Pacific Fair launches adult change facilities
Pacific Fair opened their newly-installed adult change facilities designed and built with the guidance of Changing Places – an organisation which advocates...
Westfield Whitford City launches dining and entertainment hub
Westfield Whitford City’s $80-million redevelopment launched with the opening of a highly anticipated dining and entertainment hub...
From the Publisher
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...
Stage One of The Glen opens
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, NSW
Wollongong Central welcomes the opening of a new-look David Jones and new retail precinct in its refurbished Gateway Building...
Kwinana Marketplace, WA
SCA Property Group has officially opened the final stage of the redevelopment and expansion of Kwinana Marketplace...
Sneak peak: Melbourne’s newest style destination
As we go to press, the cover story from SCN's last issue has come to exciting fruition, with Harbour Town Melbourne officially...
Productivity commission –
Sometimes, the evolution of public policy can feel a lot like the release of a ‘greatest hits’ album. There is an initial pique of excitement and curiosity, before you come back to reality...
A new golden age
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...
The WOW factor
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'...
Disrupting the retail hierarchy: it’s about people
During the mid 20th century, Australian shopping centres were developed within a retail hierarchy that was based on modern suburban family life...
Food & hospitality – defining a mall’s future
Looking back at the year that was, there are many factors that have shaped, and will continue to shape, the future direction of food and hospitality (F&H) in our shopping centres, large and not so large retail centres, mixed-use developments, airports and other user-centred precincts...
Five must-haves to add a dining precinct to a Little Gun
With food catering sales up by 6.8% YTD according to ABS Retail Trade data for August 2017, many owners of sub-regional-sized centres are keen to add additional GLA in the car parks...
Redevelopments and refurbs – driving retail forward
The ongoing relatively strong performance of food-based and non-discretionary retailing has been highlighted in JLL’s latest national retail survey. The Retail Centre Managers’ Survey, undertaken in August...
Have yourself a merry little Christmas trade
With Christmas fast approaching, many retailers find this time of year both daunting and stressful. However there are some key business strategies that retailers can put in place to...
Section 16: gone but not forgotten
I have recently acted for a tenant in a retail lease dispute which demonstrates the ability of the legislation to deliver an uppercut when you least expect it...
2017 SCCA Marketing Awards night
The 2017 Shopping Centre Marketing Awards, run by the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA), took place this year at the stunning Doltone House venue on Sydney’s Jones Bay Wharf...
‘Think West’
The annual SCCA Marketing Awards recognise the ‘best of the best’ in shopping centre marketing from across Australia, with 17 awards being presented across five categories...
Christmas comes to life! How to survive the toughest retail period
There really is no arguing Christmas does start earlier year after year. From decoration installations to shelves packed with the perfect decorative pieces, the Christmas roll out is well and truly...
Local matters – more than ever
For decades shopping centres have been key community hubs, interacting with the local community and enticing people to shop locally. Online retailing is changing people’s...
Dining and entertainment precinct to open at Westfield Tea Tree Plaza
In late 2018, Westfield Tea Tree Plaza will open the doors to a new dining and entertainment precinct. The redevelopment will bring a new...
GIC and Vicinity undertake swap of premium Australian retail assets
GIC and Vicinity Centres have entered into an agreement to exchange a 49% stake in Vicinity’s Chatswood Chase Sydney worth $562.3 million
Santa pet photography
Westfield centres across Australia are giving customers the chance to capture a unique photo this Christmas with their beloved fur family and Santa Claus...
The chase to reduce waste
In an Australian first, Chatswood Chase Sydney has launched its latest weapon in the war on waste, an innovative recycling system which...
Beecroft Place
On September 20, Landream officially opened the new Beecroft Place, a retail and dining destination in Sydney’s northern suburbs. heralding a much-awaited era in...
Industry Shuffles – November 2017
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
Birkenhead Point
Charles Abercrombie’s ancestors came from the south-eastern part of Scotland. In the 11th century they had joined forces with the King of Scotland travelling north to fight Macbeth...
Little Guns 2017
We always think that Little Guns give you a real picture of what’s happening ‘retail wise’ in our centres – actual shopping that is: buying everyday stuff as distinct from leisure shopping. Big Guns change dramatically; the food and beverage component, for example, has expanded enormously in the past few...
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