Quay Quarter: The creation of a new precinct in the heart of Sydney’s CBD
A new precinct has been created in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. It will bring people back to a previously neglected part of the city, where they will enjoy a...
AMP Capital Shopping Centre Fund to sell 50% stake in Westfield Tea Tree Plaza
A 50% stake in Adelaide’s successful Westfield Tea Tree Plaza is to be offered for sale on behalf of the AMP Capital Shopping Centre Fund (ASCF) amid increasing transaction activity...
Ocean Keys Shopping Centre to host first to WA retailer
Ocean Keys Shopping Centre will host a first-to-Western-Australia retailer when TK Maxx opens its doors in Spring later this year. The store will offer Perth shoppers big brands at small...
AMP and Dexus reach final sale agreement
The long-awaited transfer of the AMP real estate and domestic infrastructure equity business to Dexus Funds Management has begun as both parties finalised binding documentation this week for an alternative Transaction...
AMP Capital to sell 50% stake in Stockland Townsville
2023 is off to a strong start as a major regional shopping centre hits the market. JLL’s Nick Willis and Sam Hatcher have been exclusively appointed on behalf of an...
Pacific Fair joins the billion dollar shopping centre ranks
Pacific Fair, managed by AMP Capital, has reached a major milestone by achieving over a billion dollars in annual retail sales as of August 2022, showing extreme resilience during and...
AMP Capital & Evie Networks lead the shopping centre charge with universal fast EV stations
AMP Capital and Australian fast-charging electric vehicle company Evie Networks have entered a partnership to roll out universal fast charging stations across 16 shopping centres in Australia and New Zealand...
Pacific Fair embraces rise in athleisurewear trend
Turning performance wear into everyday casual wear, athleisure is the new comfy yet classy style that is blurring the lines between clothes you’d wear to the gym and clothes you’d...
Sydney’s Lord Mayor officially opens Quay Quarter Lanes
Quay Quarter Lanes, Sydney’s newest lifestyle precinct, officially opened today with a ribbon-cutting by Sydney’s Lord Mayor, Clover Moore. The ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11am in Loftus Lane, was followed by...
Retail resilience on show in Quay Quarter Lanes
Sydney’s newest lifestyle precinct, Quay Quarter Lanes, is proving that retail is back and thriving after a tumultuous two years in which thousands of Australian businesses closed. The eclectic community...
Indooroopilly Shopping Centre to launch Automall West precinct this month
Indooroopilly Shopping Centre is driving retail forward and revolutionising the way we shop for cars by bringing an Australian first shopping experience to Brisbane with the launch of the Automall...
Marrickville Metro: A vibrant new destination for the Inner West
This article by Iain Stewart, Senior Associate at Hames Sharley, was first published in SCN Vol. 40 No. 1, 2022 Big Guns edition. In 2017, AMP Capital embarked on an expansion of...
CEO OUTLOOK: Marco Ettorre, Head of Retail and Investments, AMP Capital
This article by Marco Ettorre, Head of Retail and Investments, AMP Capital, forms part of a special CEO Outlook feature published in SCN’s Big Guns 2022 edition. Before I put...
Karrinyup to launch holistic Wellness Precinct
Karrinyup is set to open a dedicated Wellness Precinct as part of the $800 million development of the shopping centre, which AMP Capital is managing on behalf of UniSuper. The...
Karrinyup Shopping Centre launches its first ever food festival
Karrinyup Shopping Centre will launch its first-ever food festival this 18 and 19 March. Karrinyup’s expansive outdoor dining precinct, The West Deck will be transformed for the alfresco foodie festival...
Stockland sells Townsville sub-regional centre to Sydney-based investor
Stonebridge Property Group & JLL are pleased to announce the sale of Coles Kmart Plaza Townsville on behalf of Stockland and AMP Capital for $47.25 million. The asset was sold...
AMP strikes $760m retail deal – Australia’s largest direct retail transaction in 2021
AMP Capital Retail Trust (ACRT) has acquired the remaining 20% interest in Gold Coast’s Pacific Fair Shopping Centre, while the AMP Shopping Centre Fund (ASCF) has acquired a 25% stake...
The new retail experience, Karrinyup Shopping Centre
Perth’s Karrinyup has always been the dominant fashion centre north of the Swan River. It’s just undergone a massive $800m revamp that we featured during its development stage. Now it’s...
Adelaide investor swoops on AMP shopping centre in NZ
Adelaide-based Di Mauro Group has expanded its New Zealand retail portfolio with the NZ$88.8 million acquisition of prominent Christchurch regional shopping centre The Palms, situated 4km north-east of the CBD....
AMP Capital completes $800 million redevelopment of Karrinyup Shopping Centre
AMP Capital have marked the completion of Karrinyup Shopping Centre, following an $800 million, three-year redevelopment with an official opening event attended by the Hon Mark McGowan, Premier of Western Australia....
Ownership in Macquarie Centre and Pacific Fair secured in record $2.2 billion deal
AMP Capital today announced new partners in the AMP Capital Retail Trust (ACRT). UniSuper, one of Australia’s leading superannuation funds and Cbus Property, one of Australia’s leading property investors and...
AMP Capital signs second renewable electricity agreement on behalf of UniSuper, accelerating the Fund’s path to Net Zero Carbon
AMP Capital has signed a three-year agreement with renewable electricity retailer SmartestEnergy. The deal will see the AMP Capital managed component of UniSuper’s direct property portfolio become carbon neutral from...
Pacific Fair named Queensland’s Retail Property of the Year 2021
The AMP Capital-managed Pacific Fair Shopping Centre has taken out the top honour as Queensland’s Retail Property of the Year 2021 at the annual Property Council of Australia’s Queensland Retail...
Karrinyup celebrates launch of next stage with leading Australian & international designers
Perth’s premier fashion and lifestyle destination Karrinyup will celebrate the launch of the next stage of the new-look centre today with an assortment of centre-wide activities, headlined by an exclusive...
AMP Capital: Sustainability and community remain front of mind throughout COVID-19 lockdowns
This article by Chandni Mishra, Sustainability Manager – Retail at AMP Capital, forms part of a special sustainability feature, which was first published in SCN‘s – September/October Mini Guns edition. Premium...
Robert Hattersley joins AMP Capital as Chief Investment Officer Real Estate
AMP Capital today announced the appointment of Robert Hattersley in the newly created role of Chief Investment Officer for its leading Real Estate division. Hattersley has more than 30 years’...
Karrinyup announces Sephora and new food and beverage venues
Perth’s first Sephora store, along with a huge line-up of hospitality venues, are set to launch this October at the new-look Karrinyup shopping centre. With more than 30 food and...
Dexus taps global market interest in iconic $700m retail play
Leading Australian retail owner managers, institutional funds and heavyweight offshore investors are expected to lead the bidding for landmark stakes in the Gold Coast’s Pacific Fair Shopping Centre and Sydney’s...
Final stage of Karrinyup set to launch on 7 October bringing 100 new stores to the centre
Karrinyup has announced 7 October as the official launch date for its final phase which AMP Capital is managing on behalf of UniSuper. The launch will see the remainder of...
Cookie cutter doesn’t cut it at the new Marrickville Metro
This article by Robert Lewis, Senior Development Manager at Marrickville Metro, was first published in SCN’s July/August edition Known as the beating heart of the local community, Marrickville Metro has been...
Bayfair exhibits art to support local LGBTQI+ community
New Zealand’s AMP Capital managed Bayfair Shopping Centre will be part of an exhibition at Tauranga Art Gallery by Shannon Novak, a New Zealand artist that explores challenges faced by...
Karrinyup celebrates stage one launch with centre wide activations
A host of Western Australian talent has joined Karrinyup Shopping Centre to celebrate the launch of stage one of the new-look centre, which officially launched today, Thursday 29 July. R&B...
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