Retail

The locations for Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout are almost as diverse as the people who are lining up for the jabs. In a tough year economically, governments have even rented retail and industrial space for this vital COVID response. Here are some of the more unusual COVID-19 vaccination sites.

The Woolworths headquarters has sold for $463m to a Singapore-listed real estate trust with the deal signalling the office market is up and running again.

Slices in three prized Sydney CBD centres for retail and eating – Queen Victoria Building, Galeries and Strand Arcade – are being targeted by Hong Kong’s Link REIT.

The steady returns from smaller shopping centres are resetting how retail is perceived.

Melbourne’s Fitzroy could get a $95m apartment building at the site that currently boasts a flagship Kathmandu store, under plans by developer Chapter Group.

A syndicate has paid $28.55 million for an unbuilt Bunnings while another warehouse under construction has hit the market amid growing demand for the hotly-contested investments.

A Sydney-based investor has beaten 10 registered bidders to secure a large hardware property in the north of the state.

A prime Waitara car dealership site has come to market for the first time in 35 years. The listing comes as the number of local car sales jumps by 28.3 per cent in the six months to June.

Two shops on a tightly held retail strip are being pitched as the ‘ultimate Bondi Beach opportunity’ as Sydney prepares for post-lockdown hospitality revival.