M-CITY development launches retail precinct in unprecedented times
The M-City mixed-use development launches its retail precinct on Thursday May 21, with the opening of its two major tenants; Kmart and Woolworths Supermarket. The Buchan designed mixed-use development is...
Pacific Werribee show support for their community
QICGRE’s Pacific Werribee is home to more than 300 stores and and is central to its community in Hoppers Crossing, Melbourne. Ever since the pandemic hit, the centre has been...
McKinsey’s latest report ‘The Story of the Australian Consumer’
Research powerhouse McKinsey have released a series of reports about ‘The Story of the Australian Consumer’ – exploring the unique impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Australian consumer sentiment,...
YFG Shopping Centres takes full ownership of Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre
YFG Shopping Centres doubles down by taking full ownership of Brisbane’s Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre after acquiring the remaining 75% interest from Nuveen Real Estate for $285 million. YFG bought its...
Shopper Media data confirms local shopping centres are essential
Shopper Media today has released the findings of its Consumer Sentiment Study, revealing the impact of COVID-19 on current and future shopping patterns and the behavioural and attitudinal shifts driving...
Charter Hall cements leadership position with industrial deals
Charter Hall has secured its strong position in the industrial sector by announcing it has extended its relationship with the Coles Group by securing long-term pre-lease commitments for two new high-tech distribution...
Scentre Group shows promise of retail recovery
The two largest shopping centre groups have now reported on their quarterly results, Vicinity Centres last week and Scentre Group today issued their March 2020 quarterly operational update. Like Vicinity,...
QIC and Yurika Energy to deliver whole-of-system renewable energy solution
The Hon. Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland, and QIC Global Real Estate (QIC GRE) Managing Director, Michael O’Brien, today announced a ground-breaking partnership between QIC and Yurika Energy to...
Frasers Property announces leadership changes for Australia
Frasers Property Limited today announced leadership changes for Australia effective 1 October 2020. Anthony Boyd will be appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Frasers Property Australia. Boyd currently serves...
Colliers International Retail Landlord Sentiment Survey results
Rental growth and pricing valuation benchmarks are the biggest challenges facing the retail sector over the next 12 months, according to Colliers International Retail Landlord Sentiment Survey. The findings of the...
Vicinity manages costs with development deferrals
Vicinity Centres provided their March 2020 quarterly update in response to COVID-19, announcing a number of sensible measures to ensure the organisation gets through this challenging retail period. As one...
Wynnum Plaza delivers essential supplies and support to those in need
Brisbane’s Wynnum Plaza is delivering care packages to community members who are struggling to buy the essentials during COVID-19, including the elderly, disadvantaged families and people with disability. The centre will...
Shopping Centre Council welcomes NSW Premier’s support for retail road to recovery
The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) has welcomed NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s encouragement for businesses to ‘have a go’ and reopen if they are able to adhere to social...
Stockland celebrates Australian mothers
With Mother’s Day this Sunday, Stockland is recognising the incredible contribution from all mums across the country, now more than ever, with its new Mother’s Day campaign, ‘Let Us Be...
Liverpool set to become Sydney’s third largest CBD
Greater Sydney’s ‘Metropolis of Three Cities’ sees Liverpool speed to the forefront as Sydney’s third largest CBD has begun. With more than 100,000 m2 of commercial floor space in the pipeline,...
Shopping centres road to recovery – Top 10 insights revealed
As reported last month, Skyfii have partnered with Brickfields Consulting to uncover key impacts of COVID-19 on shopping behaviours through a first-of-its-kind Nationwide Survey on retail property shopper confidence – the...
Skyfii releases an automated occupancy and social distancing management tool to help businesses comply with COVID-19 regulations
In the wake of COVID-19, the ability to actively maintain a safe environment for customers and staff members is crucial. Skyfii, an Omnidata Intelligence company and the leader in location-based...
St Ives Shopping Village launches ‘Love Local’ campaign
As social distancing rules have now been in effect in Australia for a month, St Ives Shopping Village is offering some much needed local community support to assist the elderly, young...
Victoria’s Derrimut Village proceeds with expansion
Australia’s convenience-based shopping centre category has demonstrated strong performance despite the challenging retail environment. Melbourne-based family business Noordenne Family Group are investing in their retail asset by expanding their Coles...
Retail industry releases COVID-19 Retail Recovery Protocol
Australia’s key retail industry groups have united to release a Retail Recovery Protocol for COVID-19 to assure the community, including retail employees and customers are safe in retail stores and...
Coles opens its latest Local format store in Hawthorn, with Rose Bay next
This morning Coles opens its newest Local store – and this one includes some quirky features like ice cream for dogs! The award-winning Coles Local Glenferrie in Melbourne’s Hawthorn, has thrown...
GPT defers commencement of Rouse Hill retail and Melbourne Central expansion
The GPT Group today released its operational update for the March 2020 quarter. In response to the current operating environment brought on by COVID-19, the Group has implemented a variety of...
Coronavirus testing sites expands to Shopping Centres
Six new drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites across Melbourne will open today, bringing the total to 10 shopping centres, as part of the Victorian Government’s blitz to test up to 100,000 people...
Code of Conduct passed by State parliaments
During the past weeks, the State Governments have passed legislation in line with the National Cabinet’s Commercial Leasing Code of Conduct announced earlier this month. The code applies to SME...
Alipay launches Zero Contact to support the Australian hospitality sector
Alipay has today announced a new initiative – Zero Contact – to support Australia’s hospitality sector as the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions begin to gradually ease. Zero Contact aims to help...
Dexus and Frasers Property Australia progress $2.5 billion Central Place Sydney
Dexus and Frasers Property Australia (the partnership) progress their proposal to revitalise Central and deliver a world class tech precinct for Sydney. The partnership’s proposal is for a circa $2.5...
Stockland Townsville teams up with Just Cuts to pamper local seniors
Stockland Townsville has teamed up with Just Cuts to donate a number of complimentary hair care packages to seniors at a local Aitkenvale retirement village. Peggy Millios, owner of Just...
Mirvac Retail launches online marketplace and contactless shopping
In an effort to support the local independent retailers that are the lifeblood of Mirvac Retail Centres, the team have launched an innovative online marketplace and contactless drive-thru pick-up service...
Vicinity’s Emporium Melbourne reopens
Vicinity Centres have reopened Emporium Melbourne today, Monday 27 April, three weeks after the centre was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 situation. The centre had been impacted as Melbourne’s CBD...
Preliminary March +8.2% retail figures fuelled by panic buying
Australian retail turnover rose 8.2% in March 2020, seasonally adjusted, according to preliminary retail trade figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This is the strongest seasonally...
Proposed $450 million Toowong Town Centre development
State Development Corporation and White & Partners Sydney have this week lodged a Development Application (DA) with Brisbane City Council to construct a proposed $450 million Toowong Town Centre. The site...
Retailers granted authorisation to collectively negotiate with landlords
The ACCC has granted interim authorisation allowing retailers to collectively bargain with landlords. The application was lodged on 17 April 2020, by the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), on behalf of itself...
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