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Sierra avoided costs of €14.5 million with the implementation of eco-efficiency measures

For more than two decades, Sonae Sierra has integrated sustainability into its business strategy, maintaining it as a positioning pillar in all business areas, to continue to deliver solutions with shared value for the business, the environment and society. In … Continue reading

Pedja Petronijevic steps down from GTC Management Board

Pedja Petronijevic will continue to work with GTC in an advisory role on certain development projects in Serbia and Croatia. Mr Petronijevic served the company as Chief Development Officer and previously had held the position of Country Manager at GTC … Continue reading

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NORDSTAN Shopping Center awarded GOLD-Excellent SHORE Certification

NORDSTAN contains more than 200 stores and restaurants and has a footfall of 30 million visitors and is anchored by Åhléns, Lidl, Lindex, Intersport, and H&M, with over 2,600 parking stalls, and offices arranged over four floors. The complex is … Continue reading

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Angel Central to host Food Wave campaign pop-up and installation

CBRE Investment Management has announced a new Food Wave campaign and installation at Angel Central, taking place from 8th – 10th July, to educate and inspire young Londoners to reduce waste and spread the word about the impact that food … Continue reading

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Anna Dafna new CFO of Atrium Group

At the same time, Anna will continue as Managing Director of Residential for Rent division, dealing with the creation of the company’s new business line dedicated to rental apartments. Anna Dafna has been with the Atrium Group for 13 years, … Continue reading

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Swiss Life Asset Managers acquires a 73,200 sq m site in Düsseldorf from METRO PROPERTIES

Swiss Life Asset Managers has acquired a 73,200 sq m site in Düsseldorf-Flingern for a neighbourhood development project from METRO PROPERTIES, the real estate company of METRO AG. The notarial certification of the transaction was realised on 30 June 2022. … Continue reading

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HIH Invest Acquires Three-Asset Portfolio for its Local Retail Fund from Gold

HIH Invest Real Estate acquired the so-called Oyster Portfolio of three grocery-anchored retail properties from the international investment entity Gold Tree. The transaction took the form of an asset deal on behalf of “Perspektive Einzelhandel: Fokus Nahversorgung,” an open-ended special … Continue reading

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New Meta to launch its first gaming arena at Cain’s Islington Square

New Meta aims to be the go-to place for PC gamers and e-sports fans to game on high-end equipment while enjoying a wide variety of food and drinks. The gaming arena will host regular tournaments and competitions which will be … Continue reading

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Togetherness: A Silver Lining for Retail Spaces

by Thomas Mark, President MK Illumination The current situation has had a debilitating effect on the brick-and-mortar retail sector, but it has also offered shopping centers, malls, and other physical retail and public spaces the opportunity to create strategies to … Continue reading

Mango opens a new store in Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier

Mango, one of Europe’s leading fashion groups, is strengthening its presence in Germany. The company will open a store in Hamburg, specifically in Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s (URW) future flagship destination Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier. The store will have a rental area of around 800 … Continue reading

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DUO OF COMMUNITY FOCUSED OPENINGS AT LENDLEASE’S ELEPHANT PARK

RAREBIT – the all-day kitchen and evening dining, bar, and grocery store – has opened its first bricks-and-mortar location on Elephant Park’s casual dining hub, Sayer Street. The brand-new concept has a menu focusing on British favourites including the Welsh … Continue reading

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Greenman OPEN agrees new debt deal for a sustainably constructed retail park in Rhineland-Palatinate

Greenman OPEN, one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, has successfully signed a new €24.2 million forward fixing loan for the acquisition financing of a new turnkey retail park in Höhr-Grenzhausen (Rhineland-Palatinate) with a consortium comprising Westerwald … Continue reading

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Head of Storytelling – Why Shopping Centers, in Particular, Need Professional Event Management

By Jens Fischer UX, the digital world-based user experience, is being transferred to the physical world with growing enthusiasm. However, there appears to be some kind of translation problem. While it comes across as cool and contemporary online, it often … Continue reading

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THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF SHOPPING PLACES AND SAFE ASSET GROUP LAUNCH RISK AND RESILIENCE WORKING GROUP

Driven by the rise of geopolitical instability and economic uncertainty in recent years, the sector faces some specific challenges. The group will draw upon the expertise and experience of those involved to deliver practical guides and advice on risk and … Continue reading

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Wolfsburg, Germany: 6th German Factory Outlet Congress /// September 15 – 16, 2022

Outlets have been consistently profitable – despite online shopping and COVID-19. Could this last longer? The 6th annual meeting of decision makers is finally taking place and will focus on all of these questions: Are there new options for the … Continue reading

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Frankfurt / Main, Germany: 13th German Specialty Store Summit /// November 23- 24, 2022

For the 13th time, the industry will meet with top decision makers to discuss the future of the specialty retail industry. Participate in the event and network with industry leaders from the retail sector, developers, operators, brokers, and investors. Learn … Continue reading

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Cushman & Wakefield Hires Ben Binns for Senior EMEA Retail Role

Binns will join JLL, where he is a National Director and Head of Cross Border Retail & Leisure in its EMEA Retail team. Prior to joining JLL in 2011, he spent five years at King Sturge based in Central & … Continue reading

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SES Spar European Shopping Centers continues to invest in its own power generation

The SES-operated shopping center MARIANDL located in Krems, Lower Austria, now generates its own environmentally friendly solar power. The 266-kWp photovoltaic rooftop installation includes 700 solar panels and will produces approximately 267,000 kilowatt hours of clean electricity per year for … Continue reading

Collaboration is Key to Rebuilding the Retail Ecosystem

I knew we had hit the right note with our redevelopment of the former Galerie Lafayette store on Rue de Béthune in Lille, when I received the reports from our new tenants with their turnover numbers had matched, or even … Continue reading

What Does the Permanent Shift in Consumer Behavior Mean for Retail Destinations?

As 2019 gave way to 2020, and the world realized that a global pandemic would be upon us, nobody believed that such an event might actually have lasting effects on economies or societies at large. Our belief, as serious as … Continue reading

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