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...

Find out who has moved, who has been appointed, promoted and to where and what position in the shopping centre industry! MOVED OR PROMOTED? EMAIL: EDITORIAL@SHOPPINGCENTRENEWS.COM.AU

2017 is a year where we need to remain disciplined as an industry and have continued faith in the resilient retail industry which underpins our successes in managing shopping centres....

Demand for core assets is at a historical high Investor demand remains very strong for core assets from domestic and offshore capital sources. Demand continues to outweigh the supply of...

The retail environment is such a dynamic and evolving space, a major challenge is to make sure our business is focused and positioned on the right things at the right...

There’s no doubt that 2017 will be influenced by many of last year’s global events. Locally, we saw it was a tough year for some retailers with the decline of...

Change is everywhere. We only have to look at the past year to see the transformation that has unfolded around the globe. Brexit to the Trump presidency, to the rise...

Any analysis of the outlook for the shopping centre industry for the coming year needs to start with a broader conversation about the future of retail and the growing needs...

It’s with great excitement that we face the year ahead. The nexus of consumers, retailers and shopping centre owners continues to be a dynamic place where retail truly comes alive....

2017: Riding the chameleon Retail is a chameleon, always changing to survive and thrive in the prevailing economic and social environment. If you don’t believe me, below is how Pitt Street...

Pushing the boundaries If you asked me to describe to you the future of retail, I would show you a Red Bean and Toasted Coconut KitKat. This KitKat will have...

Vicinity Centres operates in a constantly changing retail landscape. Evolving consumer behaviours, the divergence in retailer performance, the expansion of international retailers and the increasing use of technology, are just...

We enter the New Year with a similar outlook as we did the previous. While mixed domestic and international economic data during 2016 at times produced contradictory conclusions, and socio-political...

At Mirvac, we believe that we are a world leader in the creation and management of unique urban places. There’s a shift happening. Boundaries are blurring. Work is no longer...

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...

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...

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...

The New Year is upon us and, once again, it’s time to prepare for what is shaping up to be another big year for the retail industry...

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...

In 2016 AMP Capital Shopping Centres (AMPCSC) reached some major milestones. We completed the $670-million redevelopment of Pacific Fair, which was many years in the making, transforming it into a...

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)...