Shopping Centre on the Bellarine Peninsula has been listed for sale as regional retail assets continue to find favor with investors. The single level, 3,130 m2, neighbourhood centre is...
Vicinity’s grand plans for the QVB
In a landmark transaction with GIC about a year ago, Vicinity Centres gained a 50% stake in the iconic QVB retail centre, as well as The Strand and The Galeries....
JLL Centre Managers are optimistic
JLL’s 19th Retail Centre Managers’ Survey was undertaken in August across 88 JLL-managed retail shopping centres nationally. The majority of centres were neighbourhood and sub-regional centres. The annual report gives a...
COS to open first Queensland store at ISPT’s Wintergarden
Brisbane’s Wintergarden owned by ISPT, will be home to the ultimate in timeless fashion with the opening of Queensland’s first COS store. As part of the H&M Group, COS (Collection...
Future Fund to sell 50% interest in Lakeside Joondalup
Lakeside Joondalup is one of WA’s most successful shopping centres with moving annual turnover (MAT) of $707 million, the highest in WA and ranked 19th in the country based on...
Westfield Tea Tree Plaza opens new dining and entertainment precinct
As reported in SCN earlier this month, Westfield Tea Tree Plaza opened the doors to its dining and entertainment precinct yesterday as thousands came together to experience Adelaide’s new social destination. The $50...
Vicinity Centres and Perron Group unveil Stage 3 of The Glen
Vicinity Centres and Perron Group, co-owners of The Glen, today unveiled its new fashion and lifestyle precinct, launching stage 3 of the $460 million redevelopment. The 13,500m2 precinct houses more than...
Home Consortium opens Braybrook Centre
The 24th October marked a significant day for Home Consortium. From the first Masters hardware store to neighbourhood convenience based shopping centre, as Braybrook Centre was unveiled at the Ballarat...
Stage one of Shell Cove Town Centre opens
Stage one of the Shell Cove town centre, part of the award-winning community by Shellharbour City Council and Frasers Property Australia is now open with an ice-creamery, kiosk, pizza and pasta...
Construction starts on Stockland Baringa
Stockland has today commenced work on the $33 million Stockland Baringa Shopping Centre development, the first of various shopping centres planned for Stockland’s $5 billion Aura community on the Sunshine...
GPT’s September Quarter Update
The GPT Group (“GPT” or “Group”) today announced its operational update for the September 2018 quarter, and upgraded 2018 guidance for FFO per security growth and Distribution per security growth...
Australian shopping centres take top awards at the ICSC Asia Pacific Awards
Australian shopping centres and landlords were recognised at the International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC) Asia Pacific Awards this week for their excellence in marketing, design and development on an...
Greensborough Plaza celebrates 40 years!
Forty years ago in 1978, Greensborough Shopping Centre opened with jubilation from the local community. The centre opened as a three storey retail and commercial building covering 28,000m2, anchored by Kmart in...
Craigieburn Central turns five!
Craigieburn Central is celebrating its 5th birthday in spectacular fashion this weekend (27 – 28 October) with an awesome line up of music and dance performances, food trucks, roving entertainment,...
LiTMUS LABS opens at Melbourne Central
In an Australian retail first which opened last week on the 18 October, Melbourne Central shopping centre welcomed the launch of a new concept offering that will ‘bring the internet...
Westfield Kotara launches new youth and urban precinct
Thousands of people visited Westfield Kotara today to celebrate the opening of its new Youth and Urban Precinct – a key milestone in the evolution of one of Newcastle’s most loved living...
Retail Realm leaders recognised at the 2018 eftpos ARA Retail Awards
PETstock have been crowned this year’s 2018 eftpos National Retailer of the Year today at the Australian Retailers Association’s (ARA) 2018 eftpos ARA Australian Retail Awards. The 100% Australian, family...
Vicinity top 20 on Forbes’ list of World’s Best Employers
We all know working in the shopping centre industry is exciting yet challenging, and it’s comforting to know one of Australia’s largest industry employers Vicinity Centres has been recognised as one of...
SCCA Marketing Awards – 2018 winners announced!
Last night, the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) hosted one of the most popular industry events on the annual calendar in a spectacular night at Doltone House in Sydney,...
Coles puts Aurora Village on the market
Coles Group Property Developments has put its Aurora Village neighbourhood centre in Melbourne’s north on the market as both institutional and private investors drive near record retail transaction volumes, particularly...
Cairns Central inspires with Self Love Festival
Self Love, Empowerment, Individuality and Body Confidence are just some of the inspiring topics to be covered by lifestyle and social influencers at this month’s Cairns Central’s Self Love Festival...
Armidale Plaza up for grabs
Armidale Plaza Shopping Centre located in northern NSW, 130km inland from the coastline and approximately halfway between Sydney and Brisbane is for sale. The Shopping Centre boasts more than 17,000m2...
Lendlease hosts digital Aboriginal art exhibition
Lendlease shopping centres nationally have temporarily transformed into art galleries with the launch of a new digital exhibition of artworks by Indigenous artist, Barbara Mundraby. The exhibition is open until 31...
Westfield Coomera opens to spectacular Gold Coast crowds
Thousands of locals gathered today as Westfield Coomera on the Gold Coast opened the doors to its $470 million development for the first time. In a rare Greenfield development, Scentre Group...
Dog Adoption Day at Botany Town Centre
Botany Town Centre recently hosted a Dog Adoption Day in conjunction with DC Rescue Dogs and Auckland Puppy Rescue. Each year, DC Rescue Dogs saves more than 200 dogs from euthanasia in...
Hurstville’s Retail Transit Centre has sold for $119.5 million
The Hurstville Central Shopping Centre has sold for $119.5 million to a US based firm in their first retail acquisition in Australia. The centre has one of Sydney’s busiest train stations integrated in...
Danny Berkovits, Terrace Tower 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 industry....
Westfield Kotara’s new youth and urban precinct opens this month
Westfield Kotara has today confirmed the wait for its $160 million transformation is almost over with the centre’s new youth and urban precinct and 30 new and relocated specialty stores set to open...
What do you do with an old Toys ‘R’ Us space? throw in a Catch concept store!
Today one of Australia’s largest independent online retailers, Catch.com.au, opens its doors to its first ever pop-up concept store in the former Toys ‘R’ Us store at Vicinity’s Chadstone – The Fashion Capital. It’s proof that bricks-and-mortar...
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