2019

A range of festive activities have begun at Elephant Park in south London where a four-week pop-up titled ‘Merry Elephant’ is transforming the recently opened Sayer Street and Deacon Street into a mini Winter Wonderland, at the £2.3 billion regeneration project led by Lendlease and Southwark Council.

Zadar Shopping Capitol, part of the Capitol Park family, welcomed its first customers with the opening of a 6,400 sqm centre in Ante Starčevića street.

Trei Real Estate GmbH, a property developer and property asset holder of residential and retail real estate with activities across Europe, develops its sixth retail park of the Vendo Park brand in the Czech Republic.

Based in Amsterdam, Nigel will be responsible for Cromwell’s corporate finance operations across Europe.

The Irish clothing chain Primark‘s long-anticipated market entry into Slovakia has been confirmed: the company has signed a lease agreement with Eurovea. This exciting news also comes at a time when this attractive riverside retail centre has announced 70% occupancy of new commercial premises in the forthcoming extension.

At last night’s Revo Annual Dinner (4 December), intu scooped two Revo Gold awards in a celebration of the best of the best in placemaking.

Festival Place, the 1.1m sq ft retail and leisure destination in Basingstoke has reported outstanding results for the Black Friday trading period.

intu recently announced that its flagship global resort development intu Costa del Sol, located in Torremolinos outside Malaga in Spain, has been given green light.

Springfields Outlet has once again demonstrated its continued resilience, bucking trends when compared to full-price retail destinations, reporting positive trading and footfall stats for the Black Friday trading period.

ALDI Nord recently opened its biggest store at Quarree Wandsbek, featuring ALDI’s latest shop design and a product range that is tailored to its target group. This is where the look of the new Quarree is already taking concrete shape.

The new format hosted by the German Council of Shopping Places.

Deka Immobilien has commissioned Apleona Real Estate Management to perform center and property management, facility management services, letting, and strategic development for the “Seidnitz Center” shopping mall in Dresden.

Colliers International and Savills named leasing agents for 5,000 square feet of new retail space on London’s premier shopping street.

The Howard de Walden Estate has appointed Rob Kirk as Interim Retail & Leisure Director for Marylebone Village while Jenny Casebourne takes maternity leave.

Proposals for the £100m replacement of Crompton Place Shopping Centre, which will make way for independent retail, offices, homes and a hotel, were revealed during last week’s public consultation events in Bolton, England.

Commerz Real has taken up a stake of 20 per cent in a package of 10 Kaufhof department stores with the intention of developing them and increasing their value in the medium term together with Signa Prime Selection AG.

A brand-new bar and community hub, Glass House, has launched on Brick Lane.

VOX will open its furniture showroom at Morski Park Handlowy in Gdańsk, Poland.

The footwear leader in Poland – CCC – has joined the group of tenants of Galeria Wiślanka.

The SCPI Novapierre Allemagne fund, managed by PAREF Gestion and advised by Principal Real Estate Europe, has acquired a portfolio of four retail warehouse centres with convenience shopping potential in the south-western surroundings of Frankfurt.

Russell & Bromley, has officially opened its newly relocated store at 107 Long Acre, Covent Garden; taking a prime position opposite Covent Garden Tube station. The relocation of the store remains part of the Mercers’ Company estate in central London.

At the moment, Trei owns 23 Vendo Parks in Europe, fourteen of which are located in Poland. Rather than acting as their developer only, the company also manages the Vendo Parks.

Lifestyle Outlets has announced UK independent fragrance retailer The Fragrance Shop is opening a store at The Lowry Outlet, the waterfront outlet centre at the heart of Manchester’s MediaCityUK.

The company recently inaugurated the extension of its Créteil Soleil shopping center, the flagship of its portfolio in France.