The team at Colliers International analyses several of the country’s capital cities, and looks at what is driving retail and what this means for the future...
One of the shopping centre manager’s biggest headaches is caused by construction works or interior works in an existing centre. Retailers need to trade...
The completion of Sydney’s new George Street Boulevard is sparking a major shift in the city’s retail landscape, with the once renowned grid-locked strip fast...
Developing a shopping centre is a team effort. The architect doesn’t know what to design without a market research input. The retail plan can’t be finalised...
Be it a new shopping centre, office building, residential community or any type of newly built form, the expectation to create something sustainable is...
The ongoing relatively strong performance of food-based and non-discretionary retailing has been highlighted in JLL’s latest national retail survey. The Retail...
Designing and masterplanning a centre is a complex exercise. A shopping centre is, fundamentally, an integral piece of community infrastructure, just like a...
If the super neighbourhood centre of the future is to fulfil its potential and serve as the local community’s natural heart, to become a piece of social...
New research has highlighted that Australian millennial dads (aged 18-34) are a particularly different breed of dad compared to their older counterparts...
Historically, Australia is considered a very safe country but rising crime rates in some parts of the country, coupled with constant media and political...
The successful completion of several large-scale divestment programs last year saw sales activity in FYE2017 rotate from sub-regional toward neighbourhood...
Some years ago, Frank Lowy, the co-founder of Westfield, was asked why the company had not yet entered the developing shopping centre industry in China...
With the rise of mixed-use town centres comes a new focus on social retail – incorporating community services, entertainment, fresh food and an engaging...
In late April 2017, NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Small Business, John Barilaro, announced that the newly amended Retail Leases Act will commence...
In recent years, the retail sector has been impacted by considerable payments system change, much of which has been of great benefit to the sector; however...
We are all aware of the evolution of food offerings within shopping centres and their importance within the broader retail market. But what about the
1 July 2017 will mark a symbolic day. This is because, to channel the words of a former Prime Minister, a controversial tax loophole is due to be ‘dead, buried...
Anyone would think that the retail world is about to collapse with the amount of retailers that have either gone intoreceivership or restructured their...
The International Council of Shopping Centers has always had some difficulty with the ‘International’ bit...
Little Guns are always hot! They are the stepping-stones to Big Gun status. What happens in them is always interesting because...
If you think retail trading hours is a subject that’s more or less settled in this country, think again. In Queensland...
Neighbourhood shopping centres have been the primary target for acquisitions in the last few years by many private investors, syndicators and...
When authorities, whether local, state or federal, consider shopping centres, they often fail to link the centres with the community at large; instead, they...
Many issues of SCN have a shelf life of a year. The Big Guns, for example, are kept as references until the next one comes out! The JLL retail investment...
Russell Zimmerman looks at Christmas, the impact of the new minimum wage on retail as well as credit card surcharges...
One of the reasons Australian shopping centres are the best in the world is that the planning and zoning systems in place are the best in the world...
This is a really great insight with figures to back it up, as to why the shopping centre industry in Australia is the best in the world...
The luxury retail market in Australia and New Zealand experienced more robust growth through 2015...
In this article, Angus Nardi discusses the issue. It’s a reasoned, logical and pragmatic paper; but he leaves no room for a dissenting point of view, as quite...
Shopping centre owners are looking on with intrigue at the office market. In the latter part of 2015, it wasdisplaying elements of the 2006/07 frenzy as prime...
