What a year for the shopping centre industry and what a year for Big Guns! We list 93 centres this year, with turnover figures shown on 84 of them; the other nine were either under development during the year or stabilising post-development. Of the 84 centres ranked, only five showed...

In 2008, Chadstone became the first regional shopping centre in Australia (and one of the first in the world) to crack the $1.0 billion mark in terms of moving annual turnover (MAT). In 2010, Westfield Bondi Junction climbed to the same dizzying height, becoming only the second centre in Australia...

Exactly 30 years ago, in March 1992, SCN published its first ‘Big Gun’ issue. 50 centres were featured – the 50 largest shopping centres in the country. The biggest, with a GLA of 90,000m2, was Warringah Mall in Sydney, owned by the property group Hammerson; the smallest, at 35,461m2, was...

This year, we depart from the usual. The Big Guns issue is always ‘pounced upon’ as it’s published. Which centres took the honours in terms of MAT, MAT/m2 and Specialty MAT/m2, is always of paramount interest to our readers. The feature invariably provides the lead story in the business/property sections...

92 Centres are featured this year, of those, 11 were under redevelopment or have only traded fully for part of the year – therefore we have statistics on 81 Big Guns. It’s a few less than previous years. This year, 151 Properties’ Forest Hill Chase, Greensborough, Top Ryde and Warrawong declined...

I know it gets repetitive but it’s another great year for Big Guns. First up mention has to be Chadstone. It was the first of our centres to record an MAT of $1 billion – this year's Big Guns report, Vicinity’s Chadstone has passed the $2 billion mark. What an...

In March 2008, at the inaugural Big Guns Lunch in Sydney, we presented the first SCN Award for a centre that had reached an MAT of $1 billion! It was a huge achievement and Chadstone took the honours. At the time, Westfield Bondi Junction came in 2nd place with an...

Another great year for Big Gun centres! Notable by its absence this year from the performance tables is Chadstone; we have their MAT figure which tops the table but as the centre is under redevelopment their MAT/m2 and Specialty MAT/m2 figures have been withheld – and the same applies to...