Mainbrace has established itself as one of Australia’s leading shopping centre construction companies. Although it’s not our business, what happens in the construction industry, what affects it, the challenges it...

Our industry as a whole, represented by the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA), has performed in an exemplary manner during the COVID-19 period. Shopping centres are the most visited,...

What a difference! A Big Guns issue without any rankings. Just over one year ago, that was, quite simply, inconceivable. This year, SCN made a decision not to publish any MAT...

Many tenants and landlords are unaware of the tools to help them negotiate the market value of their lease. In this article, Simon Fonteyn of LeaseInfo discuss the process of...

The Government, Retail Associations and the SCCA, have all tried to reduce the stress being felt by stakeholders in the Shopping Centre industry. Certain retailers have suffered; others have done...

As lockdown restrictions begin to be lifted and businesses reopen, the retail community is determined to maintain the highest safety standards possible. In addition to safeguarding the community from exposure...

Australian retail property assets remain well sought after with $6.84 billion trading in 2019, underpinned by domestic and offshore groups who continue to see value in the sector.  Retail investment...

Short changing workers by not paying them correctly is making big news. From small businesses to franchise operators to massive retail organisations – parts of all sectors have been affected....

Chris Barnett is GPT’s new Head of Retail. In this article, he outlines GPT’s approach to reinventing the company’s retail centres. It’s all about being ‘customer focused’ – finding out...

Cap rates used to move in predictable ways. There was always a constant and definable relationship between Cap rates and Bond rates. Not anymore. Today, it’s like someone’s kicked the...

How a company thinks about its contribution to the economy, its people as well as the environment and social fabric of the communities it serves is increasingly becoming an expectation...

A Parliamentary Inquiry Report was recently handed down in the ACT. In part, it deals with the unfairness of the ‘so-called’ ACT tax reforms of 2012/13 in relation to shopping...

The retail team at Colliers International analyses the evolutionary led changes to the composition of Australian shopping centres and key factors underpinning the resilience of bricks-and-mortar retailing. There is no denying...

Since the early days of our industry, the issue of turnover figures supplied by retailers to landlords has always been contentious. Whenever the issue was tabled, there was always an...

Tenancy coordination can be a tricky business. There are a number of stakeholders involved, and if it is not planned and managed correctly from the beginning, it can often lead...

The current state of the retail construction market is categorised by a greater focus on refurbishments, extensions and interior re-purposing projects, as opposed to new greenfield developments. These types of...

Here’s a view of the Mini Guns sector from an ‘outsider’. It’s a view of an ecomomist from some different angles. Quantium’s property division combines data science and artificial intelligence to...

You’ve only got to look at the ownership list of Mini Gun centres to realise where the smart money has been going these past few years. Once a sector in...

Walk into the major supermarket that anchors your local shopping centre today, and it’s most likely a vastly changed environment than it was ten years ago. And the trends in...

Department stores, in the main, are having a tough time of it and have been for a few years now. In the US, the situation is worse than here with...

By Gough Recruitment Employees who move rapidly from employer to employer throughout their career are described as ‘job-hoppers’. Only a few generations ago, businesses considered job-hoppers a risk to avoid....

A local destination with an international audience As Sydney continues to grow into its well-deserved reputation as an important global city straddling East and West, the redevelopment and expansion of...

One of the shopping centre manager’s biggest headaches is caused by construction works or interior works in an existing centre. Retailers need to trade alongside construction activity; shoppers need to...

The completion of Sydney’s new George Street Boulevard is sparking a major shift in the city’s retail landscape, with the once renowned grid-locked strip fast becoming a retail powerhouse. While...

A bold new neighbourhood emerges in the heart of Sydney’s CBD Set to transform Sydney’s northern CBD, Quay Quarter Sydney, incorporating Quay Quarter Tower, 33 Alfred Street and the Young...

Developing a shopping centre is a team effort. The architect doesn’t know what to design without a market research input. The retail plan can’t be finalised without the leasing input....

The ongoing relatively strong performance of food-based and non-discretionary retailing has been highlighted in JLL’s latest national retail survey. The Retail Centre Managers’ Survey, undertaken in August...

If the super neighbourhood centre of the future is to fulfil its potential and serve as the local community’s natural heart, to become a piece of social infrastructure in which the...

New research has highlighted that Australian millennial dads (aged 18-34) are a particularly different breed of dad compared to their older counterparts...

Some years ago, Frank Lowy, the co-founder of Westfield, was asked why the company had not yet entered the developing shopping centre industry in China...

With the rise of mixed-use town centres comes a new focus on social retail – incorporating community services, entertainment, fresh food and an engaging shopping experience...