Renew Australia works with broader revitalisation and placemaking initiatives to bring towns and mainstreets to life.
We support communities and property owners in making their vacant shops, offices, and buildings available rent free or low cost to artists, creative projects, start-up businesses and community initiatives.
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Revitalising spaces
Renew Australia is a national social enterprise. Our goal is to create opportunities for artists, creatives, and social enterprises, and bring life and activity to streets and towns while doing so.
Our services include:
- Scoping and feasibility studies
- Managed Renew Australia projects
- DIY projects in our Affiliate program
- Consultant services
Our projects:
- promote community renewal,
- increase activity and foot-traffic,
- use specialised contracts and insurance,
- generate opportunities for creative and start-up businesses, not-for-profits, and social enterprises
- compliment, not compete with, local businesses and traders
- are all different - each Renew Project is tailored to needs of the street, precinct, town or city in which it is based
Renew Australia is an apolitical organisation. We’re not part of the government nor do we have an allegiance to any political party. We work alongside government departments and private sector entities such as:
- Economic Development departments,
- Arts and Cultural services,
- City Centre Management teams,
- Council Placemakers,
- Creative Placemakers
- Traders associations
- Property Developers
- Shopping Centres
I am a firm believer in the saying – activity breeds activity. One of the greatest obstacles both a landlord and his agent must overcome with leasing vacant premises is the perception that there is something wrong with the location, the building, or the lease deal on offer because it is vacant – when in most instances it is other market conditions.
The Renew Cairns program activates the property and assists in driving new leasing inquiries. The tenancy itself is presented in a better light due to the occupant’s products on display and ease of access. Similarly, it assists in bringing any objections to the front of the conversation as it helps the prospective lessee to visualise the space as they would like to fit out to display their merchandise.
I would recommend the Renew Cairns program to property owners of properties that have been vacant for long periods of time, as it generates activity that leads to increased inquiries.
– Jay Beattie, CBRE Cairns
Latest news
Renew Alice Springs has launched!
We are very happy to announce our newest project Renew Alice Springs (Mparntwe)! Partnering with Alice Springs Town Council we will be activating empty shops on Todd Mall with creative ...
Renew Alice Springs Info Session
Alice Springs Civic Centre, Alice Springs, NT Tuesday, September 22 • 6 PM – 7 PM Join us to find out more about participating in the Renew Alice Springs project ...
