GIC and Vicinity undertake swap of premium Australian retail assets
GIC and Vicinity Centres have entered into an agreement to exchange a 49% stake in Vicinity’s Chatswood Chase Sydney worth $562.3 million
Santa pet photography
Westfield centres across Australia are giving customers the chance to capture a unique photo this Christmas with their beloved fur family and Santa Claus...
The chase to reduce waste
In an Australian first, Chatswood Chase Sydney has launched its latest weapon in the war on waste, an innovative recycling system which...
Beecroft Place
On September 20, Landream officially opened the new Beecroft Place, a retail and dining destination in Sydney’s northern suburbs. heralding a much-awaited era in...
Industry Shuffles – November 2017
Find out who has moved, who has been appointed, promoted and to where and what position in the shopping centre industry! MOVED OR PROMOTED? EMAIL: EDITORIAL@SHOPPINGCENTRENEWS.COM.AU
Birkenhead Point
Charles Abercrombie’s ancestors came from the south-eastern part of Scotland. In the 11th century they had joined forces with the King of Scotland travelling north to fight Macbeth...
Little Guns 2017
We always think that Little Guns give you a real picture of what’s happening ‘retail wise’ in our centres – actual shopping that is: buying everyday stuff as distinct from leisure shopping. Big Guns change dramatically; the food and beverage component, for example, has expanded enormously in the past few...
Planned $100 Million Bayfair Shopping Centre Expansion
Tauranga’s growth trajectory is set to continue as Bayfair Shopping Centre prepares to embark on a dramatic transformation. The centre is planning to undertake a staged development programme...
Birkenhead Point
Luxury giants Bally and Harrolds opened their only Australian outlet stores at Birkenhead Point in August, alongside designers Coach and...
The District Docklands
Harbour Town and Waterfront City were the former names for the retail, entertainment and leisure component of Melbourne’s Docklands development. Docklands was one of the largest property developments ever undertaken...
Narellan Town Centre
Narellan Town Centre unveiled its $200-million expansion on Friday 4 August. The centre’s expansion included the opening of Target, H&M and more than 60 new specialty stores including...
Mandurah Forum
Vicinity Centres and ISPT have unveiled the first major retail stage of Mandurah Forum’s $350-million transformation in WA’s growing Peel region...
Willows Shopping Centre
The new-look Willows Shopping Centre owned by DWPF opened on 24 August with over 80,000 people movements across the opening four days...
Millennial dads: fashionable, financially secure and family oriented
New research has highlighted that Australian millennial dads (aged 18-34) are a particularly different breed of dad compared to their older counterparts...
Retail digital data: improving trading at shopping centres
Shopping centres across the country can now build a detailed view of their customers' shopping behaviour through shopper data captured in real time, overlaid with data analytics. This will help shopping centres improve centre loyalty, create better shopper and community engagement, and optimise sales for centres overall...
Pacific Fair celebrates 40 years
On 24 August Pacific Fair celebrated its 40th birthday with a doughnut giveaway for customers and a prize draw for 40 lucky finalists in a competition. In the lead-up to...
WA’s first DFO to become Perth’s newest retail destination
Jointly funded by Vicinity Centres and Perth Airport Pty Ltd, construction of the highly anticipated DFO Perth is underway with the centre due to open next year. With 120 specialty...
Mirvac increases its ownership in two Sydney retail assets
Mirvac Group has announced it has acquired the balance of East Village in Zetland and has entered into an agreement to acquire the proposed South Village Shopping Centre in Kirrawee...
SEPHORA Australia opens its next iconic location
Global beauty giant SEPHORA has announced the next location for the stores continued retail expansion – opening its 11th Australian store in Westfield Bondi Junction in September. Adding to Sydney’s...
Casuarina Square celebrates opening
Casuarina Square celebrates the opening of its new $8.7-million indoor food court with a One Day Shopping Festival Inspired by the natural environment surrounding Darwin, the new food court includes...
Industry Shuffles – September 2017
Find out who has moved, who has been appointed, promoted and to where and what position in the shopping centre industry! MOVED OR PROMOTED? EMAIL: EDITORIAL@SHOPPINGCENTRENEWS.COM.AU
David Jones to open new food concept in Malvern
David Jones announces plans to open a new retail food concept at Malvern Central, Melbourne in March 2018, delivering a premium food offering with an emphasis on convenience and quality...
Erina Fair celebrates 30 years
On 24 August, Erina Fair kicked off a three-day festival to celebrate 30 years as the biggest shopping centre on the Central Coast. The birthday milestone was an opportunity to...
Cairns Central celebrates 20 years
Cairns Central celebrated 20 years on August 26, hosting a family fun day with free kids’ entertainment, prizes, giveaways and of course birthday cake to celebrate its 20th birthday. NAIDOC...
Mini Guns 2017
It’s Mini Guns time again and what an interesting field. It’s in the Mini Gun sector that more change occurs in ownership, development and management than in the other sectors (Little and Big Guns). Ten years ago, one company – Centro – controlled more than 40% of the sector; if...
Narellan Town Centre
This, in the true sense of the word, is an ‘extraordinary’ story. It begins a long time ago, but for our purposes we need to go back less than a couple of decades, to the late 1990s.
Sunshine Plaza has released its latest artist impressions of Cornmeal Promenade
Cornmeal Promenade will be transformed into a stunning outdoor waterfront dining and leisure experience where customers can enjoy a range of restaurants, social and public spaces along a connected pedestrian pathway...
Stockland Wendouree
Stockland commences construction of its $37-million redevelopment to expand and upgrade Stockland Wendouree...
Industry Shuffles – July 2017
Find out who has moved, who has been appointed, promoted and to where and what position in the shopping centre industry! MOVED OR PROMOTED? EMAIL: EDITORIAL@SHOPPINGCENTRENEWS.COM.AU
Midland Gate expansion
Midland Gate in Perth's east will undergo a $100-million expansion Vicinity Centres announced on behalf of the centre’s co-owners...
Australia Fair’s $25-million revitalisation
Work is well underway to replace and modernise the centre’s Scarborough Street facade as milestones are reached on the refurbishment...
Opportunities for Australia in the Chinese shopping centre industry
Some years ago, Frank Lowy, the co-founder of Westfield, was asked why the company had not yet entered the developing shopping centre industry in China...
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