Multi Corporation announced the appointment of Andrea Boris Hipeco as the European Head of Leasing. In addition to this, Andrea will also take on the Leasing Director role for Multi’s newly established French division.
ACROSS presents: Exclusive Study Tour to Stockholm. We will examine on September 28th and 29th 2023 how the nordic capital defines the future of retail.
With flagship stores by Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger as well as Phase Eight and Hobbs as new partners, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Germany continues to enhance the profile of the Premium Loop in the vicinity of the Breuninger Department Store.
Around 900 guests from the retail, gastronomy, leisure and real estate sectors followed the invitation of URW to the two-day Retail Open House in Hamburg. The focus of this year’s Retail Open House was on the presentation of URW’s corporate strategy, the portfolio in Austria and Germany as well as an update on the mixed-use project Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield currently operates 23 centers in the Germany and Austria region: 21 in Germany, eight of them in the Group’s own portfolio, and two in Austria. A total of 732 leases were concluded for these 23 centers last year. In addition, the mixed-use project Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier, which is being developed by URW in Hamburg’s HafenCity until spring 2024, also experienced a lot of activity in 2022. The pre-letting rate for the retail, dining, and leisure sectors is now 73 percent.
In February, something special awaits visitors of Westfield Centro: In the Galaxy Experience Space, visitors will have the chance to try out the latest smartphones from Samsung even before the official launch date of February 17.
Another food & beverage offering has been added to the Westfield Centro promenade: the BigChefs restaurant brand opens its second branch in Germany and becomes one of the new flagships of the food & beverage brand mix at the location. With the new addition, Westfield Centro has achieved full occupancy for the promenade located directly at the center with around 15 dining concepts.
By the turn of the year, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield Germany had gained 20 more partners for the various retail, dining, and leisure clusters of the upcoming flagship destination in Hamburg’s HafenCity. The leasing of the food & beverage areas is also in progress.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield forces the mobility transformation by turning to soft mobility that promotes the use of sustainable, environmentally friendly, socially acceptable and low-accident modes of transport.
The project developer and investor of Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier in Hamburg’s HafenCity, URW, continues to work on differentiating the variety of brands in the Premium Loop in the vicinity of the Breuninger Department Store. With BOSS and GANT, the brand mix in the premium fashion segment continues to take shape.
Despite all challenges, a lot is happening in the retail real estate industry and great projects are in the making. This is best illustrated by the entries for the MAPIC Awards 2022 category “Best performing Shopping Center”. They include assets such as shopping centers, outlets, and retail parks. They show innovation through new technologies, customer loyalty programs, retail mixes and architectural features which come together for the aim of increasing footfall, customer satisfaction, average spending and offering a unique experience in a new shopping destination. All these outstanding projects demonstrate the strength, innovation, and positivity of our industry.
Better Spaces, Better Communities, and Better Together – those are the pillars upon which Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s sustainability strategy is based. URW is committed to playing a key role in the environmental and energy transition. As such, the company has been implementing its “Better Places 2030” sustainability strategy since 2016.
The Spanish fashion company Zara will open a new store with a flagship format in Minto in Mönchengladbach in the first quarter of 2023 on around 3,000 sq m of rental area. Zara will realise the brand’s latest design concept. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, owner and operator of Minto, and Inditex are once again strengthening their strategic partnership in Germany through the new cooperation in Mönchengladbach.
Around 115 employees of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield spent a whole day at Gut Königsmühle in Dortmund, Germany on October 27, 2022. The estate is run by the “help and hope foundation” with the idea of creating a place of learning and experience for children and young people.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Germany is expanding its cooperation with Sheltersuit Foundation and local aid organizations, which was launched in the fall of 2021. As part of a support initiative starting on October 10, 2022, in nine shopping centers operated by URW, the aim is to draw attention to the particularly difficult situation of people living on the streets in winter and to offer immediate support.
The Spanish fashion company Inditex is opening the first stores of Bershka and Pull&Bear in Munich in mid-November – the Pull&Bear store will also be the first in Bavaria.
Together they will bring physical stores of Stradivarius and Oysho to Germany. Bershka and Pull & Bear stores will also open in the upcoming flagship destination in Hamburg.
The leisure concept from Boda Borg from Sweden is coming to Germany for the first time and will find its home in a Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) center.
The store is expected to open in 2023 and will be the first in Hamburg to feature the “New
Med” image. It represents another key partnership for the fashion and lifestyle segment of the future
flagship destination in Hamburg’s HafenCity.
VIA Outlets has announced two senior additions to its Board of Directors. Jaap Tonckens, currently an advisor to the Board, was recently appointed as a Non-Executive member of the Board, whilst Rita Schroeven, the company’s Head of Legal Affairs, is taking up a role as an Executive member of the Board.
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