Online retailing isn’t that good for the environment. Every second, the equivalent of a truckload of clothes is burned or dumped in landfill. In the US, up to...
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In this article, Allan Forsdick delves into practical strategies for shopping centres and F&B operators to consider, in order to meet the specific needs of...
A Business Improvement District (BID) is a partnership where property owners and retailers come together to make a positive and collective contribution to the...
We live perhaps in the most changing of modern times. Thursday night has become the new ‘Friday night’ for the CBDs as office workers now spend Fridays at home...
More people are working from home, and Australia is leading the world! 34% of Australian workers are ‘hybrid’ – more than in the US, UK and Canada. This means...
Stockland’s Public Art Strategy is transforming its town centres with colourful murals. In its latest collaboration, a 65-metre long and seven-metre high mural...
Future Food provides food consultancy for some of Australia’s best fresh food markets; both existing and under redevelopment. With exposure to projects such as...
Region Group has more neighbourhood and convenience centres than anyone else – 103 last count! The Group has a goal of net zero carbon emissions by FY30 – and...
This article by Harold Perks and Dr. Emil Jonescu of Hames Sharley is published in the latest edition of Shopping Centre News magazine. Generally, there are...
There is a worldwide initiative underway to create ‘after-dark’ experiences in major cities. Such experiences don’t just afford people pleasure and...
The term ‘retail centre’ is definitely ‘old-hat’. Today our centres are lifestyle destinations, pleasure domes, entertainment hubs, experiential spaces…...
‘Experiential’ is the new buzzword; everything now has to be experiential – even the graphics. But in this case, there’s definitely zero ‘tokenism’; graphics...
This article by Marco Ettorre, Executive General Manager, Retail at Dexus, forms part of our ‘Activating Retail Precincts’ feature published in the...
This article by Lachlan Dyson, Lendlease, forms part of our ‘Activating Retail Precincts’ feature published in the latest edition of Shopping...
This article by David Henderson and Corrine Barchanowicz of Vicinity Centres forms part of our ‘Activating Retail Precincts’ feature published in...
This article by Jacqui Waine, Scentre Group, forms part of our ‘Activating Retail Precincts’ feature published in the latest edition of Shopping...
Fortius has a track record of ‘unlocking value’ in shopping centres. The company is nearing completion of its latest project. Unlocking value at this centre...
Inflation, bond yields, wage rises, labour shortages, cash rates… the list goes on – and they all affect shopping centre valuations. There’s so much...
This article by Melissa Prpic, Head of Digital & Marketing, Retail, The GPT Group, forms part of our ‘Activating Retail Precincts’ feature...
We’ve been inundated with reports, opinions, commentaries on ‘the demise of CBD retail’. In the main, it’s all in response to the office worker now working...
Baby Boomers are the biggest spenders; but they’re on the way out; Gen Z is on the way in and they think differently. Design is one of their priorities and...
Playing out in shopping centres every day is the eternal goal to attract the ultimate commodity – our attention. But when the average adult’s attention span is...
Elanor Investors Group was founded in 2009. Its rise has been meteoric. Recently, the Group announced the acquisition of Challenger’s Australian real estate...
In this article, Titanium Food & Place’s Suzee Brain crystal balls the F&B landscape across the major retail asset classes with some fascinating...
B Corp Certification recognises businesses with high ethical standards. There is an increasing demand from customers that businesses serving them, adopt such...
It’s a given that a good ‘Customer Experience’ is vital to the success of any business. And as shopping centre executives, we all know that ‘customer...
How much control do you have, as a lessor, over the type and style of a proposed retail operation when it comes to a lease transfer? You’ve leased a shop to...
Changing the character of a space is nothing new to the shopping centre industry. For years we’ve changed what’s in the centre court; we’ve changed outdoor...
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...
This article by Elliott Rusanow, Chief Executive Officer, Scentre Group forms part of an annual CEO Outlook feature, published in SCN’s 2023 Big Guns...
This article by Michael O’Brien, Managing Director, QIC Real Estate, forms part of an annual CEO Outlook feature, published in SCN’s 2023 Big Guns...
