Citycon continues to show positive development in footfall despite the extraordinary circumstances following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Summer sale started at Nailloux Outlet Village on July 15 and will continue throughout the summer holidays until Tuesday, August 11.

The powerful and rigorously realized concept of ALEJA shopping center in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, which was integrally designed with BIM by ATP, has created the perfect platform for around 80 shops.

Union Investment Real Estate GmbH is reinforcing its senior leadership team by bringing on board Michael Bütter (50), a respected real estate manager with many years of industry experience.

Ceetrus announces additions to its Board of Directors and Management at a global and local level, with the appointment of two new members. Antoine Grolin, 44, an international real estate specialist, has just been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ceetrus. On a national level, Séverine Bodard, with 20 years of experience in management, development and transformation of real estate, steps in as Director of Ceetrus Portugal.

Apricot, an independent British brand has opened the doors to its first West Midlands store at intu Merry Hill. The new 2,500 sq ft store will enhance the centre’s female fashion offering.

Queensberry announced a landmark letting at its Metquarter asset. It has obtained planning permission that will allow Liverpool media, music and performing arts institution LMA to open a brand new state of the art teaching campus at the repurposed shopping centre.

Neinver has successfully completed BREEAM In-Use recertification of all its centres in Spain, Italy, Poland and France.

Supermarket Income REIT, the UK supermarket real estate investment trust providing secure, inflation-protected, long income from grocery property in the UK, announces the acquisition of the Tesco Extra in Newmarket, Suffolk, from Standard Life Pooled Pension Property Fund for £61.0 million (excluding acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 4.6%.

Leading management and technology specialist for parking and visitor insight, GroupNexus, has identified that during the first week in July, motorway service station visits have now surpassed pre lockdown figures from the same period four months ago, showing an increase of 4.46%, whilst dwell time has decreased by 14% to 30mins, compared to pre-pandemic. [1]

The transformation of Madrid’s 123,000 sq m. Parque Corredor shopping center advances rapidly and first units have been handed over to Inditex Group. Zara, Pull & Bear, Bershka and Stradivarius stores to open after this summer.

Since opening their doors on June 15, The Boulevard, Banbridge and The Junction, Antrim, two of Northern Ireland’s largest out-of-town retail schemes, have enjoyed a significant rise in footfall comparable to the same period in 2019 and unlike many high streets, this hasn’t dipped dramatically as the novelty of being out wears off.

Hines, the international real estate firm, has secured a large debt financing package on behalf of The Trinity Quarter, its landmark hotel and retail redevelopment in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Hammerson has worked with retail technology partner Red Ant to launch a new feature on its destinations’ websites to help customers plan their visits.

The final stretch for Cano has been reached: The construction work for the new shopping center in Singen, in the south of Germany, is running precisely as scheduled and the opening date has now finally been set.

M&S has today announced proposals to move to a leaner, faster retail management structure as part of its Never The Same Again programme.

Olena has been working for the company since 2015, her responsibilities include the formation and development of the company’s business reputation, support of corporate B2B and CSR projects, cooperation with media outlets and establishing Media Relations, positioning of malls and implementation of B2C programs.

Starting on October 1, 2020, Ivica Pavusek will be the new Head of Property, Maintenance, Purchasing & Sustainability (PMPS) at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Germany. In his new position, he will be responsible for all commercial and technical disciplines of the wide-ranging facility management sector at 23 German locations that are operated by URW.

JLL summarizes conditions on Poland’s retail market at the end of H1 2020.

The owners, Claus and Gunnar Heinemann, appoint Dr. Dirk Schneider as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) on the Executive Board of Gebr. Heinemann as of 1 September 2020. He succeeds Kay Spanger, who is retiring after more than 40 years with the Hamburg-based Duty Free company.

LabTech, owner of Camden Market, has announced Camden Market is set to host the UK’s first public live series of music events since the lockdown, with eight ticketed, free open-air weekend performances commencing from Saturday 25 July – 16 August, under the banner ‘Camden Unlocked’.

With currently 90 fully leased STOP SHOPs on a total area of approximately 700,000 sq m in nine countries, the retail parks of IMMOFINANZ remain consistently on a growth course.

Multi Iberia can now certify the security and safety of the shopping centres it manages in Portugal and Spain, thanks to its partnership with Bureau Veritas.