Over 125 years at Chas Clarkson, we’ve witnessed a lot of changes in the way shopping centres present Christmas. We now design, produce and install Christmas decorations for approximately 60%...

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...

Indemnities are often the least understood clause in the retail lease. So says John Morrison. In this article, he looks at the topic and cautions both lessors and lessees to...

Gough Recruitment’s focus is to stay on top of the constantly evolving job market. Here they list the top five recruitment trends that dominate the Real Estate, Property, Development and...

A recent multi-million-dollar upgrade has transformed Australia Fair’s iconic food court into a contemporary dining precinct, following stage one of its $25 million-dollar revitalisation project late last year. Remaining untouched...

A highly anticipated precinct containing more than 15 new dining and entertainment retailers has opened in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, with the launch of Westfield Plenty Valley’s $80-million redevelopment on the...

The Glen in Melbourne’s south-east opens its new food gallery today, Wednesday 28 March. Designed to capitalise on views towards the Dandenong Ranges with floor-to-ceiling windows, the 2,280m2+ food gallery...

The second stage of the new Butler Central shopping centre, located forty kilometres north of Perth in Western Australia, opened on Thursday March 15. The $70+ million investment by the...

Stockland Green Hills Shopping Centre is celebrating its eagerly awaited Grand Opening today, Thursday 22 March. SCN was in attendance as David Jones and Mecca Maxima officially opened their doors...

It’s unique – for a start, what other centre has a river flowing through it? Lendlease’s Sunshine Plaza dominates the Sunshine Coast – the ninth most populous region in Australia....

Colliers International is far more than just a Real Estate Agent and Valuer. The Retail Division of the organisation has emerged over the last decade or so as one of...

Links below to the individual CEO speeches: Gary Horwitz, Lendlease Greg Miles, Scentre Group Mark Kirkland, AMPCSC Ralph Kemmler, Woolworths Sam Curry, ISPT Sid Sharma, SCA Property Group Stewart Hutcheon,...

Few people will disagree with the statement that ‘no one has contributed more to the shopping centre industry in Australia than Sir Frank Lowy.’ In fact, many would go further,...

The retail legislation in Victoria is much the same as the retail legislation in the other Australian jurisdictions. One of the main differences is that, in NSW for instance, “retail...

If the MAT is OK but the MAT/m2 is low, usually it’s a no-brainer. Cut down the size of the shop, create another one. The retailer wins because they have...

Suppose the ‘retail experience’ was separated from the actual ‘purchase’. It happens now when you catch an Uber. You experience the service, but the purchase doesn’t take place at the...

If you were asked what LVMH, Prada, Dolce and Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Roberto Cavalli, Tiffany’s and Prada all do to make a crust, how would you answer? Suppose...

What will our centres look like in the future (and that’s only a few weeks away!)? What will a shop look like, and how will it relate to the online...

We love this article by Kelvin Taylor and Rebecca Townsend! Our centres are ‘Community Focal Points’. One of the features that link us all, as humans, is ‘art’. There’s something...

We recently spent a day at the tennis as a guest of MasterCard and saw the young Korean, Chung, beat Sandgren. It was a great day, coupled with quite a...

The District Docklands held a spectacular open weekend for Melburnians to ‘imagine different’ and experience the new-look shopping centre, with live entertainment, activities and free entry into some of Melbourne’s...

On the 30 November 2017, Stockland unveiled the third stage of its $414-million redevelopment of Stockland Green Hills in the Lower Hunter, opening nearly 16,000m2 of new retail including a...

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....

Christmas has moved from the horizon and is now in full sight. We usually make predictions, and most of the time we get it right! Although the retail outlook is not bullish at the moment...

Westfield Whitford City’s $80-million redevelopment launched with the opening of a highly anticipated dining and entertainment hub...

Vicinity Centres and co-owners Perron Group have opened the first stage of The Glen’s $460-million redevelopment in Melbourne’s south east...

Wollongong Central welcomes the opening of a new-look David Jones and new retail precinct in its refurbished Gateway Building...

As we go to press, the cover story from SCN's last issue has come to exciting fruition, with Harbour Town Melbourne officially...

SCA Property Group has officially opened the final stage of the redevelopment and expansion of Kwinana Marketplace...

With the rise of home-viewing opportunities and the entertainment content available anywhere, anytime, the bricks-and-mortar cinemas are working harder than ever to reinvent themselves and...

Once again, I have scoured the globe to find the latest and greatest (in my humble opinion) of recent developments that contain the 'wow factor'...

During the mid 20th century, Australian shopping centres were developed within a retail hierarchy that was based on modern suburban family life...