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Retail development and investment group, Spectrum Retail, has received DA approval for its $15 million brand-new convenience centre in New South Wales’ Bathurst – set to deliver new food and convenience offerings to the region and facilitating a significant boost towards local employment, generating over 500 jobs.

Chadstone – The Fashion Capital today unveiled its brand new entertainment and dining precinct, The Social Quarter, which is on track to open this summer. The $71 million project spans more than 10,350 square metres of new area and accommodates a collection of 18 entertainment and sophisticated dining experiences. The vibrant 'all seasons playgrond' setting has been designed to suit any occasion, whether it be a date night, an after work catch-up or a mid-week family celebration. We are proud to be adding something unique to Chadstone with the launch of The Social Quarter. With the breadth of entertainment and dining options on offer, the first-of-its-kind precinct is a place where, no matter your age, the hour of the day, or the time of the year, you’ll find a destination that encourages play and celebration. Carolyn Viney Vicinity Centres Chief Development Officer The Social Quarter at Chadstone is set to open this summer and will welcome six new dining retailers: Cinque Terre, Cityfields, Piccolina Gelateria, White + Wong’s, Sardine Bar, and UA Brewing Co. including an onsite brewery producing sustainable craft beer exclusively for The Social Quarter. Four new entertainment brands – Archie Brothers, Strike Bowling, Holey Moley and Hijinx Hotel – will complement the new restaurants as well as Chadstone’s LEGOLAND Discovery Centre and HOYTS 13 screen cinema complex. Four new entertainment brands – Archie Brothers, Strike Bowling, Holey Moley and Hijinx Hotel – will complement the new restaurants. Credit: Vicinity Centres Download We’re excited to be able to welcome visitors to enjoy high-end restaurants with spectacular views across Melbourne to the CBD and views to the sky through the state of the art louvred glass roof made up of 468 individually glazed pieces. The Social Quarter will also showcase a new integrated art facade which envelopes the multi-deck car park in this part of the Centre. Carolyn Viney Vicinity Centres Chief Development Officer Sustainably designed in collaboration with leading architects Jackson Clements Burrows (JCB), Buchan, Decibel and Lat Studios, The Social Quarter at Chadstone brings together lush outdoor spaces and green landscapes. Targeting a 5 Star Green Star rating under the new Green Star Buildings Tool, the precinct has 199KW Solar Photovoltaic (PV) and will bolster the precinct’s building energy performance by more than 30 percent. “We are also happy to announce that The Social Quarter development has created more than 250 new jobs during construction with another 370 roles to be on offer once completed,” Ms Viney said. The Social Quarter will be open late, cementing Chadstone as a destination for domestic and international visitors less than 20 kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD.

The City of Sydney Council has quietly purchased The Woolstores in Alexandria off market for $110 million from CorVal, reflecting a 4.9 per cent yield and WALE of 3.3 years. 

Sydney’s Wynyard Lane will soon be home to the Speakeasy Group’s most ambitious nighttime offering, bringing a moody speakeasy bar and new restaurant concept to Brookfield Place Sydney.

One of Victoria’s largest non-profit providers of supported accommodation, Baptcare has sold its former 48-room aged-care home in Preston for $5.5 million.

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Australia’s top property honour has been awarded to Wentworth Point Tower Centre, named the Rider Levett Bucknall Australian Development of the Year 2022 for its industry-leading example of the successful transformation of an isolated industrial site into a vibrant residential community.

A modern retail, medical and fuel complex in Flagstone, 50km south-west of Brisbane, has been sold for $25.35million demonstrating the ongoing strong demand for daily needs assets.

The heritage listed ‘Mates Centre’ in Albury has changed hands for close to $17m, with a Melbourne family surfacing as the successful buyer.

The battle for control of some of AMP Capital's prime Shopping Centre assets continue with CBUS and UniSuper electing their own manager.

Construction has officially commenced this week on the first stage of Mulpha’s $1billion zero-carbon, masterplanned Norwest Quarter development in the Hills, Sydney.

The Narangba industrial market continues to tighten, with a high level of enquiries and competition for all assets across sales and leases. 

In an Australian first, The GPT Group has achieved upfront embodied carbon1 neutral certification for a Melbourne logistics development through the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) and Climate Active.  

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A premium infill industrial holding of 35,200sqm has come to market in one of Australia’s best performing land constrained markets.