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NEINVER secures EUR 54 Million Green Refinancing
NEINVER has successfully completed a 7-year EUR 54 million green refinancing for two retail assets in Spain: Alegra Retail & Leisure Park, located in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, and Coruña The Style Outlets, located in A Coruña.
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umdasch The Store Makers supports Chery Automobile’s entry into Europe
Chinese car manufacturer Chery Automobile is expanding into Europe with the support of retail specialist umdasch The Store Makers.
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$1.1 billion Deal: Savills Acquires Real Estate Investment Bank Eastdil Secured
The $1.1 billion deal adds a major real estate investment banking platform to Savills and significantly expands the firm’s reach in the U.S. capital markets.
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Announcing ACROSS Academy: A Place for Better Decisions
Why we founded the ACROSS Academy as a new platform for executive dialogue in retail real estate. First program announcements next week.
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“Discount is no longer Enough”
With FREY’s integration of ROS now complete, Antoine Frey, Chairman & CEO of the FREY Group, outlines how selective growth, placemaking, and sustainability will define the next chapter of Europe’s outlet sector.
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Q4 is the Strongest of 2025 for Retail Real Estate Investment in Europe
Retail investment activity reached its highest quarterly level of 2025 across most analyzed European markets in Q4, according to the “Focus Estate Fund Quarterly Litmus Paper, Q4 2025”.
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Best in Class: Retail as Urban Glue
Driven by new expectations, mixed-use thinking, and a renewed focus on social value, retail is emerging again as a key force in shaping vibrant, resilient cities. Best practice examples demonstrate how thriving urban retail real estate destinations can be designed.
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“Mediocrity is no longer an option”
In conversation with Joachim Stumpf, Managing Director of BBE Retail Consultancy / IPH Retail Real Estate, ACROSS explores the future of inner-city retail real estate — caught between shrinkage, polarization, and transformation.
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Germany: Woolworth opens 1000th European Store
German discount retailer Woolworth GmbH has opened a new store at the Kronenberg Center in Essen as part of its European expansion.
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Schwarz Group Acquires Romanian Retailer La Cocoș
La Cocoș is set to become a company of Schwarz Group due to the latter’s successful acquisition of a majority interest in the former.
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Retail’s urban Comeback
From luxury boulevards to reinvented high streets: Europe’s major cities are reclaiming their role as retail’s most resilient stage.
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CEO PERSPECTIVES 2025 – When the Tenant Thrives, the Asset Flies.
What will it take in 2025 for an asset to take off? For this special, we asked leading figures in the European retail real estate sector what they see as the most significant current challenges, as well as the solutions needed, for retail assets not just to survive but to prosper.
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DEVELOPMENT

PROJECTS, TRENDS AND STRATEGIES

From left to right: Star Mall Shenyang, China | Yurdaer Kahraman /// © FİBA Commercial Properties

Beyond the Ordinary: Gourmet Garden by FİBA CP in Shenyang

In a brief interview with ACROSS, Yurdaer Kahraman – CEO and Board Member of FİBA CP and member of the ACROSS Advisory Board – discusses the company’s brand new and innovative food court concept and dining experience now live at the Star Mall in Shenyang, China.

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MANAGEMENT

LATEST TRENDS IN ASSET AND CENTER MANAGEMENT

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Nhood sells Eight Commercial Assets in Poland

Nhood acting as strategic advisor for the transaction and representing the property co-owner Ceetrus, successfully coordinated the sale process of eight retail shopping centers in Poland, owned by Ceetrus and Auchan, to the Adventum fund. Ensuring full transactional support and efficient execution of the entire process in line with the highest standards of the commercial real estate market.

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Coruña The Style Outlets in Spain /// © NEINVER

NEINVER secures EUR 54 Million Green Refinancing

NEINVER has successfully completed a 7-year EUR 54 million green refinancing for two retail assets in Spain: Alegra Retail & Leisure Park, located in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, and Coruña The Style Outlets, located in A Coruña.

Photo: Malmö Designer Village | Portrait: Antoine Frey /// © FREY

“Discount is no longer Enough”

With FREY’s integration of ROS now complete, Antoine Frey, Chairman & CEO of the FREY Group, outlines how selective growth, placemaking, and sustainability will define the next chapter of Europe’s outlet sector. And his ambition to turn outlet visits into memorable commercial journeys.

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Where history, shopping, and street life meet beneath the iconic Punch & Judy pub: Covent Garden in London, UK /// © Covent Garden

Burro Brings New Dining Concept to Covent Garden, London

Shaftesbury Capital has announced that Burro, an original dining concept delivering high-quality Italian cuisine, has opened in Covent Garden, strengthening the neighborhood’s position as one of London’s most unique and beloved culinary destinations.

From left to right: Star Mall Shenyang, China | Yurdaer Kahraman /// © FİBA Commercial Properties

Beyond the Ordinary: Gourmet Garden by FİBA CP in Shenyang

In a brief interview with ACROSS, Yurdaer Kahraman – CEO and Board Member of FİBA CP and member of the ACROSS Advisory Board – discusses the company’s brand new and innovative food court concept and dining experience now live at the Star Mall in Shenyang, China.

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RETAIL TECHNOLOGY

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Places that AI loves

Shopping malls must engage with AI-driven commerce: Artificial Intelligence will turn the shopping behavior we know today upside down — both online and offline.

Outlook 2026 Statement from Ben Chesser, CEO of Coniq /// © Portrait: Coniq

From “Nice Idea” to measurable Reality: Personalization in Retail

In 2026, loyalty is no longer simply a mechanism for repeat visits, it’s becoming a strategic framework for building long-term relationships between visitors, tenants, and retail destinations. And while personalization has been discussed for years, we are now entering a moment where it can finally move from “nice idea” to measurable reality. Ben Chesser, CEO of Coniq shares his outlook on 2026 placemaking.

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To Launch New Technologies, or Not?

Imre-Gustav Vellamaa, Co-founder of R8 Technologies, discusses the matter of launching a new technology into a business practices and lists bottlenecks that should be considered even before the implementation phase begins.

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PLANS OF INVESTORS AND OWNERS

Coruña The Style Outlets in Spain /// © NEINVER

NEINVER secures EUR 54 Million Green Refinancing

NEINVER has successfully completed a 7-year EUR 54 million green refinancing for two retail assets in Spain: Alegra Retail & Leisure Park, located in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, and Coruña The Style Outlets, located in A Coruña.

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Retail Park Investments Deliver Strong 2025 Results in Germany

Investment volume in retail parks rose by around 53% in 2025 to €3.1 billion, making them responsible for just over 48% of nationwide retail investments (compared to a 32% market share in 2024). This is according to the Grocery Investment Market Report, which BNP Paribas Real Estate has now published once again.

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