The return of international tourism and a growing number of Millennial and Gen Z consumers with an appetite for luxury brands have underpinned the strong performance of Australia’s luxury retail...

How often have we read fairly recently of the demise of CBD retail? More often than not, it is down to sensationalism – that sells newspapers – and many journalists...

Melbourne CBD’s retail vacancy has been on a consistent decline while office vacancy continues to trend upwards – why the disparity? Jacqueline Darwis, Research Analyst at JLL explains…  CBD retail...

Retail centres are making a stable recovery post-COVID, but just how happy are shoppers? And more specifically, how likely are they to be loyal advocates – or consider their centre...

What defines a ‘regional shopping centre’? It used to be that they had a department store as a tenant; simple as that. Today, it’s not that simple; department stores are...

JLL has released a comprehensive report on the changing landscape for regional shopping centres in Australia. The report emphasises a shift in capital participation, driven by an improving investment landscape...

Tailwinds are emerging for Australia’s shopping centre sector after investment hit a cyclical low last year. CBRE’s latest Australian Shopping Centres research report forecasts shopping centre investment will grow by...

CBRE’s latest Australian CBD Retail Vacancy H2 2023 report highlights that of the four capital cities surveyed, Melbourne continues to record the lowest vacancy in the country at 7.37% as...

Fund/syndicate and private investors seized counter-cyclical opportunities, collectively accounting for 77% of all retail deals last year, according to Colliers Retail Investment Review 2023. Despite a drop in traditionally dominant...

For the first time since 2004, Retail Investment transaction volumes were higher than Office and Industrial with $6.25 billion of sales representing 36% of the traditional property sectors. According to...

Shopping centres are now consistently performing well and have a variety of evolutionary opportunities available. In an environment where investors are seeking higher returns, the combination of these two factors...

According to CBRE’s latest research report, Sydney’s retail landscape is quickly changing as customer experience and consumer demands evolve across multiple industries, alongside a rapidly rising population. The research explores...

A new tax database developed by the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA), in partnership with Urbis, puts a spotlight on the alarming tax increases being imposed on shopping centres...

Vacancy along Adelaide’s retail high streets in Q3 2023 reached the lowest point ever recorded since JLL began tracking the data in 2015. The Adelaide Retail High Street Overview  by...

Armed with the knowledge of the latest consumer trends and behaviours, QIC has been able to refine its retail mix for increased profitability, improve its storytelling to reflect consumer values,...

A snapshot of major global CBD retail markets by JLL has found that the Sydney CBD retail market is at a similar early stage of the recovery cycle to other...

Growth in super prime CBD retail rents has been recorded in Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide for the first time since the onset of the pandemic, new CBRE research has shown....

We’re a transitionary species; we’ve always changed and will in the future. But the past three years have changed us more rapidly than ever before; for example 93% say they’ve...

The retail sector in 2023 is largely underpinned by attractive asset pricing, new sources of capital entering the sector and strong market fundamentals flowing on from 2022, according to JLL’s...

We’ve been inundated with reports, opinions, commentaries on ‘the demise of CBD retail’. In the main, it’s all in response to the office worker now working from home far more...

Investors are turning their sights to large format retail centres as strong population growth forecasts and a limited supply pipeline enhance the sector’s income and value prospects. Large format retail...

A new CBRE Viewpoint report suggests that our biggest shopping centres are much better positioned than our leading office towers, with a retail EV charging station penetration rate of 78%,...

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...

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...

Australians are shopping more frequently and in more varied locations than ever before, with the physical retail experience continuing to drive consumers in-store, new research by oOh!media reveals. In a...

GapMaps has released its 2022 annual retail network reports that tracks store openings and closures across Australia, providing key insights on the changing competitor landscape in key retail sectors: Café...

Melbourne is leading the national CBD retail recovery, with the city’s vacancy rate in the single figures after plummeting by 5.6 percentage points. Nationwide, Australia’s CBD retail vacancy rate tightened...

Australians will overwhelmingly turn to their local shopping centres for inspiration and gift purchasing this Valentine’s Day, according to Shopper’s latest study. The results offer insights into where Australians will...

After being one of the first property asset classes to reprice post-pandemic, achieving broadly stable average yields nationally for 2022, the retail property sector is poised to act as a...

What will influence how people use real estate in the future? A new CBRE poll has highlighted some surprising preferences, with one-third of respondents wanting to move in the next...

Australians will focus on value for money when it comes to back-to-school shopping in 2023, in a bid to navigate skyrocketing cost-of-living pressures on household budgets, according to Shopper’s latest...

Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today has revealed November’s retail trade rose by 1.4%, with the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales period spurring a spending...