Landlords and tenants face off over online sales

Landlords and tenants face off over online sales

The sharp growth in online sales spurred by the pandemic is shaping up as the next big flashpoint between landlords and their tenants.

  • bySimon Johanson

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Landlords re-lease as department stores downsize

Landlords re-lease as department stores downsize

Shopping mall owners and tenants are on the hunt for better use of their spaces.

  • byCarolyn Cummins andSimon Johanson
‘Recovery gathering momentum’:Mall owner Vicinity optimistic as shoppers return

‘Recovery gathering momentum’:Mall owner Vicinity optimistic as shoppers return

Australia’s second largest retail landlord is cautiously optimistic a consumer-led recovery will reverse a sharp fall in earnings.

  • bySimon Johanson
Tourism,city office worker slump hits mall landlord Vicinity's values

Tourism,city office worker slump hits mall landlord Vicinity's values

At least $570 million wiped off the value of the landlord's shopping centres as pandemic woes continue.

  • bySimon Johanson
Luxury retailers are defying market jitters

Luxury retailers are defying market jitters

Despite the pandemic gloom,luxury retailers are showing strong confidence in the economy with a spate of new store openings.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
MAB plots course for $3.3b industrial estate at Avalon Airport

MAB plots course for $3.3b industrial estate at Avalon Airport

Private developer MAB Corporation is planning a $3.3 billion industrial estate on a 780-hectare site next to Avalon Airport.

  • bySimon Johanson
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Investors pump $2b into property stocks on COVID vaccine update

Investors pump $2b into property stocks on COVID vaccine update

Shares in Scentre and Vicinity skyrocketed on Tuesday as news of positive developments in the search for a COVID-19 vaccine buoyed sentiment about shopping centres.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Heat mapping and digital queues:Malls'plan to fight virus as shops reopen

Heat mapping and digital queues:Malls'plan to fight virus as shops reopen

Shopping centres are introducing futuristic,pandemic-busting technology as Melbourne's retailers prepare to reopen.

  • bySimon Johanson andDominic Powell
'Blind Freddie can see it':Myer headed for administration says Solomon Lew
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'Blind Freddie can see it':Myer headed for administration says Solomon Lew

Billionaire Solomon Lew has blasted efforts by Myer's management to restructure its board,saying the department store chain is headed for administration.

  • byDominic Powell
'It's a tsunami':Pandemic pits retailers against'bully boy'mall owners

'It's a tsunami':Pandemic pits retailers against'bully boy'mall owners

Struggling retailers,pushed to breaking point,are staring down their powerful landlords - and neither is flinching.

  • bySimon Johanson andDominic Powell
Sharing the risk:Retailers and their landlords face a post-pandemic dilemma

Sharing the risk:Retailers and their landlords face a post-pandemic dilemma

The COVID-19 crisis is accelerating trends in the retail sector that will force retailers and their landlords to develop new relationships - whether they like it or not.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz