In this article, Titanium Food & Place’s Suzee Brain crystal balls the F&B landscape across the major retail asset classes with some fascinating insights. During COVID, 20% of families welcomed...

Founding Director of Retail Strategy Group, Angela Bonnefin, says the local Balmain/Rozelle community’s needs were first and foremost in her design strategy for the retail precinct of Rozelle Village. Rozelle...

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...

On Sunday 7 May, the Box Hill community in Sydney’s north-western growth corridor came together to celebrate the Grand Opening of Carmel Village Shopping Centre with a ‘Family Festival’. Carmel Village is...

One of Perth’s key growth corridors has reached a new milestone, with Okeland Communities starting work on a modern new Town Centre at its Kingsford at Bullsbrook residential estate. The...

The luxury retail market is performing exceptionally well across the nation’s CBDs despite current economic challenges. Australians have spent 27% more on dining and restaurant experiences during the year’s first...

From Friday 28 April to Sunday 7 May, Urban Kitchen will pop up at the Gawler Place Canopy with a program to showcase how some of the best South Australian...

According to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), shoppers spent more than $35.3 billion across the country in March.  The monthly ABS Retail Trade data for March 2023...

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...

Diversified developer LAS Group has unveiled a multi-million dollar suite of upgrades to the much-loved Salisbury Downs retail centre, Hollywood Plaza. The 28,700m2 shopping centre is situated 18km from Adelaide’s...

A large-scale, innovative ‘outlet retail’ concept has been approved for Eastern Creek Quarter (ECQ), with Frasers Property Australia receiving masterplan consent for the third and final stage of its award-winning...

The much-anticipated Monopoly Shop Scan Win campaign has returned to 50 selected Vicinity and DFO shopping centres, with more prizes up for grabs. Vicinity’s Monopoly Shop Scan Win is an...

Scentre Group have lodged a Development Application (DA) with Penrith City Council to create a new and activated front door at Westfield Penrith’s Riley Street to revitalise the existing shopping...

Mirvac’s brand outlet centre, Birkenhead Point, is taking retail therapy to a whole new level with an exciting series of shopper experiences. A must-stop destination for international tourists and day...

Chadstone – The Fashion Capital welcomes the arrival of its latest Entertainment Series, Blanc Noir – a spectacle of cabaret acts, street theatre and interactive performances inspired by the game of...

After a difficult 12 months for the Toombul community, Mirvac is continuing to move ahead with its Toombul renewal program. The centre has been closed since February 2022, due to...

New research*, commissioned by Vicinity Centres, reveals that over half (53%) of Australians expressed they preferred in-store retail therapy, as opposed to shopping online. Despite the boom in e-commerce, consumers...

How much control do you have, as a lessor, over the type and style of a proposed retail operation when it comes to a lease transfer? You’ve leased a shop...

Heralding the next development phase at Castle Towers in Sydney’s north-west, QIC has lodged a planning application for its newest project – The Village – a future-focused mixed-use lifestyle precinct that...

Peter Huddle, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Vicinity Centres, has been elected as the new Co-Deputy Chair of the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA). This follows the resignation...

A first-of-its-kind entertainment and dining precinct is coming to Adelaide’s Rundle Place in a multi-million-dollar project to create Rundle Mall’s first day/night destination. Australasia’s largest fun company provider, Funlab, has...

From understanding retail catchments and target demographics to knowing typical costs and negotiating a favourable lease, there are several key things to consider when opening a retail space. In the...

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...

GPT’s Melbourne Central continues its retail expansion with the opening of 14 new stores within the next three months, including nine brand new stores and five refurbishments. Renowned as a...

Hawaiian and QIC as joint venture partners have received conditional approval of its Development Application for the redevelopment of the Claremont Quarter Town Square and Laneway in Perth, WA. The Claremont Quarter...

Set to be a lifestyle destination for both locals and visitors, Mall 88 provides an open air plaza and dining precinct, with a combination of cafés, alfresco dining and a...

The Big Guns Lunch, hosted by Shopping Centre News (SCN) on Friday 24th March at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney was attended by CEOs and senior executives from across the...

Adelaide’s Rundle Mall is arguably the most iconic retail strip in Australia; it’s certainly the oldest. It’s a strip containing the best retailers in the country and the location of...

Awards presented at SCN’s 2023 Big Guns lunch include: SPECIAL AWARD: In recognition of a centre achieving an MAT in excess of $1 billion for the first time: Pacific Fair,...

A recent report by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield predicts by 2025, more than 50% of retail square meterage will be devoted to ‘experiential retail’ as distinct from products or stock. Might seem difficult...

The Property Council of Australia (PCA) has announced Managing Director of QIC Real Estate, Michael O’Brien as its new National President. The Property Council represents the leading listed and private...