
May the force be with you at Chadstone
Chadstone – The Fashion Capital launched its two-week Star Wars Entertainment Series, running each day during the school holidays, until Sunday 14 July. In partnership with The Walt Disney Company...

Eastland’s Town Square named among the world’s best examples of commercial architecture
QICGRE’s Eastland shopping centre in Melbourne has been awarded one of the world’s most prestigious architecture prizes for its open-air Town Square precinct. The accolade for best shopping mall exterior...

Westfield Sydney opens two new stunning rooftop restaurants
Sydney rooftop dining and drinking expands with two new restaurants opening in the heart of Sydney’s CBD on the previously unoccupied Level 7 of Westfield Sydney on Pitt Street Mall....

Scentre Group welcomes ALDI to its WA portfolio
Scentre Group today announced it would welcome ALDI to its WA portfolio for the first time, with the low-cost supermarket confirmed to open stores at Westfield Whitford City and Westfield...

Amy Wotton, Vicinity Centres
The Shopping Centre industry is driven by people. It’s the skills and expertise of the people that manage, develop and evolve shopping centres for their communities that creates this great industry....

Refreshed Coles Prahran store opens as part of Coles’ $120 million investment in Victoria for FY19
Coles’ refreshed Prahran supermarket officially opened this morning with speeches, cake and a ribbon cutting ceremony, as well as a performance from the Prahran Windsor Primary School choir. The updated...

Auckland’s H&M flagship store wins ‘best in category’ Retail Property Award
Auckland’s H&M flagship store, part of Precinct Properties Commercial Bay won Best in Category Yardi Retail Property Award at the Property Council New Zealand Rider Levett Bucknall Property Industry Awards last week. The...

Sekisui House reveals its $1.5 billion masterplan vision for Ripley
Sekisui House has revealed for the first time its $1.5 billion masterplan vision for Ripley Town Centre, the only designated major retail and commercial hub earmarked for the Ripley Valley...

Dexus plans a mixed-use transformation of the MLC Centre, Sydney
Dexus has commenced construction on a development that will transform the iconic MLC Centre precinct into a vibrant community offering retail, dining, cultural and commercial spaces in the heart of...

Hammerson launches flagship in Birmingham City Centre
Hammerson, which owns and manages Bullring and Grand Central, has set out its vision for the regeneration of Martineau Galleries in Birmingham City Centre, the first major scheme to be...

The Galeries launches limited-edition Light Arc
The Galeries, Sydney will light up this winter as it becomes home to a large-scale sculpture celebrating public art and culture. The limited-edition Light Arc sculpture is the work of Australian...

Kylie Neal, Precision Group of Companies
The Shopping Centre industry is driven by people. It’s the skills and expertise of the people that manage, develop and evolve shopping centres for their communities that creates this great industry....

Frasers Property to deliver $440 million Mambourin town centre
Frasers Property is working closely with Wyndham City Council to deliver Mambourin town centre – the heart of the new Mambourin community in Melbourne’s western growth corridor, emphasising the connection...

GPT’s Melbourne Central to undergo major transformation
Australia’s most productive Big Gun centre – GPT’s Melbourne Central, is set to undergo its biggest transformation in almost 20 years as part of a quest to become a ‘temple...

Macarthur Square opens new Paddock Play Zone
Catering to the families of Macarthur Square, who make up 60% of its customers, the centre celebrated the landing of its permanent indoor children’s play zone last week with special appearances...

The Big Red Group launches premium curated experiences brand, IfOnly
Shopping centres over time have shifted their retail mix from pure product brands to include retailers that provide experiences –customers now enjoy a range of experiences at shopping centres; new...

Coles and ALDI confirmed for Perth’s Karrinyup
AMP Capital have confirmed supermarkets Coles and ALDI will be part of the new-look Karrinyup Shopping Centre. The $800 million development that AMP Capital is managing on behalf of owner UniSuper, commenced in...

Sally Lewis, Lendlease
The Shopping Centre industry is driven by people. It’s the skills and expertise of the people that manage, develop and evolve shopping centres for their communities that creates this great industry....

Next stage underway at The Waterfront Town Centre, Shell Cove
Frasers Property has appointed New England Constructions, a well-known operator in the Illawarra region, as the contractor for the next stage of The Waterfront Town Centre, the natural heart of...

Bayfair Shopping Centre’s new alfresco dining precinct opens
The second stage of Bayfair Shopping Centre’s NZ$115 million development was officially unveiled with a formal ceremony welcoming eight new restaurants to an alfresco dining precinct called ‘Dine at Bayfair’...

GPT opens ELLA, the newest Melbourne food precinct
A new city precinct has opened in Melbourne, bringing together some of the city fringe’s most-loved eateries alongside art installations and music events to create a microcosm of all that’s great...

Port Adelaide Plaza – building on heritage and convenience
Precision Properties’ owned Port Adelaide Plaza is a sub-regional shopping centre located in the heart of one of Adelaide’s oldest, historical ports, Port Adelaide with a trade area population of more...

Mirvac’s Toombul marks new era with Street Art
Mirvac Retail’s Toombul Shopping Centre took its love of art to the extreme at last weekend’s culmination of the two week Brisbane Street Art Festival (BSAF), throwing a giant rooftop...

Mia Baldock, Vicinity Centres
The Shopping Centre industry is driven by people. It’s the skills and expertise of the people that manage, develop and evolve shopping centres for their communities that creates this great industry....

QIC Global Real Estate
QIC Global Real Estate is constantly engaged in redeveloping its shopping centres. This is because the company has a long-term view and sees its centres, rather than as simply retail...

In the Pipeline
There are 22 major projects underway or in the pipeline in the world of retail development in this neck of the woods. It’s indicative of the strength of our industry and the...

Women in Development
The development discipline in the property industry has traditionally been male dominated. However, we all know that the majority of customers in shopping centres are women. So, it makes sense...

Westfield Newmarket announces new culinary line-up
Acclaimed restauranteur Nic Watt, together with culinary director chef Darren Johnson have announced their first joint venture Inca, a Peruvian-style eatery, will open at Scentre Group’s $790 million flagship living...

Reinventing Space
Exceptions always prove the rule, but on a general basis, Australian centres perform better than any of their international counterparts. Melbourne Central is Australia’s best performing ‘Big Gun’ centre in...

How to increase rents from F&B renewals during a downturn
CBD food and beverage has exploded this decade as the millennials joined with Gen Y to dominate the workplace. With marriages and mortgages an impossible dream for these younger Aussies,...

Owned media assets are unlocking new revenue streams for shopping centres
First there were kiosks – someone thought about putting one in a mall and a new source of revenue was born. Then it was casual leasing followed by ‘pop-up’ shops....

Scentre Group’s approach as a responsible, sustainable business
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...
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