Westfield Corporation
Why shopping centre escalators are designed to make you get lost
You may think that escalators forcing you to walk around the shopping centre are a failure of design. You could not be more wrong.
- by Julie Power
Latest
A plea for help after the heartbreak of Bondi Junction
There’s one thing missing from Westfield Bondi Junction that is making it difficult for tenants to move on.
- by Jessica McSweeney
Security guards wear new protective vests as Westfield Bondi Junction reopens
Shoppers felt an overwhelming sense of loss as they returned to the eastern suburbs mall on Friday.
- by Anthony Segaert
Breaking
Police
Multiple people killed in Bondi Junction stabbing attack
Six people have died in a stabbing spree at Bondi Junction shopping centre on Saturday afternoon.
- by Sally Rawsthorne, Nigel Gladstone, Perry Duffin, Amber Schultz and Sarah McPhee
Opinion
Shopping centres
Joyful, comforting and air-conditioned: The shopping centre is a gift to us all
The humble shopping centre - once a meeting point for everyone from horny teenagers to exhausted parents - is battling a decline in relevance. But it means more to us than we realise.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Exclusive
Development
‘Nundah on steroids’: New vision for Brisbane’s ‘alternative CBD’
An urban planning think-tank has released its vision for a new northside CBD, but it is dependent on a major piece of infrastructure being built.
- by Cameron Atfield
Christmas shopping makes post-lockdown comeback
Mall giant Westfield says shoppers are flocking to its centres ahead of the first lockdown-free festive season in years and buying more despite soaring inflation and rising interest rates.
- by Simon Johanson
Sydney’s A-list turn out for a night of Phantom of the Opera and the harbour
Celebrities and dignitaries turned out in droves for the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour on Friday night.
- by Lucy Manly
‘Ghost town’: Shoppers desert Westfield Bondi Junction as COVID cluster grows
Retailers at the busy Westfield shopping centre in Sydney’s eastern suburbs have reported a drastic drop in foot traffic and plunge in sales in recent days.
- by Megan Gorrey and Dominic Powell
Nazi face mask on display in southern Sydney shop
The shop owner said he did not realise what the mask was depicting, and immediately took it down once he was told.
The true heart of Westfield: Shirley Lowy dies aged 86
The widely respected and loved wife of Frank Lowy has passed away surrounded by her family in Israel.
- by Sarah Danckert
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