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Trevian to establish a real estate development company
Trevian Asset Management Oy has established a new subsidiary, Trevian Development Oy, of which Trevian Asset Management also owns the majority.
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Next opens giant West Midlands store at intu Merry Hill
Next has opened one of its biggest stores in the UK as part of intu Merry Hill’s multi-million-pound transformation programme.
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Holy Moly Macaroni Harlem-influenced mac & cheese restaurant opens at Grand Central
The Bullring Estate, Birmingham’s iconic shopping destination that comprises the Bullring, Grand Central, and Link Street, has announced that Harlem-influenced soul food operator, Holy Moly Macaroni, has opened its debut restaurant in Grand Central.
PETER KARAI JOINS ACROSS ADVISORY BOARD
The ACROSS Advisory Board is happy to announce its latest addition and welcomes Peter Karai as its new member.
10TH GERMAN RETAIL WAREHOUSES SUMMIT, NOVEMBER 5 - 6, 2018, DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY
The two-day event will take place on November 5 - 6 at the Van der Valk Airporthotel in Düsseldorf.
MPC PROPERTIES INVESTS 250 MILLION EUROS IN SERBIA
MPC Properties, one of the largest investors in Southeast Europe, is investing 250 million euros in new development projects, all located in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
„Security is not a taboo subject“
A new collaboration with SES promotes cooperation between Austrian police and retail. Shopping centers in general are focusing more and more on security.
House of Fraser closes 31 stores
The department store chain, which was founded in 1849 in Scotland’s Glasgow, is in serious financial trouble.
Entertainment for outlet shoppers
In mid-March, Cineplexx opened a multiplex movie theater with five screens and over 800 seats in Parndorf, Burgenland. Immediate neighbors include McArthurGlen's Designer Outlet Parndorf and FOP Management GmbH's Parndorf Fashion Outlet.
Adjustment in pricing levels expected
According to Adam Pearce, Managing Partner at Kintyre, the currently inflated investment market for retail assets is not substantiated by the underlying trading environment for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers.
More than just high streets: Milan
The capital of the Lombardy region is recognized as one of the most famous fashion hot-spots in the world and it is Italy’s industrial, commercial, and financial heart. The city continues to attract new businesses and investments – and new shopping centers.
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Investing in the future
For many years, shopping centers have constituted a popular and successful asset class that – provided the assets have been well managed – have offered stable returns and high value stability.
Understanding what our guests really want
Those who want to exploit successful Food & Beverage (F&B) locations at high traffic locations would do well to immerse themselves in the needs of the guests. This statement may seem obvious, but it’s really not that simple.
PEOPLE IN THE EUROPEAN RETAIL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY
Recruitments, promotions and appointments in the European Retail Real Estate Industry.
Reimagining department stores in Europe
Department stores are a key part of the retail mix in Europe. With bleak news about the sector blowing across the Atlantic, we thought it was time to take a close look at just how things were faring here in Europe. ICSC’s research has uncovered both shared challenges and fundamental differences.
Placemaking is not a blueprint business
With the advent of e-commerce, stores are being used by retailers to differentiate themselves from e-commerce platforms, providing shopping experiences that cannot be reproduced at home.
RENOWNED GLOBAL FASHION BRANDS NO LONGER GUARANTEE SUCCESS
Until recently, securing a renowned global fashion brand as a shopping mall anchor was often considered a guarantee for success. This was particularly the case in CEE, where many such retailers were just beginning to enter the market.
5th German Factory-Outlet Congress, November 29 – 30, 2018 Leipzig, Germany
Labels love factory outlets and they are in increasingly high demand among investors and banks.
Completely Retail Marketplace Benelux September 11, 2018 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Completely Retail Marketplace (CRM) is a one-day, leasing-focused event all about deals.
68TH INTERNATIONAL RETAIL SUMMIT, 6 – 7 SEPTEMBER 2018, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
The two-day event will take place on 6 – 7 September at the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute in Rüschlikon, Zurich.
ICSC Retail Innovation Forum, September 26 – 27, 2018 Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Retail Innovation Forum, organized by ICSC, will be held at the Movenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Center from September 26 to 27, 2018.
ACSC CONGRESS 2018, OCTOBER 18, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
The Austrian Council of Shopping Centers (ACSC) Congress will take place at the Festsaal of Vienna’s “House of Industry”, Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna on 18 October 2018 at 3 pm.
MAPIC 2018 to focus on retailoring the industry
Amid talks of overcapacity problems, ghost malls and household retail brands filing for bankruptcy, MAPIC 2018 will bring together leading retailers to identify the new retail mix and stimulate growth and new business models.
EuropaCity – „Just a very complicated process“
EuropaCity is on hold after a court decision, according to various press reports. The developers of this big project near Paris say it is not on hold.
Refurbishment with potential
At the beginning of the year, Austrian property specialist Supernova acquired Centar Kaptol in Zagreb, Croatia. BEHF Architects has been commissioned to comprehensively refurbish the center.
Quartier du Flon – Constantly evolving
Quartier du Flon is a contemporary area of 55,000 sq m, located in the heart of Lausanne, which has developed into a vibrant shopping and entertainment area.
A new mall for Budapest
An ambitious plan: ECE plans to build no less than the most modern and attractive shopping center in Hungary. The opening is scheduled to take place in 2021.
Innovation and tradition combined in one quarter
Unibail-Rodamco is developing the southern Überseequartier, an integrated district of HafenCity within Hamburg.
SES continues to expand in Slovenia
ACROSS speaks with Marcus Wild, CEO of SES Spar European Shopping Centers, about the company's recipe for success and how Slovenia’s market leader intends to consolidate its position there.
Delightfully epicurean Portugal
Food services and drinks represent more than 70% of retail investment in this southern European country.
Starting a new life with a new name
The “Freeport Outlets” have become “Affinity Outlets”, “Puerto Venecia” is now called “intu Puerto Venecia”. These are just two current examples that show that retail properties are regularly rebranding themselves.
Developers continue to push pop-up spaces
With these spaces, they give online brands the opportunity to launch a test balloon and find their footing in stationary retail. But also car companies like Tesla and Volvo work with this retail format.
Riding the wave
Indoor surfing and shopping seem to be perfectly suited to one another.
Trampolines are coming
Shopping without leisure is about to become a thing of the past. But how do visitors want to entertain themselves? The increasingly frequent answer is jumping and bouncing, apparently.
MK Illumination Special: Enlightening Your Vision
With today’s consumer looking for the 'experience', shopping centers can tap into emotions through attractive lighting displays and decorations that tell stories and actively engage them.
“Digitization is changing our understanding of shopping”
According to Bernd Albl, Managing Director Digital Retail at Umdasch, at the end of the day, consumers no longer distinguish between online and in-store shopping. Seamless Shopping is the keyword.
Ikea finds its way into the city
The Swedish furniture giant may still be in the planning stage for this project, but worldwide first Ikea city-location at Vienna’s Western Train Station is already beginning to take shape.
Bosch’s First Monolabel Store in Europe Opened
Umdasch was responsible for concept, planning, general contracting, shopfitting and digital retail.
About the space-relatedness of the spaceless
The meaning and impact of digitization on retail parks in five core theses.
An award for “First Store by Alexa”
The winners of this year’s “Real Estate Marketing Award 2017” were again honored at the international real estate fair Expo Real in Munich. The winners in the “retail” category are Union Investment Real Estate/Sonae Sierra/21Media for their “First Store by Alexa,” a new competition concept for innovative store ideas.
Opening of the BWT Flagship Store in Moscow
BWT, Europe’s leading company for water technology, with headquarters in Austria, entrusted Umdasch Shopfitting with the design of its first bricks-and-mortar brand world.
OUTLETS GAIN GROUND IN THE EXPERIENCE GAME
In the 1980s, the retail format of designer outlets arrived in Europe. Now, the time for expansions and refurbishments, with a focus on food & beverage and leisure, has come.
Expansion in Ashford – Completion scheduled for fall 2019
The beginning of construction on the £90 million expansion of McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Ashford was officially celebrated at the end of March 2018.
Figures are up for Fashion House Outlet Centre Bucharest
Fashion House Group, part of the Liebrecht & wooD Group, registered its best results in the last seven years for Fashion House Outlet Centre Bucharest.
Targeting Scandinavian and international brands
Billund Designer Outlet is relaunched.
Outlet segment performs better than the general retail sector
McArthurGlen celebrates the 20th anniversary of its outlet center in Parndorf, Burgenland (Austria). Generally, the company focuses on a comprehensive entertainment experience.
6B47 builds Outlet Center Silesia in Gliwice
The opening of the outlet center’s 120 shops on a total area of 20,000 sq m is scheduled for the first quarter of 2019.
One transaction quickly follows the next
The European retail real estate industry was on a particularly intensive shopping spree over the last days and weeks.
Takeover-wave in the international shopping center industry
Hammerson, the British real estate group, rejected yet another takeover offer by the French Klépierre Group, as the industry in general seems to be particularly interested in mergers right now.
In times of disruptive markets, institutional real estate investors want to make sure that they are betting on the right horse
An exclusive ACROSS interview with Steffen Hofmann and Klaus Mennickheim, Managing Partners of iMallinvest Europe GmbH.
The new Union Investment Global Retail Attractiveness Index (GRAI)
Retail: Nuanced investment approach in a global upturn.
„Valuation is as much an art form as it is a science”
The challenges of valuating retail properties.
German Council of Shopping Centers, Forum Asset Management
Industry peers discussing latest market trends and tackling challenges with confidence.
Poland provides a dynamic retail environment
Union Investment’s new “Global Retail Attractiveness Index“ (GRAI), which analyzes the environments for retail investments in 17 countries around the world, recently showed that Poland is one of the most dynamic European markets. The latest data confirms this assessment.
Constant change along the Bosporus
Cushman & Wakefield recently published the “Turkey – Retail Market Snapshot – First Quarter 2018”. The acceleration in the country‘s investment market signals that further consolidation in the shopping center market can be expected.
EUROPEAN RETAIL IN 2018 | FREE DOWNLOAD
GfK study on key retail indicators: 2017 review and 2018 forecast.
New investors expected in Romania
Liviu Tudor outlines two current areas of focus for retail developments in the CEE-country: the construction of retail parks in small cities and the extension of existing commercial areas in larger cities.
PEOPLE IN THE EUROPEAN RETAIL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY
Recruitments, promotions and appointments in the European Retail Real Estate Industry.
Switzerland: Revitalization boom approaching
According to the current "Shopping Centre Market Report Switzerland 2018", the country's malls have an average age of 30. A number of refurbishments are pending. But that alone will not be sufficient for future market success.