We talk constantly of ‘place-making’. Our centres are community spaces and ‘places’ within them contribute significantly to the total experience. But as Claire Bowles and Sophie Hutchinson explains, a ‘place’...

The food court as we know it – a mass of seats, surrounded by fast food outlets on the perimeter – is very ill, dying or, according to Suzee Brain,...

Francis Loughran says the ‘mall’ is changing. So much so, in fact, that in the future we might not even call it a ‘mall’ at all. At SCN, we can’t...

SCN invited five women leaders in the field of property research to give us their thoughts on the current state of the industry and the future. It’s an interesting feature....

SCN invited five women leaders in the field of property research to give us their thoughts on the current state of the industry and the future. It’s an interesting feature....

We invited five women leaders in the field of property research to give us their thoughts on the current state of the industry and the future. It’s an interesting feature....

SCN invited five women leaders in the field of property research to give us their thoughts on the current state of the industry and the future. It’s an interesting feature....

SCN invited five women leaders in the field of property research to give us their thoughts on the current state of the industry and the future. It’s an interesting feature....

In January 2020 my first daughter was born and my world shifted. She was born with her mother’s determination, and my loud voice. But in March 2020 Australia went into...

“Just think of all the things that have come and gone in our own lifetimes, all the would-be futures we watched age into obsolescence – CD, DVD, answering machine, Walkman,...

There’s good ‘practical advice’ here and it’s COVID-19 related. Leases have been extended to match up to negotiated rent deferral periods. But what about notices regarding ‘end of lease’? What...

In our regular column from the National Retail Association, Dominique Lamb looks at shopping centre retail and how her members are coping. She’s bullish about the coming tax cuts and...

We report Mini Gun figures for the year. That in itself is somewhat remarkable! If we had said something along the lines – “the majority of owners/managers didn’t submit figures this year as a result of the COVID-19 situation and subsequent closure of some/all stores… etcetera, etcetera,” no one would...

We’ve all got a lot of brands in our centres but are we a brand ourselves? Does your centre have a ‘brand’? Should it have one? Brands harness customer loyalty;...

‘Big data’ is an increasingly used term and the experts tell us it’s the way of the future for shopping centres. John Dwyer maintains that big data should be used...

One of the problems with ‘public opinion’ is that often the public doesn’t have sufficient knowledge to form one! ‘Percentage Rent’ has loomed into the commercial arena recently, with the...