The certifications are part of the “Shop Safe, Stay Safe” programme, an initiative the company has launched throughout its European portfolio. Neinver is committed to minimising the risk of Covid-19 transmission in the centres it operates

Mario C. Bauer has drummed up an investor group to save Vapiano.

European Outlets – back to normal? European outlet experts on the current situation and how they see and manage the future!

This year’s Expo Real will not take place in its traditional format. Messe München will instead provide a venue for the real estate industry by launching its Expo Real Hybrid Summit.

Boostcom, the world’s leading proptech supplier for shopping centres, has recently strengthened its global management team with four new hires, as retail
reopens after Covid-19.

Hines has released new details of ‘The Trinity Quarter’, a landmark hotel and retail redevelopment in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark.

SIGNA will also begin to use communication formats on various channels and levels to provide information about the project, e.g. on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram under the identity “NOT WITHOUT YOU”, on a newly designed homepage at and with various events and activities.

FitForCommerce, a boutique omnichannel and digital consultancy, announces the appointment of Gary Burrows to the FitForCommerce Malls & Meeting Places practice as its Managing Director.

NEINVER recently reopened its four Greater Madrid and Barcelona outlet centres in Spain, thus resuming operations across all its retail portfolio in Europe.

On Solutions, part of Balfin Group, in collaboration with Qivos, received the Gold Award in the category of “Best Partnership Initiative” in Loyalty Awards 2020, for providing customer experience and achieving customer engagement, in four different companies, under one loyalty scheme, the Happy Program.

For Ingka Group, sustainability is at the heart of everything it does. Its ambition is to inspire and enable 1 billion people to live a better everyday life at home within the limits of the planet by 2030.

Although the closure of the international borders and the limitation of regional movement within Italy are having an impact on the footfall in the centre compared to the same period last year, in this first week of re-opening visitors were not lacking and some categories of goods have seen an even greater interest than usual, for example: children’s fashion, bedlinen, kitchenware and sportswear.

Inter IKEA Systems B.V. announced Konrad Grüss will become its new Managing Director. He succeeds Jon Abrahamson Ring, who will become CEO of Inter IKEA Group as per 1 September.

Following the easing of government restrictions, Capital & Regional will be allowing all retailers who had previously been prevented from trading to reopen from 15th June across its portfolio of seven UK community shopping centres, with the exception of leisure and dining facilities which, unless solely operating a takeaway or delivery service, will remain closed until the restrictions are eased further.

Trei Real Estate GmbH (Trei), a developer and asset holder for residential and retail real estate with activities across Europe, just opened the 17th retail park of its Vendo Park brand in Poland. The retail park is located in the city of Płock in the Masovian voivodeship.

The same also applies to the food & beverage fair “The Happetite”, which was supposed to take place at the same time on July 1 and 2, 2020 in Milan. Both events will return in 2021.

Over 85% of Hammerson portfolio to be open by the middle of this month.

PATRIZIA AG, the global partner for pan-European real estate investment, announces the sale of a portfolio of seven retail properties in Germany to Captiva, a German real estate investment company, for EUR 96 million.

In Feldkirchen near Graz, everything revolves around shoes with the highest wearing comfort for young and old on 1,200 square metres since mid-April. legero united opens the “shoemakers outlet” and unites its four brands legero, superfit, VIOS and Think! under one new roof.

Paris Real Estate Week (14 to 17 September) unveils its initial programme comprising debates, conferences, Awards and an exhibition area that will address key topics in property, city agendas, and innovation.

Over the last two months, IKEA Retail (Ingka Group) has supported over 140,000 homeless people in 17 countries by donating nearly 130,000 products such as complete bedroom and living rooms solutions, food, plastic bags, bins and spray bottles, to help them cope with the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic.

Deniz Mall, the much-anticipated new retail, leisure and entertainment redevelopment concept for the former Baku Entertainment Centre, has soft opened to the public in central Baku, Azerbaijan.

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) announced that 65 of its 90 shopping centres have re-opened after the easing of restrictions imposed because of the COVID-19 crisis. This follows announcements by authorities in Los Angeles and France on May 26 and 29, respectively.