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CEO OUTLOOK 2023: The GPT Group
CEO OUTLOOK 2023: The GPT Group
This article by Chris Barnett, Head of Retail and Mixed-Use, GPT,  forms part of an annual CEO Outlook feature, published in SCN’s 2023 Big Guns edition. Before looking to the...
CEO OUTLOOK 2023: Charter Hall
CEO OUTLOOK 2023: Charter Hall
This article by Ben Ellis, Retail CEO, Charter Hall, forms part of an annual CEO Outlook feature, published in SCN’s 2023 Big Guns edition. Our active strategy and approach to...
CEO OUTLOOK 2023: Sentinel Property Group
CEO OUTLOOK 2023: Sentinel Property Group
This article by Warren Ebert, Chief Executive Officer, Sentinel Property Group, forms part of an annual CEO Outlook feature, published in SCN’s 2023 Big Guns edition. Casuarina Square is the...
Michael O’Brien elected as new Property Council President
Michael O’Brien elected as new Property Council President
The Property Council of Australia (PCA) has announced Managing Director of QIC Real Estate, Michael O’Brien as its new National President. The Property Council represents the leading listed and private...
Elanor Investors acquires its first retail centre in WA
Elanor Investors acquires its first retail centre in WA
Elanor Investors Group recently purchased its first retail centre in Western Australia – Riverton Forum – and has appointed JLL to provide retail property management services for the centre. Formerly Stockland...
One of Queensland’s most dominant retail assets hits the market
One of Queensland’s most dominant retail assets hits the market
A rare opportunity exists to purchase the only regional shopping centre in Far North Queensland, with Cairns Central coming to market. A lifestyle, entertainment and fashion destination for both residents and...
Disney Store Pop-Ups arrive at Westfield centres
Disney Store Pop-Ups arrive at Westfield centres
Scentre Group have announced the arrival of Disney Store Pop-Ups opening in selected Westfield centres across the country, offering an exclusive retail experience created for customers and Disney fans. In...
Electric Vehicle Chargers: Hype and regulation will be the enemy of sensible market solutions
Electric Vehicle Chargers: Hype and regulation will be the enemy of sensible market solutions
Interested in exploring the idea of Electric Vehicle charging bays in shopping centres? Yes, we’ve already got some – but could they be forced upon us (by legislation) in the...
QIC launches galaxy-first interactive space-themed shopping centre experience
QIC launches galaxy-first interactive space-themed shopping centre experience
QIC’s ‘It’s Not Rocket Science’ activation has kicked off in Canberra this month and will see 14 giant, interactive and inflatable space-themed characters tour Australia until the end of 2024....
Chadstone opens its newest entertainment and dining precinct
Chadstone opens its newest entertainment and dining precinct
Chadstone – The Fashion Capital welcomes the very first visitors to its brand-new entertainment and dining precinct – The Social Quarter. The $70 million project spanning more than 10,350m2 of...
Westfield and Disney announce major collaboration celebrating Disney’s 100th anniversary
Westfield and Disney announce major collaboration celebrating Disney’s 100th anniversary
Westfield and Disney have announced a year-long collaboration in celebration of The Walt Disney Company’s 100th anniversary. The collaboration invites customers and fans of all ages to join in celebrating...
Mirvac sells Stanhope Village for $158m in off-market deal
Mirvac sells Stanhope Village for $158m in off-market deal
Revelop has expanded its retail portfolio after acquiring a 100% stake in Stanhope Village for $158 million in a deal negotiated off-market by JLL’s Nick Willis and Sam Hatcher on behalf...
Scentre Group achieves record sales across its Westfield portfolio
Scentre Group achieves record sales across its Westfield portfolio
Scentre Group, which owns and operates 42 Westfield destinations across Australia and New Zealand has released its results for the 12 months to 31 December 2022, achieving a 20.6% lift in Funds...
Victoria Gardens $900m redevelopment plans revealed
Victoria Gardens $900m redevelopment plans revealed
Vicinity Centres and Salta Properties, the co-owners of Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre, have unveiled plans for a sustainable urban village in the heart of Melbourne’s inner-city Richmond. Victoria Gardens has...
Goldfields secures permit for $100m town centre, The Sheds Tarneit
Goldfields secures permit for $100m town centre, The Sheds Tarneit
Future residents and visitors to high growth area Tarneit will soon enjoy nationally recognised retail offerings in the new town centre – The Sheds Tarneit, after the City of Wyndham...
Sydney Airport launches new luxury precinct, SYD X
Sydney Airport launches new luxury precinct, SYD X
Sydney Airport has officially unveiled SYD X, a new luxury precinct located at the T1 International terminal. After customs and before the departure gates, SYD X is home to 20...
Chirnside Park certified as Victoria’s first carbon neutral shopping centre
Chirnside Park certified as Victoria’s first carbon neutral shopping centre
Chirnside Park Shopping Centre, owned by the GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund (GWSCF), has been certified carbon neutral, becoming the first retail asset in Victoria to meet the requirements and...
Revived multi-million-dollar Market Square brings opportunities to Brisbane’s North
Revived multi-million-dollar Market Square brings opportunities to Brisbane’s North
Located in the rapidly growing Moreton Bay region, MKT Square’s stage two master-planned multi-million-dollar transformation is nearing completion, offering retail and hospitality operators the opportunity to be part of the...
Smithfield Shopping Centre for sale the first time in 23 years
Smithfield Shopping Centre for sale the first time in 23 years
Smithfield Shopping Centre in Far North Queensland has hit the market for the first time in 23 years, representing the first formal on-market shopping centre campaign for a 100% interest...
GPT’s CEO Bob Johnston to retire
GPT’s CEO Bob Johnston to retire
The GPT Group has today announced that Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Bob Johnston, has advised of his intention to retire by the end of this year after more...
Brand new Sydney metropolitan shopping centre comes to market
Brand new Sydney metropolitan shopping centre comes to market
Schofields Village in Western Sydney has been listed for sale, presenting the opportunity to acquire a metropolitan neighbourhood shopping centre that dominates its catchment. Completed in December 2021, Schofields Village located...
Vicinity’s transformational project at Buranda Village receives the green light
Vicinity’s transformational project at Buranda Village receives the green light
Vicinity has received approval from Brisbane City Council for a city-shaping development that will transform Buranda Village into a modern, mixed-use precinct for the local community to live, work, shop...
Rosebud Plaza community lunches
Rosebud Plaza community lunches
The new school year can be an exciting but stressful time for families, with significant expenditures including new uniforms, school shoes and supplies. In Australia, one in six young people...
IP Generation finalises $180 million shopping centre acquisition in WA
IP Generation finalises $180 million shopping centre acquisition in WA
IP Generation has acquired a 50% stake in Western Australia’s Rockingham Centre for $180 million in its latest major shopping centre purchase. Struck on a core capitalisation rate of circa...
Work, live, play, spend – Why experiential mixed use is the key to unlocking retail’s future
Work, live, play, spend – Why experiential mixed use is the key to unlocking retail’s future
This article is authored by John Pozoglou, CEO and Founder of FuturePlace – organisers of Malls of the Future Summit taking place in Sydney on March 1st. With the pandemic...
Ipswich’s leading entertainment and cultural destination welcomes big brands
Ipswich’s leading entertainment and cultural destination welcomes big brands
Southeast Queensland’s fastest-growing region is welcoming the return of residents and visitors to its new CBD with visitation increasing, big brand announcements and continued investment in the new cultural, entertainment...
AMP Capital to sell 50% stake in Stockland Townsville
AMP Capital to sell 50% stake in Stockland Townsville
2023 is off to a strong start as a major regional shopping centre hits the market. JLL’s Nick Willis and Sam Hatcher have been exclusively appointed on behalf of an...
Cedar Woods to sell Williams Landing Shopping Centre
Cedar Woods to sell Williams Landing Shopping Centre
Stonebridge Property Group has been appointed to sell the Woolworths-anchored Williams Landing Shopping Centre on behalf of Cedar Woods Properties Limited. Williams Landing Shopping Centre is a dynamic mixed-use superhub...
Vicinity Centres’ Peter Huddle appointed as CEO and Managing Director
Vicinity Centres’ Peter Huddle appointed as CEO and Managing Director
Vicinity Centres today announced the appointment of Peter Huddle as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director following the completion of a global search. Huddle’s appointment is effective on 1 February...
Colliers announce changes to Australian leadership team
Colliers announce changes to Australian leadership team
Colliers has announced a number of major changes to its Australian leadership team heading into 2023. The changes, which have occurred across multiple service lines and states, are designed to...
Developing authentic customer connections with Stockland’s S Connect
Developing authentic customer connections with Stockland’s S Connect
This article by Lisa King, National Manager of S Connect, Stockland forms part of a special feature published in the latest edition of Shopping Centre News. The retail landscape continues...

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