Croydon Central to host ‘Market Day’ event
Croydon Central Shopping Centre is paying homage to a piece of its market history, hosting a fun-filled Market Day for all on Sunday 29 October. Once a bustling food market...
The first Sydney freestanding supermarket for 2023 hits the market
Greenacre Village Shopping Centre has been listed for sale and is expected to gather significant interest from a range of private, institutional, and offshore investors as freestanding Coles and Woolworths...
Vicinity completes Castle Plaza upgrade
Castle Plaza, one of Adelaide’s most beloved inner-city shopping destinations, has completed a centre modernisation, marking a new era for local Adelaide metropolitan shopping experiences. Castle Plaza is part of...
QIC’s ‘Project Safe-Guard’
As reported in SCN, Deb Palmer, National Programs Manager, QIC has been awarded the 2022 Frank Lowy Fellowship. We spoke to Deb about the award-winning program – an initiative to combat the...
Melbourne Central ramps up for Christmas with new store openings and customisation kiosk
Melbourne Central has revealed its one-of-a-kind Christmas activation, the Custom Kiosk, allowing customers to personalise almost any product purchased from a Melbourne Central retailer for free. Continuing to set the precedent...
Mildura Central celebrates 40 years
On Saturday the 22nd of October, Mildura Central celebrated 40 years by throwing a birthday extravaganza for its local community. Mildura Central is a well-known shopping centre located in Mildura,...
Coles and Wing expands partnership with store-to-door drone delivery from Ormeau Village
From Wednesday 2 November, customers in the Gold Coast suburbs of Ormeau, Ormeau Hills and Yatala will be among the first to pilot the store-to-door drone delivery model, offering grocery...
Coles Group to sell Ormeau Village Shopping Centre
The recently developed Ormeau Village Shopping Centre is offered for sale for the first time by Savills’ Peter Tyson and Jon Tyson on behalf of Coles Group Property Developments. The...
Erina Fair to welcome suite of new retailers before Christmas
Erina Fair is set to welcome a number of exciting new retailers to the shopping centre, including several national and international brands, many of which are making their official debut...
Landmark Developers announce first commercial project in Melbourne’s west
Residents of Thornhill Park in Melbourne’s west will soon have access to their own $45 million town centre known as Central Square, following the tick of planning approval from the...
Recently renovated Beaudesert Fair Shopping Centre listed for sale
Beaudesert Fair Shopping Centre, the largest within south-east Queensland’s Scenic Rim Region, has been listed for sale after undergoing an extensive repositioning and capital expenditure program. Located 65km south of...
Is C2C the future of retail?
Another acronym to get your head around, but what does C2C actually mean, how can it benefit retail and what are the practical steps a retailer needs to take to...
ORAN PARK PODIUM
In the latest issue of SCN, we profile a centre within a new town – Oran Park; it’s a unique retail development. Unique because the owners haven’t just developed the...
Ocean Keys Shopping Centre celebrates 21st birthday
On Saturday 25 June, Perth’s Ocean Keys Shopping Centre celebrated its 21st birthday, throwing an epic party for the Clarkson community, with fun activities and centre-wide celebrations, including retailer specials...
Woolworths Clarkson Shopping Centre on track for November opening
Woolworths Clarkson Shopping Centre is preparing to launch the revitalised $15 million development with anchor, Woolworths this November, along with eight new speciality stores including a pharmacy, speciality convenience, and takeaway...
Woolworths signals start to its $72 million Leppington Town Centre
Leppington Town Centre is one step closer to being realised with construction on a new $72 million neighbourhood shopping centre commencing earlier this week. The new Woolworths’ Leppington Village Shopping...
Bay Plaza’s redevelopment underway
Stage one in the redevelopment of Yeppoon’s community shopping centre, Bay Plaza, is now complete. These works have seen Snap Fitness relocate outside the centre to a bigger footprint, Live...
Precision Group unveils final stage of Port Adelaide Plaza’s $50m development
Precision Group’s Port Adelaide Plaza opened Thursday October 28, welcoming an array of new retailers in the final stage of its highly anticipated $50 million development. With a focus on...
SCA acquires Delacombe Town Centre for $112 million
Delacombe Town Centre has been sold by Troon Group to SCA Property Group for $112 million reflecting an implied fully let yield of 5.34%. The off-market sale was brokered by JLL’s...
From the Publisher
This ‘From the Publisher’ article by Michael Lloyd was first published in SCN Vol. 39 no. 3, July 2021 Pacific Fair is for sale – the whole thing – as...
The Village Bacchus Marsh slashes its carbon footprint
The Village Shopping Centre, Bacchus Marsh in Melbourne’s north west is set to slash thousands of dollars off its power bill with its latest solar installation. Consisting of more than 1,700...
Charter Hall delivers a newly refurbished centre for the Bass Hill community
In November 2019, Charter Hall commenced a redevelopment to refresh Bass Hill Plaza in Sydney’s west. The project has transformed the existing centre to celebrate the cultural diversity of the local...
Mirvac Retail prioritises customer safety by launching COVID traffic tracker
Mirvac Retail has announced another new innovation to help its shopping centre customers navigate busy periods and time manage their physical trip to the shops via the centre website and...
Coronavirus testing sites expands to Shopping Centres
Six new drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites across Melbourne will open today, bringing the total to 10 shopping centres, as part of the Victorian Government’s blitz to test up to 100,000 people...
GPT’s Melbourne Central launches MCTV
Melbourne Central customers in self-isolation can still get their urban entertainment fix with the launch of MCTV today. The Melbourne CBD destination is connecting with its audience with a new...
$6.84 billion of Australian retail property assets traded in 2019
Private investors have led the way as quality Australian retail property assets remain well sought after, with $6.84 billion of transactions in 2019. The Colliers International Retail Investment Review, released today...
JLL’s annual Australian Shopping Centre Investment Review and Outlook 2020
According to JLL’s annual Australian Shopping Centre Investment Review and Outlook 2020, the retail sector will be a key focus for investors seeking to take advantage of the more attractive...
Burwood Brickworks official opening
Frasers Property Australia’s Burwood Brickworks shopping centre in Burwood East, Victoria opened on Friday 6 December. To mark the occasion an official ribbon cutting ceremony was held, with proceedings hosted by...
Coles sells Amaroo Village Shopping Centre in ACT for $29.5m
Coles Group Property Developments Ltd has sold the Coles Amaroo Village in Canberra, a highly-convenient neighbourhood shopping centre, located in the fast-growing northern suburbs of Canberra to a private interstate...
Fortius purchases Stockland’s Cammeray Square for $39 million
Fortius has acquired the freehold interest in Stockland’s Cammeray Square in Sydney, for $39.05 million reflecting a yield of 7.0%. Neighbourhood centres were the most traded of all retail assets...
Dapto Mall brings the outdoors in with new upgrade
AMP Capital managed Dapto Mall has recently completed an exciting $4.5 million refurbishment building on the design theme ‘Bringing the outdoors within’. The refurbishment has transformed the upper level of the...
Local private investor pockets Woolworths Playford for $21.8 million
A Woolworths-anchored shopping complex in South Australia, has sold for $21.81 million, highlighting the pent-up demand for retail investment opportunities in suburban precincts. The convenience-based shopping centre sold to a local...
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