2020 Frank Lowy Fellowship award recognises COVID-19 driven innovation and resilience
The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) has named Carl Woodward, Group Manager Engineering, Scentre Group, as the 2020 winner of the prestigious Frank Lowy Fellowship. The Fellowship was established...
Australia’s largest food donation drive celebrates its 12th year
For the twelfth year running, Retail First has teamed up with All Purpose Transport to collect food donations across South East Queensland, to help OzHarvest address the increased demand for...
Vicinity grows DFO brand with seventh Australian centre
Vicinity Centres has grown its market-leading DFO-branded premium outlet portfolio, with the addition of DFO Uni Hill in Melbourne’s north-east, taking the total to seven DFOs (Direct Factory Outlets) across...
NRA says Xmas sales will mark the start of retail recovery and record online spend
The National Retail Association (NRA) has announced that the 2020 Christmas period will mark the start of a retail recovery as shoppers indulge during the busy festive season. Altogether, the...
Queensland shopping centre sold for $10.4m
The Mackay West Shopping Centre has changed hands for $10.4 million in a sign of ongoing demand for convenience focused retail assets. CBRE’s Michael Hedger and Joe Tynan negotiated the...
Cairns Central launches new ticketless parking
As Cairns Central puts the finishing touches on its $60 million redevelopment, the centre has reached a major milestone with the launch of its new ticketless parking system on November...
Retail incubator program a win-win for Ripley Town Centre and small business
The team at Ripley Town Centre is leveraging its industry experience to support small businesses with the introduction of Pop Up retail to diversify the centre’s offer. In a bid...
St. Collins Lane hosts 4 days of wonderful
Many Melbourne centres are making their comeback with interesting activations and events. Coinciding with two major fashion dates in the shopping calendar – Black Friday and Cyber Monday – shoppers...
Coles unveils innovative and bespoke Chatswood supermarket
Coles is opening its most innovative and tailor-made supermarket yet, inspiring customers with Australian-first sustainability features and a product range personalised to meet the needs of the Chatswood community. Opened...
How to have a hospitality mindset? – let’s focus on sales
In part one of this series, Francis Loughran discussed the customer’s timeless desire and appreciation of quality food and service and how this is the platform from which to drive...
McKinsey: Australian consumers want to be back in charge
After a year of huge uncertainty and external constraints, a clearer picture is emerging of the long term changes in consumer behaviour in Australia. Australians are looking to take more...
Lederer Group gifts $60,000 worth of cash prizes to six NSW centres
This Christmas, NSW residents are in for a treat as The Lederer Group announces $60,000 worth of prizes will be given out to locals. Starting from November 10 up until...
Broadway Sydney elevates Indigenous artists and designers for NAIDOC Week 2020
In partnership with First Nations Fashion Design and Boomalli Art Gallery, Broadway Sydney will deliver an exciting NAIDOC program, featuring an Indigenous designer Pop Up store, an exhibition zone, bespoke...
Westfield Doncaster opens new $30m indoor/ outdoor rooftop dining precinct
Scentre Group, with its joint venture partners, ISPT and M&G Real Estate Asia, has officially opened its much anticipated $30 million Westfield Doncaster dining precinct in Melbourne’s east in time...
Fortius officially opens Acre Artarmon at Home HQ
Fortius Funds Management has aimed to revitalise its Home HQ Homemaker Centre with today’s official opening of an urban farm-food inspired food and beverage (F&B) oasis, Acre Artarmon, which delivers...
Erskineville’s Park Sydney announces grand opening
The first stage of one of Sydney’s largest urban renewal projects, Park Sydney in Erskineville, has officially opened to residents and retailers today, following a launch event hosted by joint...
Westfield shares the magic of its Christmas campaign
Scentre Group has released its official Christmas campaign, ‘The Night (way) before Christmas’, as the countdown to the festive season and Santa’s early arrival next week, begins. Coming to the...
Troon Group’s Ballarat Lifestyle Centre up for sale
Ballarat’s Troon Group has listed its brand new Ballarat Lifestyle Centre as the large format retail sector enjoys relatively good times on the back of COVID-19 related government stimulus and...
How to have a hospitality mindset? – it’s all about the customer
In part one of Future Food’s Future Series, Francis Loughran discusses the proposition that successful and profitable food and hospitality venues do not just happen, they are in fact the...
Stockland Green Hills wins award for Best Shopping Centre Development in 2020
Stockland Green Hills has been awarded the esteemed Best Shopping Centre Development at Property Council of Australia’s (PCA) 2020 Innovation & Excellence Awards. The award comes after the centre’s successful...
Highpoint welcomes eased restrictions with the launch of a safe, new shopping experience
One of Australia’s largest retail destinations, Highpoint Shopping Centre in Melbourne’s west, is preparing for a much-anticipated increase in foot traffic from eager Melburnian shoppers, now that the Victorian Government...
Caringbah Super Centre re-opens in style and on schedule
The refreshed and refurbished Caringbah Super Centre has officially re-opened to the community with Sutherland Shire Mayor Steve Simpson undertaking the ribbon-cutting duties at a special COVID-safe event on site...
Seven Cockburn Gateway Shopping City retailers awarded FoodSafe certification
Cockburn Gateway Shopping City is proud to be the first shopping centre in Australia with multiple retailers awarded FoodSafe certification. The City of Cockburn recently presented the FoodSafe Certified Certificates...
Giant scale artworks brighten Marrickville Metro
Sydney’s Inner West is renowned for its vibrant and progressive community. Inspired by its rich Aboriginal, multicultural and industrial history, it has now evolved into a destination to experience creativity...
Melbourne: extended hours and latest tech help customers beat the queues this long weekend
Last week, Vicinity announced a wide-range of COVID safety measures in place at each of its centres across Melbourne. This Melbourne Cup weekend all of Vicinity’s shopping centres across Melbourne...
Bunnings announces its renewable energy commitment is just the beginning
Bunnings has announced its plans to source 100% renewable electricity by 2025, to help achieve its target of net zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030. Bunnings has had...
Kiwi Property’s leading regional shopping centre available for sale
CBRE has been appointed by Kiwi Property to sell The Plaza Shopping Centre in Palmerston North. The high-performing asset will provide investors with an exceptional opportunity to acquire the Manawatu’s...
Hawaiian launches online shopping platform
Hawaiian has launched a new online shopping platform for Perth customers to buy from their favourite local retailers without having to leave home. For customers wanting an online shopping experience,...
Stockland Forster announces winning artists for 83m mural
Back in August 2020, Stockland sought expressions of interest from local, professional artists in delivering a public art mural, with the selected artists to be remunerated for their concept design...
Stockland’s Battle of the Schools enters second year of competition
Bundaberg’s second annual Battle of the Schools is underway, with 22 primary schools from across the region competing in friendly trivia for a chance to be crowned this year’s champions....
Vicinity to welcome back customers with COVID-safe tech and innovation
Vicinity Centres (Vicinity), the owner of 20 shopping centres across Melbourne including Chadstone, Northland, The Glen and Bayside, is ready to welcome back Melburnians from Wednesday 28 October, with wide-ranging...
Revised plans submitted to transform Harbourside Shopping Centre precinct
Mirvac Group has submitted a revised development application for the redevelopment of its Harbourside Shopping Centre at Darling Harbour in Sydney, which will deliver a new public domain of more...
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