Retail Leases Webinar

The Commissioner will talk about Calling Time – End of lease requirements as small businesses make the decision to close or move on and what she sees as hot button issues for discussion in the upcoming review and replacement of the Retail Leases Act 2003 later this year.

Glen's presentation will focus on What’s next for the retail sector? Already challenged before the COVID-19 pandemic breached our shores, the traditional retail offering was losing its shine. How can we reinvent this ‘third’ space? Does the lingering pandemic offer opportunities? Does the U.S. market hold any clues for what we might see here?

More details to follow.

Webinar link and access details will be provided the afternoon prior. Please contact [email protected] should you have any queries.

SPEAKERS

Lynda McAlary-Smith,
Victorian Small Business Commissioner - Victorian Small Business Commission

Lynda is a qualified lawyer and accomplished senior executive with extensive experience working with businesses within Victoria and nationally.

Lynda was most recently Executive Director of Regulatory Operations with the Victorian Building Authority following her time with the national workplace regulator where she held a variety of senior executive roles including leading the Fair Work Ombudsman’s Small Business Strategy to better help small business operators navigate their workplace rights and obligations. Prior to that she was a commercial litigator for businesses in private practice.

Lynda has worked closely with a wide range of stakeholders during her time as an executive and is well known for her commitment to collaboration and solution focused partnerships with industry and government.

Lynda and the team at the Victorian Small Business Commission are dedicated to providing much needed support to Victorian small businesses.

Glenn Lampard,
Research Manager, Cushman & Wakefield

Glenn Lampard is a highly experienced and engaging commercial property researcher and analyst. Glenn’s position as a strategic property thought leader is well placed, having spent the last 30 years immersing himself in all areas of commercial real estate with particular exposure to finance, advisory, agency, valuations, planning and most notably, research.

Glenn has provided a strategic research function across all sectors of the property market, for leading independent advisory firms and prominent global real estate agencies. He guest lectures at various leading universities in Melbourne and provides his expertise to industry bodies such as the API, REIV and the Property Council of Australia, where until recently he was Chair of the Future Trends & Innovations Committee for Victoria.

Glenn is currently active and highly motivated to share his personal time for various major community development projects, in addition to fostering mentorship in formal programs for young professionals and also for kids through organised community sport.

Megan Mander, REIV Director will MC the Webinar. 

PRICING

Webinar Duration 60 Minutes (approximately)