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Catalogues still big for retail
Catalogues still big for retail
It’s proof that print catalogues drive retail sales as the major retail players take out the highest awards at the The Australasian Catalogue Association (ACA) 27thAnnual Awards last Friday night. The awards...
Food for the Seoul
Food for the Seoul
This week SCN talks to Future Food’s Allan Forsdick and Francis Loughran who have spent considerable time in Seoul over the past year working on the master plan of the Starfield Cheongna Mall in Seoul,...
Eastern Creek Quarter starts construction
Eastern Creek Quarter starts construction
The first sod was  turned on western Sydney’s newest shopping destination- Eastern Creek Quarter. Construction of the first stage of Eastern Creek Quarter kicked off today, with the first sod turned...
Menai Marketplace kicking sustainability goals
Menai Marketplace kicking sustainability goals
Lendlease’s Menai Marketplace has taken a stance on reducing waste, thanks to all the retailers and the local community the centre has reached some key sustainability milestones. It is a real demonstration...
Kiwi Property reduces waste by 310 tonnes annually
Kiwi Property reduces waste by 310 tonnes annually
New Zealand’s largest listed property company, Kiwi Property, has recycled over 10,000 discarded plastic bottles into five ‘human’ families known as ‘The Greens’ to front a waste reduction campaign. The Greens,...
GPT appoints Angus McNaughton as a Non-Executive Director
GPT appoints Angus McNaughton as a Non-Executive Director
The GPT Group (GPT) today announced the appointment of Angus McNaughton as a Non- Executive Director. McNaughton’s appointment will take effect from 1 November, 2018. McNaughton was the CEO and...
Westfield Carousel’s spectacular launch
Westfield Carousel’s spectacular launch
Thousands gathered at Westfield Carousel to celebrate the official opening on the 31 August of its $350 million redevelopment. The centre’s opening heralded the start of the next generation of retail...
Albany Creek Village announces multi-million dollar refurb
Albany Creek Village announces multi-million dollar refurb
New owners announce an exciting new era for Albany Creek Village. The centre is set to benefit from a multi-million dollar capital works and refurbishment reposition that will enhance its standing...
Shopper Media Group celebrates 250 Shopping Centres
Shopper Media Group celebrates 250 Shopping Centres
Shopper Media Group today announced it has reached 250 shopping centres nationally, maintaining its position as Australia’s fastest-growing retail digital out-of-home business. With the 2018 Mini Guns report soon to be...
The Strand Arcade’s 17th Annual Evening with our Designers
The Strand Arcade’s 17th Annual Evening with our Designers
The Strand Arcade held its 17th annual VIP Evening with our Designers event, hosted at the prestigious Sydney CBD arcade on Wednesday 29 August, 6-8pm. VIP shoppers had the rare opportunity to...
Authentic Asian food precinct in Surfer’s Paradise gets a new name
Authentic Asian food precinct in Surfer’s Paradise gets a new name
One of the Gold Coast’s most exciting new dining experiences has a brand new name – CHOP CHOP, the developers of the  precinct are creating an authentic laneway experience in...
Game/On at QV Melbourne
Game/On at QV Melbourne
Dexus-owned QV Melbourne will be presenting Game/On, a program of events bringing everyone’s favourite pixelated games to life in a retro gaming festival. Over four weeks until the 23 September, the QV...
Vicinity to build Australia’s largest property solar program
Vicinity to build Australia’s largest property solar program
Vicinity Centres has unveiled details about the expansion of its industry-leading solar program with approximately $50 million of additional investment in solar and technologies across a further 17 shopping centres...
Lakeside Joondalup features YouTube sensation Lauren Curtis
Lakeside Joondalup features YouTube sensation Lauren Curtis
Lakeside Joondalup has secured one of Australia’s most popular beauty influencer, Perth-based Lauren Curtis, as the face of their inaugural Springfest beauty and fashion festival, which will kick off on...
Perth’s Raine Square opens first stage
Perth’s Raine Square opens first stage
One of Perth’s most talked about precincts will come to life as Raine Square opens its doors on Monday 17 September and unveils Stage 1 of its $200 million transformation...
Westfield Carousel collaborates with international artists for opening
Westfield Carousel collaborates with international artists for opening
‘ZOOM’, a colourful eye popping interactive experience, marks an Australian first for the New York and London international artist duo Craig and Karl to celebrate the opening of Westfield Carousel...
Coles confirmed at Ed.Square
Coles confirmed at Ed.Square
Edmondson Park is a game-changing mixed-used community located in Sydney’s south-west. As a result of successful home sales in the area, retailers are now being drawn to Ed.Square shopping precinct with Coles and Liquorland confirmed as...
Grand Plaza – the heart of the community
Grand Plaza – the heart of the community
Grand Plaza Shopping Centre a single-level regional centre located south of the Brisbane CBD, managed by Vicinity Centres has found differentiation in its positioning by being the proud community heart and...
SCCA Marketing Awards – FINALISTS 2018
SCCA Marketing Awards – FINALISTS 2018
The 2018 SCCA Marketing Awards finalists have just been released and are listed below. Congratulations! The campaign with the highest score, regardless of the category entered, will be awarded the...
Stockland shines a light on fatherhood
Stockland shines a light on fatherhood
Stockland has released an inspirational Father’s Day Campaign, launching across its national social and owned media channels to an audience of over 415,000 people.  The heart-warming, content-led campaign, titled ‘Dad....
Raquel Lemon, Vicinity Centres
Raquel Lemon, Vicinity Centres
The Shopping Centre industry is driven by people. It’s the skills and expertise of the people that manage, develop and evolve shopping centres for their communities that creates this great industry....
New al fresco dining opening at Toombul
New al fresco dining opening at Toombul
Construction has commenced on a brand new al fresco dining zone in the next stage of Mirvac’s Toombul Shopping Centre makeover. Located at Toombul’s major western entry off Sandgate Road,...
Vicinity’s Roselands to undergo $90 million transformation
Vicinity’s Roselands to undergo $90 million transformation
One of Sydney’s oldest shopping centres, Roselands Shopping Centre is undergoing a $90 million transformation . ‘The New Roselands’ will bring a premium culinary experience to Sydney’s vibrant South West.  Vicinity Centres, co-owner...
Gold Coast’s Marina Mirage to launch luxury food marketplace
Gold Coast’s Marina Mirage to launch luxury food marketplace
The iconic Marina Mirage on the Gold Coast has inked a deal that will see a high-end food marketplace become the Gold Coast waterfront icon’s anchor tenant. The retail property group,...
Lakeside Joondalup adds mural to Changing Places facility
Lakeside Joondalup adds mural to Changing Places facility
Lendlease’s Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City has unveiled a mural in its Changing Places facility by artist, Monica McGhie, who uses her mouth to paint. The adult changing facility enables people with severe...
Lachlan Dyson, Lendlease
Lachlan Dyson, Lendlease
The Shopping Centre industry is driven by people. It’s the skills and expertise of the people that manage, develop and evolve shopping centres for their communities that creates this great industry....
Melbourne’s first 2 level Supermarket
Melbourne’s first 2 level Supermarket
CRS Commercial have recently completed the landmark leasing of Melbourne’s first 2 level Supermarket to Woolworths Australia at the $2.8 billion Melbourne Square Project. The store will be constructed over two...
Nicole Trunfio stars as the face of Chadstone
Nicole Trunfio stars as the face of Chadstone
Chadstone – The Fashion Capital recently launched its Spring Summer 18 (SS18) campaign starring Australian model,  Nicole Trunfio.  With the fashion season hotting up, this campaign is going to be one...
Fresh Food launches at Belmont Forum
Fresh Food launches at Belmont Forum
The Perron Group and more than 26,000 Perth shoppers celebrated the launch of the new Fresh Food Precinct at Belmont Forum on Thursday 9 August 2018.  The new ‘market fresh’ food...
Peter Allen re-elected as Chairman of the SCCA
Peter Allen re-elected as Chairman of the SCCA
Peter Allen, Chief Executive Officer of Scentre Group, has been re-elected for a second term as the Chairman of the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA).  Susan MacDonald, Head of...
Pimpama City on the Gold Coast opens soon
Pimpama City on the Gold Coast opens soon
A new shopping centre, Pimpama City with over 18,000m2 of retail space is set to open on September 21, with a fantastic line up of retailers including Coles, Coles Express,...
Kiwi Property sponsors Project Runway New Zealand 
Kiwi Property sponsors Project Runway New Zealand 
Kiwi Property has announced today that it will be an official sponsor of the upcoming Project Runway New Zealand season, set to air on TVNZ 2 this September. Kiwi Property...

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