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Queensland Government announces payroll tax relief for coronavirus impact
Queensland Government announces payroll tax relief for coronavirus impact
The National Retail Association (NRA)  has today welcomed the announcement by the Queensland State Government to provide payroll tax relief to businesses impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. Under the measure, small...
Shopper Media increases its support for Clean Up Australia
Shopper Media increases its support for Clean Up Australia
Out-of-home media solutions specialists, Shopper Media today announced its increased support for Clean Up Australia, signing on as a key media partner for this year’s Step Up To Clean Up campaign. Shopper...
Auckland’s Commercial Bay retail precinct 100% leased
Auckland’s Commercial Bay retail precinct 100% leased
Precinct Properties have announced its Commercial Bay retail precinct is now 100% leased with a stellar lineup of retailers, positioning it as Auckland’s most exciting new shopping destination. Showcasing an outstanding mix...
AFC Curated returns to Emporium Melbourne
AFC Curated returns to Emporium Melbourne
AFC Curated is a unique retail & business development platform from the Australian Fashion Council (AFC), presented by Vicinity Centres. Since 2017, AFC Curated has delivered premium retail spaces across Melbourne,...
AMP Capital’s Quay Quarter Tower secures 6 Star Green Star design rating
AMP Capital’s Quay Quarter Tower secures 6 Star Green Star design rating
AMP Capital’s Quay Quarter Tower at Circular Quay has achieved a 6 Star Green Star – Office Design rating from the Green Building Council of Australia, for its innovative environmental...
The Link at Chadstone
The Link at Chadstone
Blending placemaking, infrastructure and innovation, Make Architects has completed a new project for Vicinity Centres at Chadstone in Melbourne. Designed to connect the centre, with the newly opened Hotel Chadstone Melbourne, MGallery...
Home Consortium delivers first results with childcare initiative announcement
Home Consortium delivers first results with childcare initiative announcement
HomeCo (HMC) which listed in 2019 has delivered on prospectus forecasts and is establishing a base for sustainable long term growth across its 21 freehold retail centres. HomeCo is an internally...
Mainbrace secures several new construction projects
Mainbrace secures several new construction projects
The retail construction specialist Mainbrace has a busy current pipeline valued at more than $100 million in Queensland, with new projects underway for 151 Property at Strathpine Centre, AMP Capital’s...
Scentre Group recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality – three years in a row
Scentre Group recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality – three years in a row
Scentre Group have been recognised and publicly endorsed by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality. It’s the third time the company has...
Kiwi Property achieves accessibility accreditation for its retail portfolio
Kiwi Property achieves accessibility accreditation for its retail portfolio
Kiwi Property, New Zealand’s largest listed property company, is stepping forward as an accessibility leader, after its entire shopping centre portfolio received accessibility accreditations from Be. Lab. It’s the first...
Stockland supports communities with up to $300,000 in 2020 Care Grants
Stockland supports communities with up to $300,000 in 2020 Care Grants
Stockland has announced the launch of its annual CARE Grants program for 2020, inviting local not-for-profit and community groups to apply for funding to help create more cohesive, inclusive and...
Vicinity Centres senior executive to join CBRE’s Retail Capital Markets team
Vicinity Centres senior executive to join CBRE’s Retail Capital Markets team
Vicinity Centres senior executive James Douglas will join CBRE next month as Senior National Director, Retail Capital Markets, Pacific. The high-profile appointment further strengthens CBRE’s Asia Pacific capabilities in major...
Port Adelaide Plaza completes rooftop solar system 
Port Adelaide Plaza completes rooftop solar system 
The $1.3 million solar system at Precision Group’s Port Adelaide Plaza, comprises of 2,030 ‘SunPower’ solar panels across a roof area of approximately 5,000m2. Since it was switched on 17 January...
JLL research confirms resurgence of neighbourhood centre transactions
JLL research confirms resurgence of neighbourhood centre transactions
According to JLL Research, the confidence in the supermarket sector escalates. The report states neighbourhood centre investments were $1.3 billion in 2019 or 21% of total retail transactions, nationally. While...
NRA releases blueprint for Australian retail recovery
NRA releases blueprint for Australian retail recovery
The National Retail Association (NRA) has released an ambitious blueprint designed to tackle the unprecedented challenges confronting the sector and set Australian retail on course for recovery. The full impact...
Scentre Group to Target Net Zero Emissions by 2030
Scentre Group to Target Net Zero Emissions by 2030
Scentre Group has today announced it will pursue a net zero emissions target by 2030 across its wholly-owned portfolio of Westfield Living Centres. This builds on the company’s existing environmental...
Mirvac Retail partners with Live Nation to deliver Australia’s first ‘Happy Place’
Mirvac Retail partners with Live Nation to deliver Australia’s first ‘Happy Place’
In an Australian first, one of the world’s largest entertainment companies, Live Nation will deliver its hugely successful and popular ‘Happy Place’ experience when it opens on the rooftop of...
Colliers International expands retail valuation presence in Victoria
Colliers International expands retail valuation presence in Victoria
Colliers International continues to expand its retail valuation expertise in Melbourne with the appointment of experienced valuer Trent Weir as National Director to the Retail Valuations team. Weir has been employed...
Everyday gourmet weekend extravaganza at The Square Mirrabooka
Everyday gourmet weekend extravaganza at The Square Mirrabooka
Perron owned The Square Mirrabooka has announced the Everyday Gourmet Weekend event in the revitalised fresh food precinct where customers can learn how to master fresh food related tricks, tips and tastings ready...
QICGRE’s Castle Towers set to embark on further upgrade projects
QICGRE’s Castle Towers set to embark on further upgrade projects
Castle Towers Centre Manager, Eddie Paynter, has announced the Centre was preparing to imminently commence work on further Centre enhancement projects, as part of its continued evolution. Following the successful launch...
Game on at QV Melbourne’s immersive Gaming Dome
Game on at QV Melbourne’s immersive Gaming Dome
At Dexus’s QV Melbourne an immersive Gaming Dome is set to open in the coming weeks. The new addition is an all-encompassing pop up esports hub in the heart of...
Woolworths to sell four strong performing neighbourhood shopping centres
Woolworths to sell four strong performing neighbourhood shopping centres
Woolworths Group Limited are offering four retail investment assets for sale – Spring Farm and Wadalba in New South Wales, Keysborough South in Victoria and Bakewell, Northern Territory. The neighbourhood Shopping...
Mirvac announces Lotte Duty Free Australian Flagship for 55 Market St Sydney
Mirvac announces Lotte Duty Free Australian Flagship for 55 Market St Sydney
Leading the renaissance of luxury retail in the Sydney CBD will be the prestige retail duty free global powerhouse Lotte Duty Free signing a deal announced today by Mirvac Retail...
Red Carpet Men launches at Chatswood Chase
Red Carpet Men launches at Chatswood Chase
This March, Chatswood Chase Sydney will celebrate the change of season with two special events – a series of intimate interviews with stars of stage and screen in Red Carpet...
Retail experts talk customer centricity at PCA Retail Outlook 2020
Retail experts talk customer centricity at PCA Retail Outlook 2020
This year at the Property Council of Australia’s (PCA) Retail Outlook breakfast, retail experts aligned to discuss the need to put customers in the heart of all decisions to create...
$6.84 billion of Australian retail property assets traded in 2019
$6.84 billion of Australian retail property assets traded in 2019
Private investors have led the way as quality Australian retail property assets remain well sought after, with $6.84 billion of transactions in 2019. The Colliers International Retail Investment Review, released today...
Mirvac Retail centres celebrate Mardi Gras with insta-worthy installations
Mirvac Retail centres celebrate Mardi Gras with insta-worthy installations
Mirvac Retail centres in Sydney and Brisbane are set to become members of community-based organisation ‘Welcome Here’ to focus staff and retailers on inclusion and diversity as they break out...
JLL’s annual Australian Shopping Centre Investment Review and Outlook 2020
JLL’s annual Australian Shopping Centre Investment Review and Outlook 2020
According to JLL’s annual Australian Shopping Centre Investment Review and Outlook 2020, the retail sector will be a key focus for investors seeking to take advantage of the more attractive...
Colliers appoints John Kenny as Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific
Colliers appoints John Kenny as Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific
Colliers International announced today that John Kenny has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Asia Pacific, effective immediately. This new role unifies Asia, Australia and New Zealand, while creating synergies...
Stuart McCann joins CBRE as Head of International Capital, Pacific and Southeast Asia
Stuart McCann joins CBRE as Head of International Capital, Pacific and Southeast Asia
CBRE has appointment Stuart McCann as Head of International Capital, Pacific and Southeast Asia. Based in Singapore, McCann will primarily be responsible for facilitating cross-border real estate investments into the...
Construction commences on ISPT’s Karingal Hub
Construction commences on ISPT’s Karingal Hub
Karingal Hub is expanding with additions of a new town square and more free parking as ISPT unveils its vision for the revitalised Karingal Hub Shopping Centre in Frankston. The Centre’s makeover...
The coronavirus outbreak and Australia’s retail economy
The coronavirus outbreak and Australia’s retail economy
As the bushfire crisis and coronavirus outbreak weigh heavily on the Australian economy, retail landlords are announcing their company results for the six months ended 31 December 2019, and as we...

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