March 2018

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.

New shopping centers to be opened in Germany

2017 did not see any traditional new openings in Germany. Eight new centers are scheduled to enter the market this year, reports the EHI Retail Institute.

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.

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.

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.

How the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation affects the European shopping center industry.

Shopping Centers and the New European Data Protection Regime

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force on May 25, 2018. It harmonizes data privacy laws across Europe. Companies will be more accountable for their handling of people’s personal data and it will change how they handle information about their customers, their employees and their suppliers.

PROJECTS & OPENINGS EUROPE

Benoy’s project Vadistanbul mall north of Istanbul | Galeries Lafayette Flagship Store Luxembourg | Kongahälla Shopping in Kungälv located north of Gothenburg | Belgrade Waterfront project in Serbia | ECE´s Hessen-Center in Frankfurt | The redevelopment of the Whitgift mall by the Croydon Partnership – a joint venture between Westfield and Hammerson.

On the rooftop

The world’s first modular hotel on top of a shopping center is built in Berlin.

Neinver reports growth to €917 million

Visitors to the centers in Spain, France, Germany, Italy and Poland totaled 41.7 million in 2017.

PROJECTS & OPENINGS INTERNATIONAL

Ivanhoé Cambridge announced a large-scale redevelopment project for the Montreal Eaton Centre. | Galeries Lafayette has signed the lease for a major new store in Shanghai, China in partnership with I.T. Limited, which is scheduled to open in late 2018. | The first phase of Grandscape in Dallas, Texas will open in May 2019.

From retail to hotel real estate

New perspectives regarding conversion and development potential are opening up for inner-city retail shops and department stores.

“We are not portfolio holders”

INVESTER United Benefits is one of the most active players on the Austrian real estate market. ACROSS spoke to INVESTER co-founder Franz Alexander Kollitsch and Thomas Seikmann, managing director of the company’s own center management company Ekazent, about the company’s retail activities.

The new Union Investment Global Retail Attractiveness Index (GRAI)

Retail: Nuanced investment approach in a global upturn.

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