Monthly Archives: January 2022

Altera sells Utrecht retail park to abrdn

The retail park (11 units) on Kaap de Goede Hooplaan is fully let to tenants including Goossens, Hartog Wonen, Swiss Sense and X2O. It is part of the Utrecht home furnishing center (Kanaleneiland), which has extensive free parking right outside.  … Continue reading

Westland welcomes Peek & Cloppenburg back to Belgian market

The fashion retailer makes a comeback to the Belgian market with currently 150 stores in 16 European countries, employing around 15,000 people. “We are looking forward to being back in Belgium by autumn 2022. The renewed Westland Shopping Center in … Continue reading

Neinver’s entire Polish portfolio receives BREEAM certification

Factory Gliwice earned a “Very Good” rating in asset performance and was certified “Excellent” in asset management thanks to the strict sustainability criteria introduced in the center’s management model.  “We believe that making the right environmental decisions helps improve the … Continue reading

Altera appoints Jeroen Post as Asset Manager Retail

Jeroen Post (31) has taken up his duties as Asset Manager Retail with effect from 1 January 2022. He joins Altera from Wereldhave, where he worked for several years as Leasing Manager. Prior to that he worked at BNP Paribas … Continue reading

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Landsec announces new Managing Director Remco Simon

Remco Simon joins Landsec from St Modwen where he was Managing Director (Strategy and Corporate Development). With over 15 years’ experience in international real estate capital markets, Remco has also held roles at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Kempen & … Continue reading

FCR buys two specialty stores in Lügde and Zeithain

The well-established store in Lügde, a town of 10,000 inhabitants in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, was built in 2004 on an area of around 15,000 sq m and has a sales area of around 6,400 sq m and 180 … Continue reading

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LCP appoints Ben Chislett UK Head of Retail

Ben Chislett joins the company from Savills, where he was retail director for nine years, advising both retailers and landlords on their acquisition and disposal strategies. As a specialist in national retail agency, who was also previously a director at … Continue reading

Youseum enters German market at Westfield Centro

Bridging the digital and physical worlds, Youseum combines the fun of an offline experience with the reach of social media in a creative playground. In this social media immersive museum, visitors will be taken on a tour through rooms designed … Continue reading

2021 welcomed 38 new brands to the Czech market

Jan Kotrbáček, Partner & Head of CEE Retail Agency team, Cushman & Wakefield comments: “Physical shopping remains an important part of the retail environment despite all the problems and changes that the coronavirus crisis has brought. Czechia is still the … Continue reading

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Slovenia’s First Outlet Shopping Village Coming In 2023

The Fashion Outlet Slovenia will be located directly next to the motorway exit for Šentilj on the Austrian border in the north-east of Slovenia. It is only 30 driving minutes south of Graz, the second largest city of Austria. The … Continue reading

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XXXLutz buys discount furniture chain Lipo from Steinhoff

The furniture discounter Lipo belonged to Steinhoff, as did Kika/Leiner in the past. In 2017, Steinhoff wanted to enter the Austrian discount business with Lipo and thus compete with XXXLutz with its Mömax and Möbelix lines. Ultimately, only two locations … Continue reading

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Why outlets are the place for the independent retailer

By Christine Grace Buying with a conscience  More people are thinking about what they buy and where they buy it from–as the messages from international events, such as COP26, and figures like Greta Thunberg increasingly feed into public consciousness. Independent … Continue reading

Redevco appoints Marrit Laning as Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer

Consequently, Thierry Cahierre, will succeed Marrit in the role of Co-head Client and Fund Management also reporting to CEO Andrew Vaughan. In this new capacity he will be Fund Director for the portfolios of one of Redevco’s key clients, representing  … Continue reading

Benko’s Signa acquires department store icon Selfridges

According to Signa, the acquisition will create one of the world’s leading department store groups–in 2019, sales of the combined portfolio of Signa and Central amounted to five billion euros, and are expected to increase to more than seven billion … Continue reading

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Focus buys Turawa Park shopping center in Poland

Turawa Park was completed by developer Helical Poland in 2010 for its investor Standard Life. It is a multi-format shopping center with more than 60 stores, including a gallery with an area of 18,031 sq m, a retail park (8,040 sq m), … Continue reading

Messe Frankfurt cancels consumer goods fairs

The easing of the pandemic situation that was still hoped for in December is currently no longer in sight. Rather, the situation is deteriorating worldwide with an enormous, unforeseeable dynamic. This extreme worsening due to the spread of the Omicron … Continue reading

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Leine-Center Laatzen gets refurbishment and anchor tenant ALDI Nord

In this context, a larger retail area will also be converted into a parking garage with 240 parking spaces, thus noticeably increasing the convenience of daily shopping. The reconstruction measures are scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2023 … Continue reading

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