The fundamental concept of Pop-Up storefronts has been around for many decades. Holiday pumpkins and trees for trimming are sold via temporary roadside stands each year like clockwork. Concert memorabilia, event concessions, and charity galas take pl...

A new shopping centre in the heart of Surfers Paradise will bring a unique offer to the famous strip... Surfers Paradise has a new Soul. That's the name for a new integrated development fronting Cavill Mall which will soon tower into the skies...

Charlestown Square, 6km south of Newcastle, is set to be the new heartland for Lake Macquarie.  The global financial crisis had many retail developers shelving extensions to existing centres and new retail projects in 2009. Financial backing ...

The Top 20 shopping centres by floorspace list is likely to see a number of significant changes in the next two years, depending on the development plans of several major investors.  While Chadstone is currently number one with 170,000sqm fl...

It’s no coincidence that Australia’s two oldest shopping centres are two of the three top trading retail properties in the land.  Melbourne’s Chadstone shopping centre will chalk up 50 years trading in October of this year. ...

The second stage of MidCity in Sydney's Pitt St Mall has opened. The centre is the first to reopen following an extensive redevelopment.  Stage one opened in March, with a 50m street frontage of glass and steel, while stage two provides a thor...

Westfield property tycoon Frank Lowy is Australia's richest person after a share market recovery and the strong resources sector boosted the fortunes of the nation's ultra wealthy. An extra $21 billion was added to the value of Australia's top 200 w...

Shopping centre giant Westfield Group reconfirmed its 2010 guidance and expects to start about $1 billion worth of development projects in 2010 after an improvement in global markets.  In its first quarter update on Tuesday, the company said...

Brisbane shopping centre Wintergarden has launched its I Am Growing campaign as it begins its $100 million redevelopment. Located in the Queen St Mall in Brisbane's CBD, Wintergarden will remain open throughout construction and the ‘I Am Gro...

A Victorian supermarket has begun harvesting clean energy from its rooftop and acquired a grid connected solar power system.  The Renaissance Supa IGA supermarket in Hawthorn, Victoria, is taking huge steps to reduce its carbon footprint by sw...

The first centre within Sydney's Pitt St Mall redevelopment has begun trade.  Mid City Centre has opened its first stage, which focuses on fashion. Stores to open in stage one include a new flagship multi-level Witchery store, the return of th...

Townsville residents are celebrating the ‘coming of age’ of their town’s retail scene with a massive redevelopment of the Willows Shopping Centre.  Twenty-first Century retailing has come to Townsville with the long-awaited red...

Rundle Mall Management Authority (RMMA) has appointed Martin Haese as GM of Adelaide's Rundle Mall, effective February 2010.  Haese is formerly of Retail IQ and was found following an extensive Australia-wide search. Robert Atkins, chairman o...

Once a local neighbourhood centre, Charlestown Square is about to become a regional grade shopping centre, almost double its current size.  Newcastle residents will find themselves with a shopping and entertainment experience to suit every need ...

Food and fashion have come together at Melbourne's Chadstone Shopping Centre with the opening of its new Fresh Food Precinct.