COMMUNITY at the heart of Stockland’s Town Centres
This article by Michelle Abbey, Executive General Manager, Town Centres at Stockland forms part of a special feature published in the latest edition of SCN Magazine. Premium members can view the full digital...
United We Shine
This article by Rhys Simonds, Regional Marketing Manager at Charter Hall forms part of a special feature published in the latest edition of SCN Magazine. Premium members can view the...
Stake in Carlingford Court sells for $120.5m
Hong Kong-based JY Group has expanded its Australian shopping centre portfolio with the $120.5 million acquisition of a 50% stake in Sydney’s Carlingford Court. The purchase boosts the value of...
Pacific Fair joins the billion dollar shopping centre ranks
Pacific Fair, managed by AMP Capital, has reached a major milestone by achieving over a billion dollars in annual retail sales as of August 2022, showing extreme resilience during and...
Westfield Chatswood, Parramatta and Penrith kickstart CBD activations
Scentre Group has launched some exciting pop up activations across Westfield Chatswood, Westfield Parramatta and Westfield Penrith as part of the NSW Government’s CBDs Revitalisation Program to create a vibrant...
Erina Fair to welcome suite of new retailers before Christmas
Erina Fair is set to welcome a number of exciting new retailers to the shopping centre, including several national and international brands, many of which are making their official debut...
QIC rolls out Wellness Hubs across seven centres
QIC has partnered with Nutrition Australia and YMCA to deliver a Community Investment Program focused on the flagship theme of physical health and wellbeing, the Wellness Hub, which will deliver...
Mirvac launches new Create Hub at Broadway Sydney
Following the success of WeMake at Rhodes Waterside, Mirvac Retail is expanding its award-winning maker studio offering to Broadway Sydney with the launch of Create Hub. Broadway Sydney is renowned...
Paradise Centre opens new beachfront dining hot spot
On Friday 9 September, Paradise Centre on the Gold Coast officially opened the doors to its hotly anticipated new beachfront dining precinct, welcoming its first guests to explore the stunning revitalisation...
World Square partners with Sydney Fringe Festival
Sydney Fringe Festival has teamed up with World Square for a cultural concierge program throughout September that features a mind-blowing, large-scale suspended inflatable structure and roving ambassadors from Sydney Fringe...
Retail leases snapped up at Quay Quarter Tower
Landmark Sydney building Quay Quarter Tower (QQT) has locked in new food, beverage and services leases across its retail podium ahead of its official late-2022 opening. The Tower’s retail offering...
ALDI brings unique shopping experience to Melbourne CBD
Launching Thursday 8th September, ALDI is bringing a shopping experience like no other to Melbourne CBD, with the opening of its first-ever Victorian Corner Store and celebrating the launch with coffee...
The SCCA announces the finalists for its 2022 Marketing Awards
This year, the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) received 180 Marketing Awards nominations from across the country and has announced the 2022 Finalists. The nominations received were from campaigns...
Chadstone introduces its newest entertainment and dining precinct
Chadstone – The Fashion Capital today unveils its brand-new entertainment and dining precinct, The Social Quarter, which is on track to open this summer. The achievement is a key milestone in...
GPT to take management of Pacific Fair Shopping Centre and ACRT management
Cbus Property and UniSuper, majority co-owners of Pacific Fair Shopping Centre on the Gold Coast, have advised of their intention to transfer property management of Pacific Fair and management of...
Dandenong Plaza sells for $145 million in off-market deal
The Dandenong Plaza retail complex in Melbourne’s growing south-east has been acquired by development group Pelligra for $145 million. The sub-regional centre has a developed masterplan to expand and activate...
Sydney Airport unveils first phase of store openings in new luxury precinct
Sydney Airport is reinvigorating its luxury retail precinct with the arrival of the most sought-after fashion brands, affirming the airport’s position on the world stage of luxury. Showcased within a...
Challenger to sell sought after stake in Sunshine Marketplace
A 50% interest in the dominant Sunshine Marketplace shopping centre in Melbourne’s inner west growth corridor has been put up for sale. The metropolitan Melbourne shopping centre on mega landholding...
Capitalise on Rundle Mall’s post-pandemic prime
Rundle Mall – Australia’s retail precinct of the year – offers a significant opportunity for national and international brands looking to enter or expand in the South Australian market. Visitation...
Cygnet West secures property management of Primewest’s WA retail portfolio
Commercial property agency Cygnet West has secured Western Australia’s most significant retail property management deal, having been appointed to manage a portfolio of 15 shopping centres owned by funds managed...
Scentre Group delivers 18.3% growth in FFO with strong half year results
Scentre Group has released its results for the six months to 30 June 2022 with an Operating Profit of $540.5 million up 17.5% compared to the prior corresponding period and...
GPT launches its first Smart Energy Hub powered by Shell Energy
The official launch of Chirnside Park Shopping Centre’s Smart Energy Hub, an Australian first in partnership with Shell Energy took place today, Monday 22nd August. The Centre will become The...
Vicinity’s FY22 results driven by strong operational execution and resilient retail sector
Vicinity Centres has released its results for the year ended 30 June 2022. FY22 was a year of recovery and progress at Vicinity, with the results highlighting strong operational and financial...
Homeworld Helensvale sells for $265 million
Queensland’s premier large format and daily needs centre, Homeworld Helensvale, has sold for $265 million. The sale represents the largest Queensland LFR transaction on record and the second largest in Australia....
Paradise Centre to unveil beachside dining precinct next month
The Gold Coast’s iconic Surfers Paradise will soon welcome a new beachfront dining hotspot as Paradise Centre unveils eight new dining offerings as part of a stunning revitalisation set to...
GPT delivers solid results despite uncertain economic environment
The GPT Group has announced its results for the six months to 30 June 2022, delivering a solid result in the half, despite the ongoing impacts of the pandemic and...
Colliers Research: Brisbane CBD’s retail market boom
Brisbane has often lived in the shadows when compared to the likes of Sydney and Melbourne, however, in recent years the city has started to shake off that persona and...
Tipalea Partners unveil brand new $40m Glebe Hill Village
Construction on Tipalea Partners’ brand new $40 million Glebe Hill Village retail centre has officially reached completion, delivering the first new neighbourhood shopping centre in metropolitan Hobart in more than...
Is C2C the future of retail?
Another acronym to get your head around, but what does C2C actually mean, how can it benefit retail and what are the practical steps a retailer needs to take to...
BIG W joins Woolworths in iconic Sydney Town Hall location
Woolworths Group has brought together its two iconic retail brands under one roof with a brand new BIG W now housed alongside a new-look Woolworths Supermarket at Sydney’s Town Hall....
Westfield switches to 100% renewable electricity in Queensland
Scentre Group has signed an agreement with CleanCo, the Queensland Government-owned renewables, low emissions, and hydro company, to source electricity from 100% renewable sources for its Queensland portfolio of Westfield...
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