Retail

International property tycoon Frank Lowy has agreed to sell his business empire to ­European shopping centre giant ­Unibail-Rodamco for almost $33 billion in Australia’s biggest takeover, raising doubts over the future of the bricks-and-mortar mall.

A trio of properties in Victoria’s “golden triangle”, a prime piece of Prahran retail and a childcare centre in Australia’s third-fastest growing suburb are on the block this week at Burgess Rawson’s latest investment portfolio auctions.

A new $550 million development planned for Southport promises to breathe new life into the northern end of the Gold Coast after years of playing second fiddle to Broadbeach and Surfers Paradise.

Major development and investment companies have swooped on four properties in the parliamentary triangle precinct in Canberra that were sold off by the federal government for a total of $122.5 million and will be turned into new hotels, shops and office space.

Piedimonte’s supermarket is on the cusp of a supersized future. 

Luxury retailer Versace is defying the retail gloom and opening its first Melbourne store, striking a deal with global real estate giant Pembroke to set up shop in the T&G Building on Collins St. 

When it comes to utilitarian commercial properties that serve their purpose but do little to excite, petrol stations are usually at the top of the pile.

German supermarket giant Kaufland has stepped up its push into the Australian market with the purchase of its second site, this time in Melbourne’s outer southeast. 

This is the Sydney Fish Market that you’ll never see, and will never be. The award-winning reference design by Allen Jack and Cottier and NH Architecture’s was recognised internationally recently, with the World Architecture Festival’s ‘Future …