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Birkenhead Point opens complimentary Guest Services Lounge
Birkenhead Point opens complimentary Guest Services Lounge
In time for the peak Chinese New Year tourist season, Birkenhead Point Brand Outlet has launched a brand-new Guest Services Lounge as a complimentary space for visitors to relax and...
Grand Plaza – making end of year festivities more inclusive
Grand Plaza – making end of year festivities more inclusive
Shopping centres are usually busy with crowds of people particularly around the festive season which can be a deterrent for some shoppers. Sensory events offer a more quiet experience within...
Charter Hall acquires Campbellfield Plaza for $74 million
Charter Hall acquires Campbellfield Plaza for $74 million
To round out the year, another sub-regional centre has transacted with Charter Hall Retail REIT acquiring Campbellfield Plaza from ISPT for $74 million. JLL’s Simon Rooney, Stuart Taylor and Tom Noonan have...
Richmond Marketplace refurbishment complete
Richmond Marketplace refurbishment complete
Richmond Marketplace, owned by ISPT is celebrating the completion of its latest $11 million refurbishment project with a weekend of jam-packed activities and events for local residents. The centre located in the outer...
Warrawong Plaza opens ‘The Place’
Warrawong Plaza opens ‘The Place’
Warrawong Plaza on New South Wales’ South Coast has delivered a new casual dining precinct ‘The Place’ – transforming the shopping centre into a new foodie destination for the Illawarra region,...
Woolworths opens Prestons Place
Woolworths opens Prestons Place
The new Woolworths-developed Prestons Place opened to massive crowds of local shoppers on Wednesday 5 December. The centre located 37 kilometres south west of the CBD was built to provide...
CS Square $45 million development hits key milestones
CS Square $45 million development hits key milestones
Lendlease today announced its stage three extension of Caroline Springs Square shopping centre, better known as CS Square, in the suburb of Caroline Springs in Melbourne’s west, is on track...
Forest Hill Chase unveils The Loft
Forest Hill Chase unveils The Loft
On Friday 7 December, Forest Hill Chase unveiled a brand new food experience named The Loft, just in time to feed hungry Christmas shoppers. Owned by private investment firm and managed by...
APPF Retail takes 25% stake in Harbour Town, Gold Coast
APPF Retail takes 25% stake in Harbour Town, Gold Coast
Acting on behalf of the Future Fund, JLL has negotiated the sale of a 25% interest in Harbour Town Gold Coast, one of Australia’s best performing retail hybrid Outlet Centres....
Kiwi Property unveils new dining destination at Northlands
Kiwi Property unveils new dining destination at Northlands
Kiwi Property, owner of Northlands Shopping Centre in Christchurch, has unveiled its new dining destination – Langdons Quarter, serving up a selection of great dining options in an exceptional new...
Stockland gives startups a boost
Stockland gives startups a boost
Following a two-week intensive bootcamp, 12 startups were selected to take part in the six month Stockland Accelerator Program. Powered by Australia’s largest tech startup accelerator BlueChilli, the Stockland Accelerator program aims to...
$87 million Stockland Birtinya opens
$87 million Stockland Birtinya opens
Hundreds of local residents joined Jarrod Bleijie MP State Member for Kawana, Cr Peter Cox Sunshine Coast Council and the Stockland team last Friday 7 December to celebrate the official...
Bayfair Shopping Centre opens first phase of $115 million development
Bayfair Shopping Centre opens first phase of $115 million development
Bayfair Shopping Centre has officially opened the first stage of the its NZ$115 million development today with an expanded footprint and new retail offering – just in time for the...
New dining and cinema offerings at Kawana Shoppingworld open
New dining and cinema offerings at Kawana Shoppingworld open
Kawana Shoppingworld was profiled in the current SCN issue and its multi-million dollar redevelopment, which commenced in January of last year has now come on stream. The very first shopping centre on...
King Street Wharf sells for $125.5 million
King Street Wharf sells for $125.5 million
Sydney-based real estate investor Markham has acquired a 100% interest in King Street Wharf, Sydney’s premier waterfront precinct, occupying a landmark site with unparalleled frontage to Sydney Harbour for $125.5...
Vicinity announces new executive team
Vicinity announces new executive team
Vicinity Centres announced this week a new Executive Committee structure to accelerate its strategy to create a core portfolio of market-leading destinations, realise mixed-use opportunities and expand its wholesale funds...
Victoria’s Secret opens first full-line Australian store at Chadstone
Victoria’s Secret opens first full-line Australian store at Chadstone
Victoria’s Secret has finally opened the doors on its first flagship location in Australia adding to it’s 1,600 stores worldwide. The American lingerie giant unveiled its store at Vicinity Centres’ Chadstone The...
Midland Gate opens second stage
Midland Gate opens second stage
The largest regional shopping centre in Perth’s east, Vicinity Centre’s Midland Gate, opened the second stage of its $100 million redevelopment on Wednesday 21 November  which attracted thousands of shoppers. ALDI, The Reject Shop,...
Lendlease trials new transparent screen technology
Lendlease trials new transparent screen technology
Lendlease has announced that it has started trialling new technology, a transparent LED mesh screen, at its shopping centre located in south west Sydney, Macarthur Square. The trial is in partnership with Techfront...
Tauranga Crossing set to open new dining and H&M in April 2019
Tauranga Crossing set to open new dining and H&M in April 2019
Tauranga Crossing in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand have announced a list of exciting new restaurants and eateries scheduled to open as part of the expanded centre in April...
PNA GRAND TOUR: The Story So Far: Cairns
PNA GRAND TOUR: The Story So Far: Cairns
SCN recently met with the team, Eddie and Jon from Property Network of Australia and they had a lot to say about North Queensland. They have taken it upon themselves to get...
New Code allows for better sales performance disclosure
New Code allows for better sales performance disclosure
In a move for greater disclosure on performance, a new Retail Industry Code of Practice on the Reporting of Sales and Occupancy Costs will come in to effect on the 1 January 2019 which has been...
Blackstone sells Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre for $178 million
Blackstone sells Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre for $178 million
Waverley Gardens is a well-established 39,554m2 sub-regional shopping centre located in a strong population growth corridor of the Melbourne metropolitan area, 25 kilometres south-east of its CBD. The centre is...
Vale Stan Perron, Perron Group
Vale Stan Perron, Perron Group
We have lost a much respected industry member, founder and Chairman, Mr Stan Perron AM of the Perron Group. From humble beginnings Stan founded the Perron Group which is now...
Marina Square opens at Wentworth Point
Marina Square opens at Wentworth Point
As the first integrated shopping centre in the region of Sydney Olympic Park and the newest of Sydney’s new class of super neighbourhood centres, Marina Square will service the current...
Cranebrook Village bought by private investor
Cranebrook Village bought by private investor
Cranebrook Village located in the western Sydney suburb of Cranebrook has sold for $48.1 million, representing a 5.29% yield to a Sydney based private investor. The area is undergoing significant development and...
Stockland divests $113 million of centres to release capital
Stockland divests $113 million of centres to release capital
Stockland today confirmed it has exchanged contracts to divest Stockland Bathurst Shopping Centre and Stockland South in Caloundra* for combined proceeds of $113.1 million, reflecting a 5.3% discount to the...
Iconic Myer sign returns to Coorparoo Square
Iconic Myer sign returns to Coorparoo Square
The neon lights of the iconic Myer sign that once overlooked the site of Coorparoo Square will shine bright once again on Friday November 30, when Frasers Property Australia and...
Retail sales to exceed $50 billion this Christmas
Retail sales to exceed $50 billion this Christmas
The National Retail Association (NRA) has predicted Australian shoppers to splurge $50 billion on retail sales this Christmas with personalisation named as one of the highlighted trends for gifts. It will...
Bayfair Shopping Centre to open 30 stores in December
Bayfair Shopping Centre to open 30 stores in December
Bayfair Shopping Centre’s $115 million redevelopment as featured on the cover of SCN this year will have more than 30 new stores to open in early December in time for Christmas...
Sunshine Plaza – Stage 1 opening
Sunshine Plaza – Stage 1 opening
Thousands gathered at Sunshine Plaza on 14 November to see the first unveil of Stage 1 of Lendlease’s Sunshine Plaza’s $420 million redevelopment. Lots of entertainment was on offer with Santa’s arrival...
Stockland celebrates largest single rooftop solar system in Australia
Stockland celebrates largest single rooftop solar system in Australia
Stockland, one of Australia’s largest diversified real estate groups and the most sustainable property company in the world*, celebrated the success of its latest solar installation at Stockland Green Hills...

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