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Facade of Gropius Passagen in Berlin, Germany /// © Gropius Passagen

Gropius Passagen concludes successful 2025

With a stable footfall, successful leasing activity and consistent developments, Berlin’s Gropius Passagen concludes a truly successful year this December – with plans already in motion to achieve strategic goals in 2026.

Gropius Passagen in Berlin, Germany /// © Holger Peters Fotografie

Gropius Passagen appoints BWP as full-service Marketing Agency

BWP Group (“BWP”), leading destination marketing and brand agency, is delighted to announce its appointment on the largest retail destination in Berlin, Gropius Passagen. BWP has been selected to deliver the full-service marketing remit by asset manager Pradera.

Left: Facade of Gropius Passagen, Right: Christian Danne /// Credit: Gropius Passagen

Leadership Change at Gropius Passagen in Berlin, Germany

A new chapter begins for Gropius Passagen in Berlin-Neukölln. With the appointment of Christian Danne as Center Manager, one of the city’s top retail destinations is setting a fresh strategic course. Covering around 94,000 square meters of retail space, featuring over 150 stores, and welcoming roughly ten million visitors a year, Gropius Passagen remains a key anchor of Berlin’s retail landscape.

credit: Westfield

Gropius Passagen, Berlin acquired by Hayfin

Berlin’s largest shopping centre, Gropius Passagen has just been acquired by Hayfin from Nuveen and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. The centre is a highly important retail destination in Neukölln, Berlin, Germany, with an approximately 95.000 sqm lettable space, around 150 tenants.

ambas Managing Partners, f.l.t.r Günter Kaufmann, Steffen Hofman, and Klaus Mennickheim /// © PR

ambas Real Estate appoints Günter Kaufmann as Managing Partner

ambas Real Estate GmbH is strengthening its leadership structure and expanding its service offering to include commercial real estate finance services. Effective January 1st, 2026, the company has appointed Günter Kaufmann, an internationally experienced executive and recognized expert in real estate finance, as Managing Partner.

Credit /// Left: ambas; Right: Union Investment

M&A, EXPANSION, AND RESILIENCE: THE FORCES SHAPING EUROPE’S SHOPPING DESTINATIONS

In the retail real estate sector, bold moves are reshaping the European landscape. Recent landmark transactions, including FREY/ROS, Sonae Sierra, and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, signal the start of a new investment cycle. At the same time, several companies are embarking on remarkable expansion journeys, positioning themselves for long-term growth. In this interview, Steffen Hofmann, Managing Partner at ambas, explains why now is the right moment to “think big”, what drives corporate M&A strategies in retail, and how these shifts are redefining market opportunities across Europe.

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield continues to push for qualitative optimisation of its portfolio in Germany in 2020

With NordWestZentrum in Frankfurt, Breunigerland Sindelfingen and Breuningerland Ludwigsburg, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) secured three important asset management mandates in 2019, thereby strengthening its portfolio in Germany. In addition, the real estate developer and operator completed major modernisation projects in Schönhauser Allee Arcaden in Berlin and Centro in Oberhausen and reached important milestones in Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier development project. In 2020, URW intends to continue to strategically develop its portfolio and focus on urban district development and the expansion of digital infrastructures.

Nathalie Lohaus is new Head of Commercial Partnerships at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield Germany

Nathalie Lohaus took over the position as Head of Commercial Partnerships at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield Germany in March 2019. Her activities focus on mall retail in the form of pop-up shops, kiosks and promotions, the creation of brand experiences through events and cooperations as well as the management of media campaigns on digital and static advertising spaces. Previously, she worked for the company as Deputy Head of Shopping Center Management as well as Center Manager at Ruhr Park Bochum.

Good momentum for the new business year

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield Germany looks back on a successful business year; the strategic focus for 2019 further on lies on optimizing the existing portfolio.

PROJECTS & OPENINGS EUROPE

SPAIN: Finestrelles | POLAND: Vis à Vis Wilanów | FRANCE: Nice Lingostière | GERMANY: OEZ | RUSSIA: Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye Smart City | GERMANY: Gropius Passagen | SERBIA: IPM | HUNGARY: New Campona | ITALY: COM Caselle Open Mall | GERMANY: Erlangen Arcaden

Pooling Experience and Expertise

The acquisition of Westfield by Unibail-Rodamco also offers new opportunities for 26 shopping centers in the German portfolio. Tenants as well as customers should benefit.

Retail Asset Management as a Holistic Approach

According to Stephan Austrup, Head of Retail in Germany at TH Real Estate, omni-channeling and digitalization are key drivers of change. In all acquisitions and in business plans for existing portfolios, he therefore considers the impact of this change on retail formats, retailers’ required floor plans, and whether the property provides the necessary layout flexibility.

“WE CREATE A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR GERMAN CUSTOMERS”

Karl Reinitzhuber, head of the mfi management für immobilien AG in Germany, explains in an interview with ACROSS what has changed since France’s Unibail-Rodamco purchased a majority stake in mfi and accelerated the expansion of the shopping center portfolio.