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Nepean Village set to unveil an all-new dining precinct
Nepean Village set to unveil an all-new dining precinct
Vicinity’s Nepean Village is set to unveil its new dynamic dining precinct, open to the community in time to enjoy summer dining, from lunch through to dinner. Works began on...
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...
Barkly Square Launches ‘Home for Christmas’ in Collaboration with RMIT University
Barkly Square Launches ‘Home for Christmas’ in Collaboration with RMIT University
Community shopping centre, Barkly Square, owned by ISPT, has launched Home for Christmas, reimagining recycled festive decorations in partnership with students from RMIT’s Diploma of Visual Merchandising. Embracing thoughtful design...
Lakeside Joondalup unwraps Perth’s biggest and most immersive Christmas
Lakeside Joondalup unwraps Perth’s biggest and most immersive Christmas
Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City in Perth reveals its biggest Christmas offering ever. With two months of activities, the festive season kicked off on November 6 with a theatrical parade featuring a...
Forest Hill Chase scores Australia’s first Birdies Mini Golf Bar
Forest Hill Chase scores Australia’s first Birdies Mini Golf Bar
Australia’s first Birdies Mini Golf Bar launches in Melbourne this week, in the Dining and Entertainment Precinct on Level 3 at Forest Hill Chase shopping centre. It’s the first of...
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...
Floreat Forum provides free sun protection for shoppers
Floreat Forum provides free sun protection for shoppers
Ahead of National Skin Cancer Action Week 2021, Perth’s Floreat Forum has become the first shopping centre in Australia to provide free Cancer Council sunscreen via the installation of a...
The evolution of Macquarie Park in Sydney’s North
The evolution of Macquarie Park in Sydney’s North
It’s been one year since Coles Supermarket commenced trading in the mixed-used development by Greenland Australia. Now complete, Lachlan’s Square Village combines everyday shopping and lifestyle needs with premium and...
Kylie Rampa appointed new QIC CEO
Kylie Rampa appointed new QIC CEO
Following a four-month global recruitment process, Kylie Rampa has been appointed as chief executive officer of QIC, a leading Australian investment manager owned by the Queensland Government. Rampa joins QIC...
Highpoint Shopping Centre welcomes 16 new retail stores
Highpoint Shopping Centre welcomes 16 new retail stores
Following the successful reopening of Highpoint on Friday 29 October, the centre continues to cement its status as the shopping destination in Melbourne’s west, confirming 16 new retailers to open...
Fawkner Property acquires Stockland Cairns for $146 million
Fawkner Property acquires Stockland Cairns for $146 million
Australian asset manager, Fawkner Property has acquired Stockland Cairns in an off-market deal that was transacted at the 30 June 2021 book value of $146 million, reflecting a core capitalisation...
Rodd & Gunn launches The Lodge Bar Myer Chadstone
Rodd & Gunn launches The Lodge Bar Myer Chadstone
A fusion of luxury and superior style, The Lodge Bar Myer Chadstone is an innovative world-first for Australian retail. Leading New Zealand label Rodd & Gunn is redefining everyday retail experiences –...
Retailers race to fill vacancies at Pacific Werribee’s first ever Jobs Fair
Retailers race to fill vacancies at Pacific Werribee’s first ever Jobs Fair
Pacific Werribee hosted its inaugural Jobs Fair this week, offering prospective candidates the opportunity to access more than 50 local jobs ahead of the busy Christmas period. Key retailers including...
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...
Vicinity and ENGIE to deliver Australia’s first shopping centre-based electric vehicle fast-charging network
Vicinity and ENGIE to deliver Australia’s first shopping centre-based electric vehicle fast-charging network
Vicinity Centres has today announced a strategic partnership with low-carbon energy company, ENGIE, to deliver electric vehicle fast-charging stations in car parks across its portfolio, setting the benchmark for customer...
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...
Bay Plaza’s redevelopment underway
Bay Plaza’s redevelopment underway
Stage one in the redevelopment of Yeppoon’s community shopping centre, Bay Plaza, is now complete. These works have seen Snap Fitness relocate outside the centre to a bigger footprint, Live...
Precision Group unveils final stage of Port Adelaide Plaza’s $50m development
Precision Group unveils final stage of Port Adelaide Plaza’s $50m development
Precision Group’s Port Adelaide Plaza opened Thursday October 28, welcoming an array of new retailers in the final stage of its highly anticipated $50 million development. With a focus on...
Cartier announces new Oceania flagship boutique at 388 George Street
Cartier announces new Oceania flagship boutique at 388 George Street
French luxury Maison, Cartier, has announced a new Oceania flagship boutique in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. The flagship will be located at the 388 George Street Pavilion Building, on the...
Country Road opens its first ever boutique
Country Road opens its first ever boutique
Country Road is redefining traditional retail concepts with a stunning new store experience set in the heart of Victorian fashion destination, High Street Armadale. The first of its kind, the...
SCA acquires Delacombe Town Centre for $112 million
SCA acquires Delacombe Town Centre for $112 million
Delacombe Town Centre has been sold by Troon Group to SCA Property Group for $112 million reflecting an implied fully let yield of 5.34%. The off-market sale was brokered by JLL’s...
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...
Vicinity Centres and Global Marketplace announce new strategic partnership
Vicinity Centres and Global Marketplace announce new strategic partnership
Global Marketplace (GMP) and Vicinity Centres (VCX), have today announced a strategic partnership combining the national physical footprint of Vicinity’s 61 retail destinations with leading e-commerce events, data and marketplace...

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