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A Pleasing Increase

According to CBRE, global shopping center development continues to accelerate, with a total of 11.4 million sq m of space opening in 2014 compared with 10.6 million sq m in 2013.

”A very exciting experiment”

SES Spar European Shopping Centers will operate Austria’s first managed shopping street in Seestadt Aspern in a joint venture with the City of Vienna, CEO Marcus Wild explains in an interview with ACROSS.

In the Park

Why more and more investors want retail parks in their portfolios and why this special property type is so alluring.

GERMANY, TURKEY, AND THE BRIC COUNTRIES

Head of Representation Expansion at Decathlon Germany Ludger Niemann explains in an interview with ACROSS that the company is currently focusing on Germany, Turkey, and the BRIC countries. The business concept works better in power centers with good transport connections than in shopping centers.

“We want to increase the foreign share in our retail segment”

Henrike Waldburg, Head of Investment Management Shopping Center at Union Investment Real Estate GmbH, tells ACROSS about her most recent coup, the acquisition of the shopping center “Palladium” in Prague and why acquisitions are currently easy to finance.

LOOKING FOR FRIENDS

To combine the practical with the useful is a great thing and, because Copenhagen is also quite beautiful to look at in late spring, my participation in the ICSC European Marketing Conference in early June was a great experience. I enjoy the eager discussions with marketing experts from all over the world. Exchanging views and sharing is, after all, an important part of my daily work. Not infrequently, new and exciting friendships sprout on such occasions.

IN THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY

Historically the people of Belarus went to Vilnius, Warsaw, or Moscow to buy brands that they could not get at home. This trend is beginning to change as more and more international brands seek space in the country’s new shopping centers.

THE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE IN 2014

A recent study by CBRE finds that consumers want convenience and a social experience when choosing where to shop.

NICHE MARKET WITH POTENTIAL

“Small is beautiful” is how experts characterize the market in the Czech capital Prague. But insider knowledge is essential.

SHOPPING IN KL

Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the former “Asian Tiger” Malaysia, has seen better days from an economic perspective.

HUNGARY WITHOUT SHOPPING SUNDAYS

Legislation forcing all retail shops to close on Sundays entered into force in Hungary on March 15, 2015; most shops are forced to close on Sundays and at night.

UNPRECEDENTED TIMES FROM AN INVESTOR APPETITE PERSPECTIVE

The Savills’ “UK Shopping Center and High Street Bulletin, Q4/2014” notes intense activity in the country’s market with increased investor activities and demand for the sector. This trend is expected to continue into the medium term.

NEWS FROM THE PALLADIUM

Hannover Leasing has sold a majority stake in the largest urban shopping center in the Czech Republic, the Palladium in Prague. The transaction basis is real estate worth about €570 million. The seller was a holding company for which Hannover Leasing acquired the property and took over asset management. The buyer is Union Investment of Hamburg.

OUTLET SHOPPING: ARE YOU IN OR OUT?

A new breed of outlet shopping malls is emerging. Outlets that no longer sit on the periphery of city life but exist at the heart of an urban development complementing retail parks, shopping centers, and high streets alike. For example the London Designer Outlet.

OUTLET CENTERS ARE ADAPTED TO REGIONS

According to Barbara Topolska, COO of Neinver, the company does not just build open-air centers. Instead, it develops “villages” that draw upon the tradition, history, and architecture of the place in which they are built.

20 YEARS OF MAPIC – LOOKING BACK AND FORWARD

It was the usual framework: Sunshine; the laid-back the historic old town; the vibrant, busy life of southern France in the midst of November; the dark-suited businessmen meeting in the Palais de Festival or in the many restaurants and bars of Cannes. It was the 20th MAPIC, the retail real estate fair, in November 2014.

“ANYONE WHO SURVIVES A STORM COMES OUT STRONGER”

The Italian brand EYE Sport operates in the problem markets of Spain and Greece, among other places. In an interview with ACROSS, CEO Alessandro Ariu explains what he and his business partners have learned from the crisis.

CITYFIT PLANS 50 FITNESS CLUBS IN POLAND

Nicholas Moses, Managing Director of CityFit, says that shopping centers and retail parks will play a central role as locations in this expansion. He opened the first fitness studio in Plaza Rzeszow in May.

SHOPPING CENTERS IN EUROPE – 50 YEARS OF CHANGE?

Shopping malls – in the form of bazaars or antique market halls – have been around for almost 2,000 years. It took until 1956, however, for the first “modern” integrated shopping mall (under one roof) to be opened – the Southdale Center in Minneapolis (USA).

CHRISTMASWORLD ON TOUR

With Christmasworld’s Premium Business Program, participants are treated to a shopping tour of Frankfurt am Main.