Yearly Archives: 2017

Activity in Serbia’s Second City

The real estate investment market in Serbia is continuing in its brisk growth and NEPI Rockcastle is determined to make its mark here. After acquiring Kragujevac Plaza in 2014, one of the country’s rare modern malls outside the capital city, … Continue reading

Malls are learning to talk to their customers

By Agnieszka Tomczak-Tuzińska It’s the consumers’ expectations, behavior, and purchasing decisions that shape the evolution of malls and set the foundations for effective communication strategies. The development of technology has led to significant changes in the purchasing process. Today, everything … Continue reading

PEOPLE IN THE EUROPEAN RETAIL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY

Apsys Polska Agnieszka Tomczak-Tuzińska In May, Apsys Polska introduced some changes in its structure and created a new marketing department, which is headed by Agnieszka Tomczak-Tuzińska. The new department combines: corporate marketing, operational marketing of Apsys-managed shopping centers, public relations, … Continue reading

Shopping 2025 – shopping centers as platforms

By Alexander Otto, CEO of ECE I’m certainly following the shift currently underway in the market very closely. But view this change as an opportunity: If a player like Amazon can evolve, why can’t shopping centers, which have been known … Continue reading

Shopping 2025 – shopping centers as platforms

By Alexander Otto, CEO of ECE I’m certainly following the shift currently underway in the market very closely. But view this change as an opportunity: If a player like Amazon can evolve, why can’t shopping centers, which have been known … Continue reading

Allianz finances Liffey Valley in Dublin

The company is the sole lender and provided a 7-year, fixed-rate loan at an all-in rate and a conservative LTV. With this investment, Allianz has again emphasized its strategic focus on alternative investments such as infrastructure and real estate. The … Continue reading

Passionate expertise

The black-red-golden economy is booming. Other European countries are not the only ones who look at Germany with amazement; these kinds of looks also come from the United States, albeit at times with a frosty undertone. And this robust upswing, … Continue reading

Hahn Group presents new public AIF

Immediately thereafter, the Hahn Group launched a successor fund, the public AIF Pluswertfonds 169. It is investing in a specialist retail center in Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria with a total volume of around €26.7 million through its capital … Continue reading

The best of two worlds under one roof

There were massive rumblings in the investment press in October 2014 when KGAL, headquartered in Grünwald (Bavaria), announced the acquisition of EO. This commercial property, with its 26,000 sq m of retail space, is located in Oberwart, in the Austrian … Continue reading

Apsys refinances Posnania

This refinancing, amounting to €260 million in total, is one of the largest ever granted in commercial real estate in Central Europe. The project’s initial financing during the development phase in 2014 already set a record in this area. Posnania, … Continue reading

“Our Centers Boast High, Urban Quality”

ACROSS: SES is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. You have become the market leader in Austria in that time. How did the company start? Marcus Wild: SES is a natural extension of Spar. The food trade has always been … Continue reading

The Leisure Mosaic

By Gastón Gaitán I’m feeling pleased with myself, sharing a few minutes with Orpheus, depicted with his lyre singing to the birds, from the 2nd or 3rd century AD. I wish I could say I was improving myself through art. … Continue reading

The Role of Shopping Centers in a Sustainable Future Society

In the last four years, the EU-funded project CommONEnergy has supported this transition by developing solution sets for deep, systemic retrofitting, as well as support tools and methods for energy-efficiency evaluation, lean management, continuous commissioning, environmental and socio-cultural impact assessment, … Continue reading

NEINVER welcomes Barbara Somogyiova as new Leasing Director Europe

Somogyiova will steer the group’s leasing activities across the seven European countries and 21 centres currently operated by the Spanish company. Moreover, she will define the strategic orientation for all forthcoming projects such as the flagship centres in Amsterdam and … Continue reading

Car manufacturers come to shopping centers

On September 1, Opel opened a store at Milaneo shopping center in Stuttgart. The regional car dealership, Autohaus Staiger, has leased a shop space of 170 sq m on ground floor. This salesroom and showroom will enable visitors to see … Continue reading

Daring bungee jumping at the Parndorf Fashion Outlet, Austria

As part of “Kunst-Bungee-Sprünge” [Art Bungee Jumps], numerous Austrian athletes and artists designed canvas paintings on the floor by performance artist Tim Norden. With paint tubes in their hands, the celebrity participants as well as the artist himself took the … Continue reading

VIA Outlets Adds to Pan-European Portfolio with Acquisition of Norwegian Outlet Oslo for c.€120 million

The acquisition will add a second Scandinavian asset to VIA Outlets’ portfolio, which will comprise 11 properties upon the transaction’s completion, scheduled for mid-September. Norwegian Outlet Oslo opened in 2010 in Vestby, 40 kilometres south of Norway’s capital city, and … Continue reading

FOUR NEW NAMES AND ONE WEEK TO GO UNTIL THE LEXICON BRACKNELL OPENS

The new announcements bring the number of new signings within the last six weeks to almost 20, demonstrating the continued strong interest and momentum in the scheme. With just one week to go until the opening on 7 September the … Continue reading

Mott MacDonald working on second phase of The Glass Works, UK

Previously known as Better Barnsley, the scheme will provide a modern retail and leisure destination which also complements the traditions of Barnsley’s historic markets. The scheme is being delivered over two phases. The first phase, which is already underway, includes … Continue reading

Developing in CEE

By José Falcão Mena Still one of the most interesting frontiers in continental Europe, positive growth dynamics, an evolving political situation and an appetite for modern consumption have increasingly attracted international names to the area in recent years. Developers must … Continue reading