A ground-breaking architecturally-designed children’s playground, celebrating nature, biodiversity, and inclusion, has opened at Australian developer Novm and Capital Corporation’s Woolooware Bay waterfront community in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire. Livvi’s Place at...

Sustainability today is at the top of the agenda in every boardroom worldwide as organisations seek ways to reduce their environmental impact. The challenge for clients is where to start....

Do people get lost in shopping centres? Do they lose their car in the carpark? According to Kelvin Taylor, if we know where we are, we’re happier, more content, relaxed....

With nature based reporting around the corner for many corporations, how can shopping centre developers play their part? Claire Bowles explores some innovative applications and installations that are coming to...

Australians have long enjoyed a love affair with cruising. From P&O’s Fairstar The Funship in the 1980s to the floating cities on the sea today, the global cruising industry is worth a whopping $7.25 billion, bouncing back from COVID-19 devastation and growing steadily. On board, passengers happily exchange their space,...

Successful ‘Big Gun’ shopping centres offer so much more than simply what’s between their walls. They’re microcities, microcosms and mega retail spaces, with the chance to shape government decisions, shape...

‘Time’ is a critical factor in our business and it affects decisions we make on a wide variety of fronts. Whether it’s efficient parking, clear signage or even tenant mix...

Quality place-making isn’t just about creating pretty spaces. It’s about creating interesting places; relaxing places, meeting places and, more importantly, places where people ‘play’. Joseph Wright Design Director at i2C...

Right now in Australia, we’re in the middle of a gripping housing crisis. There aren’t enough homes for our projected population growth, and we’re reported to be falling behind on...

HNC – Human-Nature Connectedness. The more urban we become, the less we connect with nature. More than ever, our everyday actions, the way we run our businesses, the standards we...

Technē Architecture + Interior Design has reinvigorated three major shopping centres through a series of hospitality-inspired refurbishments that target public realm spaces. Applying its expertise in designing for diverse sectors,...

Online retailing isn’t that good for the environment. Every second, the equivalent of a truckload of clothes is burned or dumped in landfill. In the US, up to 30% of...

A Business Improvement District (BID) is a partnership where property owners and retailers come together to make a positive and collective contribution to the good of their district. As Claire...

Several of our shopping centres have already begun to utilise their rooftops. Previously unused space can be transformed into favourite places. In this article, Reid Nakou, Head of Retail and...

This article by Harold Perks and Dr. Emil Jonescu of Hames Sharley is published in the latest edition of Shopping Centre News magazine. Generally, there are three elements to modern-day...

There is a worldwide initiative underway to create ‘after-dark’ experiences in major cities. Such experiences don’t just afford people pleasure and entertainment, they also extend the operating hours of CBD...

‘Experiential’ is the new buzzword; everything now has to be experiential – even the graphics. But in this case, there’s definitely zero ‘tokenism’; graphics can make spaces pleasurable, they can...

Now that the dust has settled since its opening and Tiger Lane is proving to be a very successful precinct in QIC’s Canberra Centre, we asked Tomas Scerbo – Director...

Melbourne-born social enterprise, Thankyou, is launching its first bricks-and-mortar store – a 12-week pop-up combining creative architecture with interactive events for an unconventional retail experience.  The architecturally striking space in...

Baby Boomers are the biggest spenders; but they’re on the way out; Gen Z is on the way in and they think differently. Design is one of their priorities and...

Playing out in shopping centres every day is the eternal goal to attract the ultimate commodity – our attention. But when the average adult’s attention span is now 8.25 seconds...

B Corp Certification recognises businesses with high ethical standards. There is an increasing demand from customers that businesses serving them, adopt such standards. In this article, Claire Bowles, Regenerative Development...

It’s a given that a good ‘Customer Experience’ is vital to the success of any business. And as shopping centre executives, we all know that ‘customer experience’ is a significant...

Changing the character of a space is nothing new to the shopping centre industry. For years we’ve changed what’s in the centre court; we’ve changed outdoor spaces, converted former department...

Ongoing sustainability and social consciousness are the future for food retailers. Customers are increasingly preferencing businesses that are environmentally and socially ethical in practice – and expect that they are...

‘A city without poets, painters and photographers is sterile’. It’s a quote from this article. That being the case, what about our centres? Shopping centres are often described as ‘the...

The days of ‘us and them’ are truly gone in the world of shopping centre design and construction. No longer can the owner be at loggerheads with the builder. No...

This article co-authored by Claire Bowles and Joe Wright of i2C Architects was first published in SCN magazine. Premium members can view the full digital edition here Recent evidence shows...

This article by Kelvin Taylor, Project Director, Associate at Diadem was featured in the latest issue of Shopping Centre News – Mini Guns 2022 edition. Inclusive design is human-centred design....

This article authored by Harold Perks, Sonja Duric and Talia Uylaki of Hames Sharley was published in the latest issue of SCN magazine. Premium members can view the full digital...

Brown Property Group has received development approval for Meridian Village, a unique, mixed-use precinct that will become the heart of Clyde North in Melbourne’s south-eastern growth corridor. Brown Property Group...

When we talk about ‘sustainability’ in retail developments, much of our attention and energy is often directed toward the large new build retail assets that have multiple green stars or...