Category - Special Feature

Globally, shopping centres are embracing a mixed-use future, becoming the community hub for all aspects of modern living. Build-to-rent (BTR)...

Online retailing isn’t that good for the environment. Every second, the equivalent of a truckload of clothes is burned or...

In this article, Allan Forsdick delves into practical strategies for shopping centres and F&B operators to consider, in order to...

A Business Improvement District (BID) is a partnership where property owners and retailers come together to make a positive and...

We live perhaps in the most changing of modern times. Thursday night has become the new ‘Friday night’ for the...

More people are working from home, and Australia is leading the world! 34% of Australian workers are ‘hybrid’ – more...

Stockland’s Public Art Strategy is transforming its town centres with colourful murals. In its latest collaboration, a 65-metre long and...

Future Food provides food consultancy for some of Australia’s best fresh food markets; both existing and under redevelopment. With exposure...

Region Group has more neighbourhood and convenience centres than anyone else – 103 last count! The Group has a goal...

This article by Harold Perks and Dr. Emil Jonescu of Hames Sharley is published in the latest edition of Shopping...

There is a worldwide initiative underway to create ‘after-dark’ experiences in major cities. Such experiences don’t just afford people pleasure...

The term ‘retail centre’ is definitely ‘old-hat’. Today our centres are lifestyle destinations, pleasure domes, entertainment hubs, experiential spaces… the...

‘Experiential’ is the new buzzword; everything now has to be experiential – even the graphics. But in this case, there’s...

This article by Marco Ettorre, Executive General Manager, Retail at Dexus, forms part of our ‘Activating Retail Precincts’ feature published...

This article by Lachlan Dyson, Lendlease, forms part of our ‘Activating Retail Precincts’ feature published in the latest edition of...

This article by David Henderson and Corrine Barchanowicz of Vicinity Centres forms part of our ‘Activating Retail Precincts’ feature published...

This article by Jacqui Waine, Scentre Group, forms part of our ‘Activating Retail Precincts’ feature published in the latest edition...

Inflation, bond yields, wage rises, labour shortages, cash rates… the list goes on – and they all affect shopping centre...

This article by Melissa Prpic, Head of Digital & Marketing, Retail, The GPT Group, forms part of our ‘Activating Retail...

We’ve been inundated with reports, opinions, commentaries on ‘the demise of CBD retail’. In the main, it’s all in response...

Baby Boomers are the biggest spenders; but they’re on the way out; Gen Z is on the way in and...

Playing out in shopping centres every day is the eternal goal to attract the ultimate commodity – our attention. But...

In this article, Titanium Food & Place’s Suzee Brain crystal balls the F&B landscape across the major retail asset classes...

B Corp Certification recognises businesses with high ethical standards. There is an increasing demand from customers that businesses serving them,...

It’s a given that a good ‘Customer Experience’ is vital to the success of any business. And as shopping centre...

How much control do you have, as a lessor, over the type and style of a proposed retail operation when...

Changing the character of a space is nothing new to the shopping centre industry. For years we’ve changed what’s in...

As reported in SCN, Deb Palmer, National Programs Manager, QIC has been awarded the 2022 Frank Lowy Fellowship. We spoke...

Interested in exploring the idea of Electric Vehicle charging bays in shopping centres? Yes, we’ve already got some – but...

This article by Lisa King, National Manager of S Connect, Stockland forms part of a special feature published in the...

Ongoing sustainability and social consciousness are the future for food retailers. Customers are increasingly preferencing businesses that are environmentally and...