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June 2018

“We love leisure” is the motto of ECE’s new placemaking strategy which is being implemented consequently at Potsdamer Platz Arkaden Berlin. Further centers will follow soon.

In the face of considerable changes in the retail market and changing consumer purchasing patterns, ECE had to think beyond traditional retail practices. Katrin von Soosten is chasing and finding innovative ideas and non-traditional concepts.

ECE is already on the way to establish its shopping centers as places for shopping, dining, sports, and leisure.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.