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Retail Business in Abu Dhabi: How Two Flagship Malls Shape the UAE Capital
Day 2 of the ACROSS Study Tour to Dubai & Abu Dhabi.
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ACROSS Retail talks returns on the 2nd of december, 2025!
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Dubai Means Business: Insights from the ACROSS Study Tour
Day 1 of the ACROSS Study Tour to Dubai & Abu Dhabi.
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NEPI’s Silesia City Center wins Investment Deal of the Year
During the CEE Property Forum & Awards Gala in Vienna, NEPI Rockcastle has received the award for Investment Deal of the Year above €200 million.
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The Experience Factor: Redifining the Value of Retail Places
JLL’s 2025 Consumer Experience Survey shows that consumers are quietly but decisively raising their expectations for physical places.
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World’s Main Streets: London’s New Bond Street Rises to No. 1
Cushman & Wakefield’s new 'Main Streets Across the World' report places London’s New Bond Street at the top of the global ranking and confirms broad-based resurgence of Europe’s prime shopping miles.
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F&B Insights with Will & Johnny: Rethinking Partnerships in Foodservice
Will Odwarka and Jonathan Doughty are back with a new episode of their “F&B Insights” segment in the ACROSS DISCUSS series.
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Rhein-Ruhr Zentrum’s West Wing Facelift Project to begin in December 2025
Following the start of exterior works in October, interior construction in the western wing is set to begin in December 2025 across both retail levels.
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CEO PERSPECTIVES 2025 – When the Tenant Thrives, the Asset Flies
What will it take in 2025 for an asset to take off? For this special, we asked leading figures in the European retail real estate sector what they see as the most significant current challenges, as well as the solutions needed, for retail assets not just to survive but to prosper.
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DEVELOPMENT

PROJECTS, TRENDS AND STRATEGIES

Dining and working in the sky? Views beyond the crisis.

In a critical period for HoReCa, office or mixed-use projects, recent investments are adding new flavors and attractive or innovative functions to revive the pulse in key submarkets of Bucharest. Can dining or working with sky views make flexible working or meetings more appealing?

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MANAGEMENT

LATEST TRENDS IN ASSET AND CENTER MANAGEMENT

KPIs ARE NOT ENOUGH, PLACEMAKERS NEED MORE WAYS TO MEASURE SUCCESS!

“Creating great places is a balancing act between art and science,” states William Kistler, Founder and Managing Partner at urbanOvation. urbanOvation is a platform community created to foster better collaboration among all built environment stakeholders. In this article he argues that easy to measure, quantitative KPI metrics distract from the equally important qualitative ‘art’ that is essential to great placemaking.

“EVERY PREDICAMENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INSPIRE YOU”

Rüdiger Dany, CEO of NEPI Rockcastle, believes that one of the biggest mistakes made in the last 15 years was not being able to seize and take advantage of opportunities during a crisis or difficult situation. He has worked in very different markets, with different stories and problems, but his general takeaway is clear: The investments and development plans of a company should never be stopped unless it is absolutely necessary.

Atrium Promenada in Warsaw, Poland is part of the G City Europe portfolio. Credit: G City Europe

Atrium European Real Estate rebrands to G City Europe

In 2022, Atrium European Real Estate became part of G City. As part of the rebranding process the company will be present in the market under the new name G City Europe. Subsequently, a number of corporate rebranding steps will be taken in various areas.

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OUTLETS

DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS IN THE OUTLET INDUSTRY

Everything’s New at Fashion Outlet Parndorf

Parndorf Fashion Outlet, located between Vienna and Bratislava, is undergoing a comprehensive relaunch. A new Art Nouveau style, new roads and entrances, new retail space, and a new center management self-run by the owner should multiply customer frequency.

Designer Outlet Roermond in front

Designer Outlet Roermond, located directly on the border with Germany, won multiple prizes in this year’s “Outlet Center Performance Report Europe.”

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RETAIL

STRATEGIES OF RETAILERS

Exterior design of the Ruby Hotel in Copenhagen. /// credit: ECE

ECE Introduces First Ruby Hotel To Copenhagen And Signs Long-Term Lease Agreement

ECE Work & Live is developing a “Ruby” brand hotel in Copenhagen for the first time. This is also the Ruby Group’s first location in Denmark. The announcement follows the recent signing of a long-term lease agreement between ECE as project developer and Ruby Group as operator for the planned hotel building in the Frederiksberg district in the heart of Copenhagen.

credit: ACROSS, Storefront

Storefront — The World’s Largest Marketplace For Short-Term Retail Spaces

Pop-up shops are more than just a trend; they are a valuable business opportunity and here to stay. Without having to commit to a long-term commercial lease, pop-up stores promote brands, concepts, services or products in a short period of time. Building on this idea, Storefront, a sharing-economy company, provides short-term retail spaces for rent to companies through an online platform, used specifically as pop-up retail locations.

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PROPTECH

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INVESTMENT

PLANS OF INVESTORS AND OWNERS

Clearly weakened indicators of investment

BNP Parisbas Real Estate recently published “At a glance: UK shopping center & out of town retail market, December 2016.” One of the headlines is that investment volumes fell by around a third compared to 2015 for both the retail warehousing and shopping center markets.

Investors Increasingly Focusing on Retail Parks

Investment in German retail properties is declining. The transaction volume is increasing significantly only in retail parks. Retail parks currently offer good investment opportunities in the UK as well.

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.

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