It’s unique – for a start, what other centre has a river flowing through it? Lendlease’s Sunshine Plaza dominates the Sunshine Coast – the ninth most populous region in Australia....

Colliers International is far more than just a Real Estate Agent and Valuer. The Retail Division of the organisation has emerged over the last decade or so as one of...

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...

Few people will disagree with the statement that ‘no one has contributed more to the shopping centre industry in Australia than Sir Frank Lowy.’ In fact, many would go further,...

MIRVAC Kelly Miller joins as General Manager, Retail. Kelly joins Mirvac from Stockland with over 20 years of development, management and leadership experience. Travis McCarthy has been appointed Development Manager...

The retail legislation in Victoria is much the same as the retail legislation in the other Australian jurisdictions. One of the main differences is that, in NSW for instance, “retail...

Someone gives you a gift card for a retail purchase, and it expires in 12 months – any problems? It could have no expiry date – what a problem if...

If the MAT is OK but the MAT/m2 is low, usually it’s a no-brainer. Cut down the size of the shop, create another one. The retailer wins because they have...

Suppose the ‘retail experience’ was separated from the actual ‘purchase’. It happens now when you catch an Uber. You experience the service, but the purchase doesn’t take place at the...

If you were asked what LVMH, Prada, Dolce and Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Roberto Cavalli, Tiffany’s and Prada all do to make a crust, how would you answer? Suppose...

What will our centres look like in the future (and that’s only a few weeks away!)? What will a shop look like, and how will it relate to the online...

It’s an extremely difficult task to bring myriad groups together to support a common cause. Our industry’s ‘Casual Mall Licensing Code of Practice’ was successfully re-authorised recently by the ACCC....

We recently spent a day at the tennis as a guest of MasterCard and saw the young Korean, Chung, beat Sandgren. It was a great day, coupled with quite a...

The District Docklands held a spectacular open weekend for Melburnians to ‘imagine different’ and experience the new-look shopping centre, with live entertainment, activities and free entry into some of Melbourne’s...

On the 30 November 2017, Stockland unveiled the third stage of its $414-million redevelopment of Stockland Green Hills in the Lower Hunter, opening nearly 16,000m2 of new retail including a...