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Ingka Centres, formerly IKEA Centres, unveils a major new strategic vision that will see it invest €5.8 bn over the next three years – and sets off for the Indian subcontinent.

For years, malls in the United Arab Emirates have been surpassing each other with endlessly new, breathtaking attractions: With features such as ice rinks in the middle of the desert, aquariums, and roller coasters or an entire VR world, shopping has long since become an experience in this region.

Helaba finances Atrium European Real Estate’s purchase of Wars Sawa Junior for EUR 170 million. The shopping center, located in the Polish capital, comprises 26,000 sq m of retail space.

BNP Paribas Real Estate has strengthened its European presence by signing an alliance contract, regarding Advisory services (Transaction, Consulting, Valuation) and Property Management, with the Austrian real estate company EHL IMMOBILIEN GmbH, headquartered in Vienna. Founded in 1991 and managed by Michael Ehlmaier, EHL IMMOBILIEN GmbH employs 193 people, based mainly in Vienna.

NEINVER, the leading outlet operator in Poland and Spain and a market leader in Europe, announced it has taken over the management of Silesia Outlet located in Silesia, Poland. The outlet centre currently being developed is scheduled to open this spring in the city of Gliwice. The investor of the facility is 6B47, one of the leading developers in the German speaking countries. NEINVER will be responsible for management, marketing and leasing.

In today’s environment of complex and fast changes in all fields of real estate development, particularly affecting retail and all the complementary activities making these developments possible, inevitably, the architectural profession will have to adapt by preventively responding to future trends and demands.

Cyprus’s ambitious shopping, leisure, and dining development opened its doors on November 21, 2018, revealing an extraordinary space that has been designed to please.

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

In 2018, the current retail (r)evolution continued and did not slow down. Omnichannel has become a reality: Today’s consumer, whether 7 or 70 years old, searches the web to make in-store purchases and does the exact opposite five minutes later.

Just a few years ago, many retail commentators were predicting that by 2020, online retail (“clicks”) would have completely taken over and driven physical (“bricks and mortar”) stores to extinction.

Outlet retail has long been established across Europe, but the sector has tended to suffer from being seen as second best to its big sister, the shiny shopping center. As a long-term owner and operator of retail outlets across Europe, Resolution Property has been at the forefront of evolving this sector to capitalize on creating offers that can’t be replicated online.

From the outbreak of the financial crisis until 2016, hardly any new shopping center openings occurred in Spain and Portugal, reports Francisco Cavaleiro de Ferreira, Managing Director of Multi in Iberia. Now, the markets have recovered.

The retail real estate industry has faced many challenges in the decade since the crash. Most fundamental among them was a textbook case of falling demand facing rising supply.

When we presented the first print issue of ACROSS exactly 10 years ago, an epochal event shook the world economy. The US-investment bank Lehman Brothers went bankrupt with a deafening bang and caused the biggest economic crisis in recent years. The real estate industry was hit particularly hard.