The events of the last few years, increased transparency in general, and last but not least, technology and globalization have resulted in a new kind of customer. These new customers are both mature and competent. Retailers would do well to regard them as such.
The leisure concept from Boda Borg from Sweden is coming to Germany for the first time and will find its home in a Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) center.
CBRE Investment Management to welcome the educational activation to Islington in collaboration with ReLondon, a partnership between the Mayor of London and the London boroughs.
The assets are located in Germany. Portfolio consits of over 27,000 sq m, is fully tenant-occupied, with a WAULT of around 10 years.
In order to become the “center of the community”, retail spaces have to offer public services that people want and need, as well as opportunities for people to come together and build community. That entails, among other things, rethinking the tenant mix to generate footfall as well as creating more events and activities that attract people.
The store is expected to open in 2023 and will be the first in Hamburg to feature the “New Med” image. It represents another key partnership for the fashion and lifestyle segment of the future flagship destination in Hamburg's HafenCity.
Lendlease has announced the openings of two new spaces at Elephant Park: all-day kitchen & bar RAREBIT; and community garden store The Nunhead Gardener.
The one-sided fixation on digital direct-to-consumer business marginalizes the physical shopping channel. Shopping centers and their tenants will only be able to leverage the potential of brick-and-mortar store spaces if a significantly modified fundamental approach is adopted.
Societies have changed, retail has changed, and so must architecture and the real estate industry. “Le 31” has become a model for Redevco’s vision on how to redefine retail and create a connected community of stores, partners, and visitors.
The last two years have shown us that nobody can predict the future, but: Understanding detailed customer behavior and responding with specific value and service are no longer “extras” with respect to the retail business model – they are essential to survival.
The European private equity real estate investment manager, MARK, has appointed Bruce Gillingham Pollard to advise on retail leasing alongside CBRE at the Borough Yards development in London SE1.
Dreiländer Galerie known as Three Countries Mall, is a new shopping center being developed as a multi-national shopping destination in the German town of Weil am Rhein. The opening will be in autumn 2022.
Railpen announces the launch of global lifestyle brand kate spade new york’s first outlet store in Scotland, at the premier designer village, Caledonia Park.
Real estate investor Altera Vastgoed NV has acquired an Albert Heijn supermarket and adjacent Gall & Gall in Goes from Blauwdruk Investeringen B.V. This purchase brings the total number of supermarkets in Altera’s retail portfolio to 50.
Supernova Group is expanding in Slovakia. The Austrian real estate company aquired four shopping centers operated under the brand Max.
Ibrahim Ibrahim, Managing Director of Portland Design, ACROSS Board member and a regular keynote speaker, has just published his first book: "Future-Ready Retail".
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Germany has brought JD Sports, one of the key partners in the sneaker, sports, and casual-wear segment, on board for the upcoming flagship destination in Hamburg's HafenCity. In the mega-store, customers can expect a concept focused on young fashion, lifestyle, and multi-channel offers, on around 800 sq m.
The Works and Mountain Warehouse relocate and expand to a € 460,000 investment.
In order to follow and fulfil customer needs, operators of shopping centers also have to support their tenants. Furthermore, integrating online with offline elements, through proptech partnerships, is the path to maintaining a leading position, according to NEPI.
Scan products yourself and make shopping even faster and easier - That's possible at Kaufland with K-Scan. The company is currently offering the new solution in over 50 stores in Germany.
