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The new retail experience, Karrinyup Shopping Centre
The new retail experience, Karrinyup Shopping Centre
Perth’s Karrinyup has always been the dominant fashion centre north of the Swan River. It’s just undergone a massive $800m revamp that we featured during its development stage. Now it’s...
PROFILE: Paradise Centre
PROFILE: Paradise Centre
The absolute heart of the Gold Coast and the undisputed centre of Surfers Paradise, our centre profile features the soon to open Paradise Centre. Set to become the iconic retail...
Woolworths signals start to its $72 million Leppington Town Centre
Woolworths signals start to its $72 million Leppington Town Centre
Leppington Town Centre is one step closer to being realised with construction on a new $72 million neighbourhood shopping centre commencing earlier this week. The new Woolworths’ Leppington Village Shopping...
Elara Village Shopping Centre officially opens
Elara Village Shopping Centre officially opens
The highly anticipated Elara Village Shopping Centre in Marsden Park opened today, just in time for the local community to celebrate the festive season. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony was conducted...
Mirvac’s major WeShow expansion partners with three digital brands
Mirvac’s major WeShow expansion partners with three digital brands
Mirvac’s rapid-delivery retail model, WeShow, launches in Queensland’s Toombul Shopping Centre, Kawana Shoppingworld and at Sydney’s Birkenhead Point, with the announcement of three new Australian digital-native brand partners, two of...
Bankstown Central redevelopment set to begin with The Grand Market
Bankstown Central redevelopment set to begin with The Grand Market
Vicinity Centres is set to commence the first stage of redevelopment works at Bankstown Central to deliver a new vibrant and modern fresh food precinct, and an additional 190 car parking...
Automated retail tenant solution recognised in awarding of 2021 Frank Lowy Fellowship
Automated retail tenant solution recognised in awarding of 2021 Frank Lowy Fellowship
The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) has named Elizabeth Craig, Digital Solutions Manager, Charter Hall, as the 2021 winner of the prestigious Frank Lowy Fellowship. Peter Allen, Chairman of...
Aviary Toowong announces its first anchor tenant for $450 million precinct
Aviary Toowong announces its first anchor tenant for $450 million precinct
Toowong’s newest mixed-use development, Aviary Toowong, has announced its first major retail tenant as family-owned and operated Harris Farm Markets — setting the scene for the eclectic retail offering at...
Dexus fund acquires additional 25% interest in Westfield Warringah Mall for $410 million
Dexus fund acquires additional 25% interest in Westfield Warringah Mall for $410 million
Dexus Wholesale Property Fund (DWPF) has exchanged contracts to acquire an additional 25% interest in Westfield Warringah Mall for circa $410 million, increasing DWPF’s interest to 50%, with Scentre Group...
The redevelopment of Sydney’s Cockle Bay Wharf moves forward
The redevelopment of Sydney’s Cockle Bay Wharf moves forward
The GPT Group and AMP Capital’s planned 75,000m2 redevelopment of Cockle Bay Wharf, at the heart of Darling Harbour, is progressing to the next stage of the approvals process with...
Scentre Group’s $355 million redevelopment of Westfield Knox is underway
Scentre Group’s $355 million redevelopment of Westfield Knox is underway
Scentre Group in conjunction with joint venture partner State Super, has commenced its $355 million redevelopment of Westfield Knox with the transformation to occur in stages between 2022 and 2023....
Karingal Hub unveils fashion precinct and 40 new stores
Karingal Hub unveils fashion precinct and 40 new stores
ISPT continues its reimagined transformation of Karingal Hub Shopping Centre in Frankston with the launch of its expansive new fashion and lifestyle precinct.  After the successful unveiling of the centre’s...
Vicinity optimises its portfolio with divestment of Runaway Bay, acquisition of Harbour Town now unconditional
Vicinity optimises its portfolio with divestment of Runaway Bay, acquisition of Harbour Town now unconditional
Vicinity Centres has exchanged contracts to sell its 50% interest in Runaway Bay Centre in Queensland to Perth-based Greenpool Capital in partnership with Qualitas, for $132 million, while its acquisition...
Link acquires iconic Sydney CBD retail portfolio for $538.2 million
Link acquires iconic Sydney CBD retail portfolio for $538.2 million
Hong Kong’s Link REIT has acquired a 50% interest in trophy Sydney retail assets the Queen Victoria Building (QVB), The Strand Arcade and The Galeries in a landmark transaction valued...
Brookfield Place dazzles Sydneysiders with new retail line-up
Brookfield Place dazzles Sydneysiders with new retail line-up
As Sydney rebounds to life post-lockdown, the city’s newest CBD precinct, Brookfield Place Sydney at Wynyard, is throwing opening the doors to a brilliant new line-up of retail offerings across...
Coles commences construction on two WA centres and opens a new Local store
Coles commences construction on two WA centres and opens a new Local store
With big plans for WA in 2022, Coles has commenced construction on its latest developments at Currambine Village Shopping Centre and Florida Beach Village Shopping Centre, boosting local employment and bringing new...
Panthera Group to create an iconic retail and lifestyle destination on the Gold Coast
Panthera Group to create an iconic retail and lifestyle destination on the Gold Coast
Sunland Group have sold its retail development allotment ‘The Lanes’ located in Mermaid Waters for $45.8 million. The retail parcel of land and the central lake is being purchased by...
Runaway Bay’s new waterfront dining and fresh food market now open
Runaway Bay’s new waterfront dining and fresh food market now open
Vicinity Centres (Vicinity) and Perron Group have officially opened a refreshed Runaway Bay Centre following the completion of its modern, coastal-inspired makeover. A food lovers delight, the renovations provide a...
Perron’s $1 billion community transformation project for Cockburn gets approved
Perron’s $1 billion community transformation project for Cockburn gets approved
Perron Group’s 20-year $1 billion community transformation project for Cockburn — Cockburn Quarter — has received development approval from the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC). Cockburn Quarter’s approved development proposal,...
AMP Capital completes $800 million redevelopment of Karrinyup Shopping Centre
AMP Capital completes $800 million redevelopment of Karrinyup Shopping Centre
AMP Capital have marked the completion of Karrinyup Shopping Centre, following an $800 million, three-year redevelopment with an official opening event attended by the Hon Mark McGowan, Premier of Western Australia....
Melbourne’s retail revival kicks off with extended trading hours
Melbourne’s retail revival kicks off with extended trading hours
This week, Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews announced an easing of the State’s restrictions allowing for an earlier reopening for ‘non-essential’ retailers for double vaccinated customers and staff. From Friday, 29...
Scentre Group’s first doggy daycare opens at Westfield Warringah Mall
Scentre Group’s first doggy daycare opens at Westfield Warringah Mall
Westfield Warringah Mall welcomes the arrival of Hanrob Playgrounds, the first doggy daycare and retail store available at Westfield, this Thursday 28th October. An Australian-owned specialist provider of pet care,...
GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund divests Wollongong Central
GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund divests Wollongong Central
Haben Property Fund and Hong Kong-based JY Group have acquired a 100% interest in Wollongong Central for $402 million in the largest regional shopping centre sale nationally in more than...
Retailers step up with pledges for Climate Action at COP26
Retailers step up with pledges for Climate Action at COP26
This article by Claire Bowles, Regenerative Development Lead i2C Architects, was first published in SCN’s – September/October Mini Guns edition. Retailers pledged their support to accelerate a movement in the retail industry...
Reimagined City Cross announces first in SA flagships
Reimagined City Cross announces first in SA flagships
Adelaide’s City Cross is set to undergo a $25 million transformation through a visionary design overhaul and a remix of commercial and retail tenants, creating exciting new opportunities for businesses...
CIP sells stake in Roselands Shopping Centre for $167 million
CIP sells stake in Roselands Shopping Centre for $167 million
Fast growing investor JY Group has outlaid $167 million for a 50% interest in one of Sydney’s oldest shopping centres – Roselands Shopping Centre in Sydney’s south-west. JY Group already...
Ownership in Macquarie Centre and Pacific Fair secured in record $2.2 billion deal
Ownership in Macquarie Centre and Pacific Fair secured in record $2.2 billion deal
AMP Capital today announced new partners in the AMP Capital Retail Trust (ACRT). UniSuper, one of Australia’s leading superannuation funds and Cbus Property, one of Australia’s leading property investors and...
Rhodes Central brings to life the first stage of a $2.5b Town Centre that was previously an industrial waste land
Rhodes Central brings to life the first stage of a $2.5b Town Centre that was previously an industrial waste land
In the past 90 days, 1,500 people have moved into Rhodes Central’s newest residential towers and this week the shops, cafés and restaurants in the first stage of a new...
HomeCo Daily Needs REIT to merge with Aventus Group
HomeCo Daily Needs REIT to merge with Aventus Group
HomeCo Daily Needs REIT (HDN) has announced that HDN and Home Consortium (HMC), (together HomeCo) have entered into a binding Scheme Implementation Deed (SID) with Aventus Group (AVN) to acquire...
GPT grows logistics portfolio and discusses sale of Wollongong Central and Casuarina Square
GPT grows logistics portfolio and discusses sale of Wollongong Central and Casuarina Square
The GPT Group today announced the acquisition of a portfolio from Ascot Capital, comprising 23 Logistics assets and one Office asset for $681.7 million. GPT also confirms it is in...
Sandhurst Retail & Logistics submits plans for $100m Sunbury South major town centre
Sandhurst Retail & Logistics submits plans for $100m Sunbury South major town centre
Sandhurst Retail & Logistics (SRL) has submitted an Urban Design Framework (UDF) to the city of Hume for its $100 million major town centre in Sunbury South, expanding the build-and-hold...

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