Seminar on trends in shopping centres

The Property Council is running a full-day seminar on shopping centres next week at the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland.

Kiwi Income Property Trust projects and acquisitions manager Andrew Stringer will give an update on Sylvia Park. Kobus Mentz, director of Urbanism +, will speak about town centres compared with shopping centres.

Paul Malone, principal of architectural firm the Buchan Group, will speak about world trends in shopping centres and Kim Wyatt will cover visual merchandising. Narelle Lee will talk about shopping centre investment strategies and Jo Pennycuick look at the future of retail food design.