Robina Town Centre opens new Timezone and Zone Bowling complex
The Gold Coast’s leading shopping, dining and lifestyle destination, Robina Town Centre, is ramping up its family-friendly entertainment offer, recently opening its doors to a brand-new attraction on The Promenade,...
Mildura region’s number one centre sells for $81.1m
A private investor has purchased one of Victoria’s most dominant retail centres, Mildura Central for $81.1 million. Lachlan MacGillivray of Colliers sold the 100% interest in the sub-regional shopping centre...
World-class boulevard set to beautify the heart of Sydney
Wider footpaths, more trees, new street furniture and extensive paving for walking and outdoor dining will transform Sydney’s George Street into a world-class pedestrian boulevard and draw people back to...
Stockland steps up the fun these school holidays with AR experiences
Stockland has partnered with creative agency VANDAL to bring a new Augmented Reality (AR) experience to eight of its retail centres across NSW and Queensland for the school holidays. Customers...
South Eveleigh, Sydney’s newest dining and drinking destination
Sydney’s hottest drinking and dining destination – and new home of Kylie Kwong and Matt Whiley – is now welcoming food and drink lovers to Redfern. A stone’s throw from...
CarExpert.com.au pilots new car buying experience at Warringah Mall
Australia’s leading independent automotive website, CarExpert.com.au is piloting a revolutionary, customer-facing showroom and test drive hub at Westfield Warringah Mall. The bold new experiential concept is designed to help car...
Yamanto Central opens today ahead of schedule
Today the brand-new Yamanto Central opens its doors with Coles, Kmart and a host of specialty shops ready to serve the Ipswich community. Retail specialist Mainbrace Constructions has delivered the...
Works continue apace at Circular Quay’s $1.9b precinct
Works are progressing apace at what will be Circular Quay’s newest vibrant precinct, including Sydney’s tallest commercial tower – rising one floor every four days – as significant construction milestones...
Mirvac Retail launches new and inclusive family community program
Mirvac Retail has announced its reimagined family program, Together + Co. Launching just in time for school holidays, the all-inclusive Together + Co will kick off with an array of...
Ed.Square Town Centre all set to launch next stage
The next stage of Frasers Property Australia’s much anticipated Ed.Square Town Centre will open to the public on Thursday 29th April, 2021 and will include Eat Street and more than...
NRA calls on government to provide $5k loans to bricks-and-mortar retailers
Retail industry leaders and peak bodies are urging bricks-and-mortar merchants to adopt innovative marketing strategies post JobKeeper to attract customers, saying government support in the form of a $5,000 loan...
CS Square sold by Lendlease retail fund
The Lendlease managed Australian Prime Property Fund Retail (APPF Retail) has reached agreement on the sale of CS Square in Victoria to DeGroup for circa $136.5 million. CS Square is...
Watergardens Homeplace sets Australian LFR transaction record
QIC Global Real Estate has sold a large format retail centre in Victoria for $97m, reflecting an initial yield of 4.75%. Watergardens Homeplace is a large format retail (LFR) centre...
Expect softened sales as JobKeeper ends, warns ARA
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has confirmed retail sales increased 9.1% through the year to February, however sales are expected to soften in the coming months as JobKeeper and...
Primewest snares large format retail Centre for $66m
In a hotly contested process, a fund managed by Primewest has fought off a deep pool of cashed-up investors to purchase the Robina Home + Life large format retail centre...
Belmont Forum sets new 8,000kg SecondBite food donation goal
Together with its retailers, Belmont Forum is giving food a second life. According to recent figures, more than five million people in Australia have experienced food insecurity. The first shopping centre...
HomeCo Richlands officially opens
HomeCo Richlands, owned and managed by HomeCo Daily Needs REIT (ASX.HDN) celebrated its grand opening event on the weekend of the 27th and 28th March 2021. The centre opened its...
Scentre Group releases 2020 Responsible Business Report
Scentre Group has released its 2020 Responsible Business Report, highlighting progress against the four pillars of its Sustainable Business Framework – community, people, environment and economic performance. “We take a...
Newly opened Albury Convenience Centre hits the market
The Albury Convenience Centre is offered for sale exclusively by JLL Retail Investments on behalf of the owner, a syndicate managed by FINDEX, a financial advisory and accounting services firm. Anchored...
Melbourne’s Jam Factory set for $1.4b mixed-use precinct
The iconic Jam Factory is about to be reborn as Melbourne’s best mixed-use precinct across retail, office, hotel, entertainment and luxury apartment living under a landmark new agreement between Newmark...
Luxury retailer Bally signs up at 388 George Street
Redeveloped by Brookfield Properties and Oxford Investa Property Partners, 388 George Street is rapidly becoming known as the Sydney CBD’s latest luxury fashion destination with the recent signing of Swiss...
CBRE announces new proptech alliance
CBRE has joined forces with Sydney-based proptech startup Pathzz to bring a new and disruptive customer analytics product to market for commercial property. Pathzz delivers meaningful insights by applying advanced...
Riverdale Village officially welcomes retailers
A year on from becoming one of the only shopping centres in Australia to open amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Riverdale Village Shopping Centre has held a celebration day to officially...
Salesforce and ARA to drive innovation in Australia’s retail sector
Salesforce, the global leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM), has joined the Australian Retailers Association’s (ARA) growing network of strategic partners to share knowledge, insights and to drive innovation in...
SCA Property Group announces $12m solar investment
SCA Property Group is excited to announce financial approval for an initial $12 million investment into on-site solar electrical generation. With an initial focus on Western Australia, the investment will...
Asian-inspired hawker lane to spice up $2.5b Rhodes Central precinct
The Billbergia Group is set to open Rhodes Central, the first stage of a new $2.5 billion mixed-use town centre precinct in July 2021. Billbergia representative Joseph Kinsella announced the...
The Palms welcomes largest Chemist Warehouse in an NZ centre
Christchurch locals will have spotted the ‘coming soon’ hoarding announcing the impending arrival of Chemist Warehouse at AMP Capital’s The Palms Shopping Centre. The new store, expected to open in spring, will...
Harris Scarfe returns to Sydney at newly launched Rockdale store
One of Australia’s most-loved and longest trading retailers, Harris Scarfe, has officially returned to Sydney by opening its Rockdale store last week. Spotlight Group acquired Harris Scarfe in early 2020...
Woolworths to sell brand new centre in Melbourne metro growth corridor
Stonebridge Property Group has been appointed to sell a brand new Woolworths supermarket in the Melbourne Metropolitan growth suburb of Roxburgh Park, 25km north of the CBD and 15km from...
Steven Marks, CEO, Guzman y Gomez
Retailers play a vital role in creating great shopping centres and community spaces. At Shopping Centre News we think it’s important to showcase and profile retailers to our audiences. This week, we speak...
Coles launches ‘Together to zero’ strategy to drive generational sustainability
As part of its ambition to be Australia’s most sustainable supermarket, Coles Group is launching a refreshed sustainability strategy built around the pillar of ‘Together to Zero’, commencing with targets...
Macquarie Centre welcomes new Kmart store
Macquarie Centre is excited to welcome one of Australia’s most iconic retailers into its fold this week. Retail giant Kmart will join Macquarie’s established line-up of impressive retail brands, presenting...
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