Author Archives: Online Editor

HMSHost’s Food Village, the future of food courts, opens at Dubai International (DXB)

With a focus on innovation, underlining their global approach, Dubai International Airport has partnered with HMSHost International to bring the food court of the future to the airport. Food Village combines the best of design, brands and engagement to create … Continue reading

Legal & General appoints new head of ESG as it accelerates climate change efforts

With the UK legally required to meet net zero carbon emissions by 2050, investors must actively consider how they call help reduce emissions in some of the most carbon intensive industries, including real estate, energy, transportation and social infrastructure. Legal … Continue reading

METRO AG reaches commercial agreement with SCP Group and x+bricks regarding the sale of Real

The agreed concept provides the sale of Real as a whole without reverse holdings for METRO at a company value of approximately 1 billion euros. Due to this commercial agreement METRO expects a net inflow of approximately 0.3 billion euros. … Continue reading

Boostcom Group Celebrates 1000th Shopping Centre Customer Milestone, Continuing Global Expansion

Ipswich Riverlink, a sub-regional shopping centre in South East Queensland, Australia is the 1000th shopping centre to sign on with the Boostcom Group. Ipswich Riverlink will use Boostcom’s proprietary data management platform, the Mall Performance Cloud (MPC). Built specifically for … Continue reading

Harald Stieber Joins the Top Management Team of ATP Frankfurt

Harald Stieber has taken over the role of Managing Director/Architecture from the Offenbach architect Ulf Bambach, who has gone freelance after ten years as ATP’s partner in Frankfurt. The cooperative integrated design culture that is practiced by all of ATP’s … Continue reading

New flagship Brown Thomas store to open at Dundrum Town Centre

This signing marks the latest stage of Hammerson’s strategy to proactively step-up the brand mix at its flagship destinations to introduce the world’s leading brands and offer customers an engaging experience every time they visit one of its venues. Brown … Continue reading

Cathryn Vanderspar has been appointed as non-executive director of Supermarket Income REIT plc

Cathryn has more than 20 years’ experience as a real estate lawyer and is Head of Real Estate Tax at Travers Smith LLP. Cathryn specialises in direct and indirect real estate with experience in unauthorised, authorised and listed funds, across … Continue reading

Citycon to acquire a portfolio of three shopping centres in Norway

The transaction consists of three assets, Stovner Senter, Torvbyen and Markedet. Citycon has managed the shopping centres since 2015 and also owned 20% of the portfolio. The transaction cost amounts approximately to EUR 145 million, of which Citycon assumes existing debt of … Continue reading

Leasing running smoothly at MEC

MEC METRO-ECE Centermanagement GmbH & Co. KG looks back on a successful leasing year 2019. In total, new and follow-up leases with a total area of 71,000m² were concluded in the past year. These included contracts with well-known retailers such … Continue reading

Lifestyle Outlets reports another year of growth

Lifestyle Outlets figures at the end of the 2019 calendar year revealed a 5.7% year-on-year (YOY) increase, boosted by a successful Christmas trading period. Both outlets announced a number of new tenant signings throughout the year, with Lowry Outlet unveiling … Continue reading

“ACROSS Retail Talks” will continue in 2020

The ACROSS Retail Talk premiered on September 18, 2019. Reinhard Winiwarter, the Publisher of ACROSS, and Klaus Striebich, Managing Director of RaRE Advise and member of the ACROSS Advisory Board, invited their guests to join their discussion named “Cooperative or … Continue reading

Eurovea’s new food hall serves platter of gastronomic delights

Expansion heralds new opportunities In its ten years, Eurovea has become a well-established and dependable retail centre with high footfall and strong market position. Its popularity is largely based on an exceptional location and unique mix of relaxation, entertainment, culture, shopping … Continue reading

NEINVER strengthens Amsterdam The Style Outlets team with two new appointments

NEINVER is growing the Amsterdam The Style Outlets team with two new members. With the autumn opening getting closer, NEINVER has named Darrell Dundas as the centre’s Retail Manager and Tessa Morsink as Marketing Manager. Darrell Dundas has over 10 … Continue reading

Silvio Kirchmair joins Across Advisory Board

Silvio Kirchmair, born in 1961, studied business administration and economics at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz after graduating from technical college. After the completion of his studies he held several management positions at nationally and internationally operating companies, including … Continue reading

Global Retail Attractiveness Index Fourth Quarter 2019

European retail markets resilient in face of global economic downturn European retail markets are still doing well despite declining economic momentum. The Global Retail Attractiveness Index (GRAI) for the 15 biggest retail markets, which is compiled jointly by Union Investment … Continue reading

Park Center in Sofia is fully leased

Eight different brands opened doors at the Park Center during the last year – Next Level fitness center of new generation, Italian restaurant Al Forno, Polish brand PEPCO, exclusive store for runners –  Running Zone, Juliany luxury jewelry and watches … Continue reading

Helena Helmersson has been appointed new CEO OF H&M Group

Stefan Persson will step down as Chairman of the Board of H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB at the AGM and proposes that Karl-Johan Persson succeed him. After more than 20 years as Chairman of the Board, Stefan Persson … Continue reading

Woking Shopping welcomes French Connection

Situated within the Town Mall, the 1,260 sq ft store is neighboured by Fat Face and Claire’s, and joins Woking Shopping’s existing line-up of leading fashion brands such as H&M, Primark and New Look.  The new French Connection boutique is … Continue reading

Brunswick Real Estate enters Denmark

As part of this expansion, Jes Rovsing has been hired as Country Manager. Jes has a versatile background within the real estate industry, most recently as Head of Transactions Denmark at Aberdeen Standard Investments, and comprehensive knowledge of the local … Continue reading

ACROSS RETAIL TALKS /// FEBRUARY 23, 4PM (CET), 2022 /// (ONLINE EVENT)

We are delighted to announce the next edition of our successful online discussion series ACROSS RETAIL TALKS. Cindy Anderson (CEO Ingka Centers) and Joanna Fisher (CEO ECE Marketplaces and Member of the ACROSS Advisory Board) will discuss the challenges and … Continue reading