Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is the fast-growing global trend adopted by cities aiming to create vibrant, liveable, well-connected and sustainable communities. ..

More than 100 retail industry leaders attended the fourth Talking Shop Retailer Engagement Series workshop entitled ‘Food is the New Black’...

Not to be outdone by the banana-benders, the NSW government has tabled the Retail Leases Amendment (Review) Bill 2016...

Big Guns time again; how the year flies by! It’s also ‘CEO Outlook’ time again. There’s talk this year of the ‘Trump factor’, a lot about ‘Shopper Experience’, and of...

The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore officially launched DEXUS Property Group’s recent retail development, Gateway Sydney on 22 February...

1 July 2017 will mark a symbolic day. This is because, to channel the words of a former Prime Minister, a controversial tax loophole is due to be ‘dead, buried and cremated’...

Looking back at 2016, it's wonderful to see the mix of the year's award-winning retail architecture and design projects, some judged by the official industry bodies...

I am currently undertaking research for several retail and mixed-use projects in order to gather precedent imagery...

Perth is on the move; it’s expanding to the extent that some of the largest urban renewal projects ever undertaken in Australia will be seen in the city. Two new...

A recent journal article released by JLL states that, within five years, placemaking is likely to be a key differentiator amongst commercial assets..

Millennials – young adults in their twenties and thirties – are set to occupy a greater share of retail spend as they transition into the next phase of life.

As the dust settles on another holiday season, we begin the year, as usual, with a comprehensive review of the last 12 months' consulting work and analysis of the latest industry research...

Anyone would think that the retail world is about to collapse with the amount of retailers that have either gone intoreceivership or restructured their businesses in the past 12 months here in Australia...

A recent court decision reminds us of the need for both landlords and tenants of retail subleases to be especially careful of the complexities around having a sublease (and not a direct lease)...

Residents in Melbourne’s Northern suburbs are being treated to a new range of culinary delights with Greensborough Plaza’s new ‘Tables on the Green’ casual dining precinct launching today. The precinct...

Little Guns are always hot! They are the stepping-stones to Big Gun status. What happens in them is always interesting because...

The International Council of Shopping Centers has always had some difficulty with the ‘International’ bit...

How often do we hear that our shopping centre is the ‘community focal point’? Is it? Or do we just pay lip service to the theory? At AMP they take...

To the business. This could well have been the world marketing awards thanks to the standard of entries...

If you spend extended time in the major Chinese cities, what you notice is how more developed is the ‘delivery’ industry in relation to retail. It’s normal for an apartment...

Iain Stewart looks at the design philosophy behind the Level 2 redevelopment of Broadway Sydney...

AMP used to follow. Today it leads. After Pacific Fair and Macquarie, they’ve unveiled their latest plans for two centres in Perth: Garden City and Karrinyup. These aren’t just extensions...

In this first of a two-part article, Francis Loughran identifies ‘image’ as a key factor in the success of a food court. But more importantly, he states emphatically that ‘image’ can’t be achieved or maintained without a major and ongoing input from centre management. It doesn’t matter how good your...

‘Branding’ has been, is, and will be a hot topic, well into the future. One of the difficulties in defining branding is...

Tony Quinn looks at how retail is being used to ‘revitalise’ neglected and unused spaces in large cities...

As we go to press, the Strata Schemes Management Act and the Strata Schemes Development Act come into effect in NSW. Although these Acts may have no direct bearing on our shopping centres, they throw up some interesting development opportunities. They are about retailers and landlords, being about one aspect...

If you think retail trading hours is a subject that’s more or less settled in this country, think again. In Queensland...

The SCCA put on a lunch and the cream of the whole industry (shopping centre) turned up for it...

The first stage of Chadstone’s $660-million redevelopment was unveiled on October 13...

QIC launched the initial stage of its $500-million redevelopment for Grand Central Shopping Centre...

Top Ryde City officially launched a brand new fresh-food precinct, marking a milestone in an exciting...