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Western Sydney’s newest shopping destination – ECQ opens to the community
Western Sydney’s newest shopping destination – ECQ opens to the community
At long last, western Sydney’s new shopping, dining and entertainment destination is here. On Wednesday 10 June, after a pandemic-related false start, Eastern Creek Quarter (ECQ) opens to the community. Frasers...
Yamanto Central on track to open in 2021
Yamanto Central on track to open in 2021
Yamanto Central is currently under development and on track to open in the first half of 2021. The centre will set a new benchmark for retail in Queenland’s Ipswich-Brisbane corridor. Despite...
Canberra Centre brings joy to local community
Canberra Centre brings joy to local community
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the team at QICGRE’s Canberra Centre has been working hard to bring a little joy to the local community, as part of a nationally...
Haben’s Croydon Central redevelopment opens
Haben’s Croydon Central redevelopment opens
Haben Property Fund recently opened the refurbished Croydon Central shopping centre to excited shoppers amid COVID-19 on the 20 May. The opening of stage one of the centre, which is located 28km...
As physical doors close, digital doors open
As physical doors close, digital doors open
More Australian consumers than ever are shopping online and reporting high levels of ‘intent to continue to use’ – so, what does this mean for retail stores of the future?...
Vicinity Centres raises $1.2 billion to address COVID-19 impacts
Vicinity Centres raises $1.2 billion to address COVID-19 impacts
Vicinity Centres (Vicinity, ASX:VCX) has today successfully completed a fully underwritten placement of fully paid new stapled securities (‘New Securities‘) to institutional and professional investors, at the offer price of...
Sekisui’s $1.5 billion masterplan vision for Ripley Town Centre
Sekisui’s $1.5 billion masterplan vision for Ripley Town Centre
Sekisui House Australia, is challenging traditional conventions of masterplanned communities by elevating the standard of economic, social and environmental sustainability to create the $1.5 billion masterplan vision for Ripley Town...
Consumers feeling more optimistic and returning to experiences and shopping in person
Consumers feeling more optimistic and returning to experiences and shopping in person
Scentre Group has released a series of insights from its Westfield iQ customer research platform exploring customer sentiment and what people are most looking forward to as they safely resume...
David Jones announces store closures due to profit slump
David Jones announces store closures due to profit slump
South African Woolworths Holding Limited, owner of David Jones (‘DJ’) provided a trading update yesterday. In another shake up of major stores, the  group announced that due to the slump in...
Lendlease promotes reconciliation through its shopping centres
Lendlease promotes reconciliation through its shopping centres
Coinciding with National Reconciliation Week (27 May – 3 June), Lendlease-managed shopping centres across Australia will start opening each day of trade with an Acknowledgement to Country to Traditional Custodians....
Stockland launches new community hub – Belong by Stockland
Stockland launches new community hub – Belong by Stockland
Stockland has a long and successful track record creating sustainable and well-connected communities where people can live, work and shop, but also recognises that it’s been more challenging for people...
Melbourne’s Box Hill to receive a 10-year transformation
Melbourne’s Box Hill to receive a 10-year transformation
Vicinity Centres has unveiled proposed plans to revitalise the heart of Box Hill’s CBD, to create a bustling new town square and mixed-use precinct with new residential, commercial and retail...
Burwood Brickworks donating urban farm produce
Burwood Brickworks donating urban farm produce
The pandemic is not stopping the rooftop urban farm at Burwood Brickworks in Melbourne from producing top quality fruit and vegetables. Under a new partnership between the shopping centre, acre...
Precision Group launches WELCOME BACK campaign
Precision Group launches WELCOME BACK campaign
Precision Group launched their WELCOME BACK campaign last week to celebrate the reopening of more and more retail stores and to ‘welcome back’ both customers and retailers to their five...
Wesfarmers closes up to 75 Target stores
Wesfarmers closes up to 75 Target stores
It’s an announcement most landlords knew was coming based on the low performance of many Target stores across their portfolios and the growing success of Kmart over the past few...
Coles local supermarket format arrives in Sydney
Coles local supermarket format arrives in Sydney
The first of Coles’ new-look local neighbourhood supermarkets has arrived in Sydney as the doors officially open to Coles Local Rose Bay. The store marks a new era for supermarket shopping...
Manor Lakes Central $60 million extension opens during stage 3 restrictions
Manor Lakes Central $60 million extension opens during stage 3 restrictions
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and Stage 3 restrictions in Victoria, Ranfurlie Asset Management, the Dennis Family’s retail and commercial division, has successfully opened the extension of the Manor Lakes...
Retailers welcome rent relief ruling by ACCC, while the full force of COVID-19 hits April sales
Retailers welcome rent relief ruling by ACCC, while the full force of COVID-19 hits April sales
The National Retail Association (NRA) has today welcomed a ruling by the ACCC to authorise tenants to collectively bargain with landlords for continued rental relief if they’ve been adversely affected...
Mirvac receives planning approval for 505 George St, Sydney
Mirvac receives planning approval for 505 George St, Sydney
Mirvac Group and Coombes Property Group have received planning consent from the City of Sydney, through its Central Sydney Planning Committee, for the proposed mixed-use, residential-led precinct at 505 George...
McKinsey report reveals Australians embracing new values
McKinsey report reveals Australians embracing new values
McKinsey & Company has launched the second article in the online publishing series, The Story of the Australian Consumer – entitled ‘Emerging from COVID-19: Australians embrace their values’. The first...
M-CITY development launches retail precinct in unprecedented times
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
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’
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 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 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 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
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
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 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
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 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
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...

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