Retail Leasing: How to Attract Better Tenants to Your Shopping Centre

In today’s evolving retail landscape, attracting the right tenants is essential for building a thriving shopping centre with consistent customer traffic and long-term stability. The retail shopping environment is changing, but it will never disappear.

If anything, as the economy shifts and changes for families and people generally, they are looking for good-time ‘experiences’ and quality retail goods. That is why the shopping centre is so crucial as a property class and investment opportunity.

Online Shopping Impacts?

Yes, some aspects of internet shopping have an impact on shopping centres today, but this simply means that you should shape and adapt your tenant mix in different ways. Today’s retail centre tenancy mix differs significantly from that of five years ago, and it will continue to shift in the future. Are you part of that transition, and can you successfully navigate the intricacies of retail shopping centre management and leasing?

Whether managing a well-established centre or repositioning a property for growth, curating a balanced and dynamic tenant mix is the key to driving performance. This means you can select better tenants, relocate existing ones, and enhance your shopping experience with greater impact. Successful retail tenants underpin the landlord’s shopping centre performance. So, do you have a tenant mix and leasing plan for your property? Check out the ideas in this video.

Shop Tenant Types – a Leasing Formula

In this video, I share a detailed breakdown of retail tenant types that leasing and centre managers should consider when planning their retail leasing strategy. Based on the topics and tenant types in the video, you can create a leasing plan.

The content is tailored specifically for medium-sized shopping centres. It focuses on tenant categories that add value to the tenant mix—from essential services and convenience retailers to lifestyle, fashion, food, and entertainment offerings.

What benefit may you derive from this? The goal is to assist you in making more informed lease selections that reduce shop vacancy downtime, increase consumer attractiveness, and improve your overall centre performance. Watch the video below and take notes – this list can be used as a checklist or a starting point for your next leasing strategy or marketing campaign.