GURNER and Qualitas acquire full ownership of Jam Factory to deliver $2.75b mixed use precinct
GURNER and Qualitas have this week acquired the remaining interest of Jam Factory from primary development partner Newmark Capital. The developer and alternative real estate manager will now become the...
Shopping all stations: a new retail experience is coming to Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel
Colliers presents, on behalf of Cross Yarra Partnership, a once-in-a-generation opportunity for retailers to help shape the future Melbourne with 37 tenancies on offer across five new stations, spanning nine...
Rodd & Gunn to launch experiential retail store as part of redeveloped 299 Bourke Street
New Zealand men’s fashion retailer, Rodd & Gunn will open its global experiential store, The Lodge Bar & Dining, at 299 Bourke Street, Melbourne, as part of the highly anticipated...
Huawei strategically opens its first Melbourne store
Last week, Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) officially opened its doors for the first time in Melbourne, welcoming fans to its brand-new base in Glen Waverley, Melbourne. While lockdowns initially...
National connectivity movement
Some of the most ambitious transport infrastructure projects are currently underway across the country. In this article, published in the latest issue of SCN – CBD Guns 2022 – Nik...
The Euro-summer inspired outdoor club at QV Melbourne
QV Melbourne has created a city square haven with their Euro-summer inspired QV Club. Reminiscent of the Greek Islands or Capri, the club comes complete with two pop-up bars, DJs...
Melbourne’s retail revival kicks off with extended trading hours
This week, Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews announced an easing of the State’s restrictions allowing for an earlier reopening for ‘non-essential’ retailers for double vaccinated customers and staff. From Friday, 29...
Highpoint Shopping Centre’s hosts virtual school holiday masterclass series
Back by popular demand, Highpoint Shopping Centre’s virtual masterclass series Highpoint Academy will once again provide fun and interactive food, science, craft and dance activities for children during the school...
New research shows Melbourne CBD recovery timeline
New research by Deloitte Access Economics shows Melbourne’s CBD economy will grow by $6 billion in 2021 and is on-track to return to pre-COVID levels by late 2024. The research...
Architects of Beauty returns to Highpoint
Sought-after beauty event series, Architects of Beauty, is returning to Melbourne’s West at GPT managed centre Highpoint Shopping Centre. Over four days in July, the centre will come alive with...
Highpoint creates immersive zone Yeti-Ville
For Victoria’s two-week school holiday period, GPT managed Highpoint Shopping Centre has created Yeti-Ville, a free immersive and educational activity zone designed to stir creative thinking and mindfulness in children. After...
Melbourne retailers reopen for business from Friday
Lockdown restrictions will be eased in metropolitan Melbourne from 11.59pm tonight. Retail can reopen with density limits of one person per four square metres. A number of restrictions will remain...
IMAGINARIA to illuminate post-COVID Melbourne
In a Melbourne-first, future play experience, IMAGINARIA will open at The District Docklands, combining light, sound, sculpture and scent to amaze people of all ages. Held from Thursday 26 November 2020 to...
Highpoint Shopping Centre launches virtual school holidays program
Due to the lockdown in Melbourne, school holiday fun has ‘gone virtual’ for the first time ever at GPT’s Highpoint Shopping Centre. The centre’s youngest fans are set to enjoy...
Resilience and optimism: A roadmap to Melbourne remaining the nation’s food capital
With the recent announcement from the Victorian government of a long and slow timeline to reopening, the states food and hospitality industry has been left with more questions than answers....
Eastland’s community outreach
While Victoria continues to struggle with life in lockdown, QICGRE’s Eastland Shopping Centre have been engaging their community in a significant way since the start of the pandemic and they look...
July retail figures +3.2% but an uncertain future awaits
Australian retail turnover rose 3.2% in July 2020, seasonally adjusted, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Retail Trade figures. This updates the preliminary result of a 3.3% published...
Victorian retailers and shopping centres face tough closures with Stage 4 restrictions
In the toughest restrictions to retail to date, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced today all retail will close with the exception of supermarket, fresh food stores and pharmacies. The new...
David Jones divests Bourke Street Mall flagship menswear store for $121m
David Jones has contracted to sell its menswear store at 299 Bourke Street Mall to Australian-based investor Newmark Capital for $121 million, progressing with the retailer’s plans to create a...
Eastland gives emergency toiletries to the Alannah & Madeline Foundation
As reported in recent months, SCN‘s inbox has been flooded with extraordinary examples of acts of kindness by shopping centre teams across the country in response to COVID-19, and as the...
M-CITY development launches retail precinct in unprecedented times
The M-City mixed-use development launches its retail precinct on Thursday May 21, with the opening of its two major tenants; Kmart and Woolworths Supermarket. The Buchan designed mixed-use development is...
Victoria’s Derrimut Village proceeds with expansion
Australia’s convenience-based shopping centre category has demonstrated strong performance despite the challenging retail environment. Melbourne-based family business Noordenne Family Group are investing in their retail asset by expanding their Coles...
Keeping the community connected at Burwood Brickworks
While some of the new retailers at Burwood Brickworks are unable to welcome customers into their shops at the moment, the new heart of the Burwood community continues to offer...
Harry Potter concept store lands in Australia
Warner Bros. Consumer Products has teamed up with Myer to unveil Harry Potter at Myer, Australia’s largest Harry Potter concept store. Opening last Friday 18 October in the basement level of...
Melbourne’s iconic Pentridge transformation
The creation of a one-of-a-kind retail hub is well underway as part of the transformation of the iconic Pentridge site in Melbourne’s north. The Pentridge mixed-use redevelopment opportunity is a...
The Glen announces retailers for Melbourne’s newest culinary precinct
Things are heating in Melbourne’s south-east with a delectable assortment of global and local restaurants opening at The Glen’s stunning new dining precinct on 1 August. The new indoor-outdoor precinct...
Set up camp at Highpoint this school holidays
Highpoint Shopping Centre’s smallest scouts will set up camp for a week of adventure, play and interactive health and wellness workshops these winter school holidays. Camp Highpoint will bring the...
Vicinity’s The Glen to deliver Australia’s largest air-rights development
Vicinity Centres and Golden Age Group have announced the commencement of construction on Australia’s largest air-rights development, with a $450 million three-tower luxury residential address, Sky Garden, atop The Glen...
Scentre Group partners with Uber Air
Think taxis in the sky! Uber has today announced Australia as the first international market for Uber Air, with Melbourne being selected as the third official pilot city. Melbourne will...
Burwood Brickworks awarded 6 Star Green Star Design
Frasers Property has just received a 6 Star Green Star Design and As-Built v1.1 (Design Review) rating for the project from the Green Building Council of Australia, representing World Leadership...
Reading Cinemas to open at Burwood Brickworks
Burwood Brickworks anticipated to be the world’s most sustainable shopping centre, is on track to open in late 2019 and will showcase a state-of-the-art six-screen Reading Cinemas complex. Reading International,...
Kidchella arrives at Highpoint Shopping Centre
Kidchella, an internationally-inspired, Summer music and crafts festival has opened in Melbourne’s West and you don’t need to camp out for tickets or drive to the desert! Designed for both the young...
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