John Hayson Development

NorthbridgePlaza

John Hayson Purchased NORTHBRIDGE PLAZA in 1987, this centre comprised a Woolworths Supermarket and 34 speciality shops.

One of the worst performing retail centres in Sydney it requires  major internal reconstruction to correct design flaws, refurbishment and a new tenancy mix with intensive management .

The major redesign work was done in the internal mall area and new quality retailers were brought  in to meet customer needs. After 4 major renovations, 11 shop additions and tenancy mix upgrades.

 Moreover, additional land was purchased to extend Woolworth’s and create a supermarket on the North Shore of Sydney. Since the redevelopment, the centre witnessed a significant improvement in sales and customer traffic. The shopping centre was sold in 2004.

John Hayson has devloped successfully trading centre with a welcoming environment and a wonderful  place to shop and meet. It was a community and a focal point for the community.

Northbridge Plaza supported the community financially and in many other ways.

Neeta City Shopping Centre

Another underperforming shopping centre acquired by John Hayson was the Neeta City Shopping Centre 

in Fairfield, Sydney in 1994. The centre comprised of a Target Discount Department Store, Woolworth's  Supermarket, Bi Lo Supermarket and 67 speciality shops. The sales were depressed, customers were not coming in and retailers were moving out. The flawed customer traffic flow was caused by too many entrances and poor anchoring of the centre, where one end of the centre was left almost

vacant. During the redesign and  redevelopment work, Woolworth’s was relocated to the underperforming end of the centre to give a good 

reason to customers to visit that end area of the centre. The old supermarket site was divided into  smaller tenancies including Best and Less, Westpac, Retravision and many others. Since the redevelopment, new tenancies have been attracted, Sports girl, Australia Post, McDonald's, SydneyWater, Tandy and many  more tenants were attracted to complete the tenancy mix.It was sold in February 1996 for more than 3 times its purchase price. The centre was now fully occupied and trading well.

Woolworth’s Sconefree Standing Supermarket

H Investments International Pty Limited was approached by Woolworth's to jointly develop a new free-standing  supermarket in Scone NSW. The company owned and jointly constructed a new free-standing supermarket in the city,offering new shopping opportunities to the community in Scone.

It was an amalgamation of land and Woolworths project managed the construction.

The supermarket was sold in 2000.

Milton Apartments Mixed Residential & Retail

This is a mixed development with retail shops and residential apartments in one of Brisbane's cafe precincts  offering inner city living in a highly sought after environment.Located across the road from the Milton  railway station, a close walk to the rivercat, only 1.5 kilometres from the City centre and even closer  to Suncorp Stadium, these apartments offer stylish living and easy transportation.There have been many changes to the development over the years. The initial approval provided for ground floor retail and  approximately 54 apartments. Planning changes encouraging transport oriented development allowed increased density resulting in a residential tower of 20 storeys with 100apartments and commercial tower of 8  storeys with ground floor shops. A final redesign resulted in two  residential towers of 243 apartments with ground floor retail. The site was sold in December 2012.Readmore