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The current largest shopping center development project in Switzerland is the Mall of Switzerland in Ebikon, near Lucerne. ACROSS wanted to ask Marcel Stoffel, Managing Director of the Swiss Council of Shopping Centers (SCSC), how he views the project and what he sees as the future prospects for the Swiss shopping center industry.

There are currently 189 shopping centers in Switzerland with sales area greater than 5,000 sq m. This includes five largest railway stations and airport shopping in Zurich/Kloten. Last year, there were just 182 centers.

Why outlet center operators are increasingly seeking to emancipate themselves from the “factory” image and why large investors now also like to “shop” there.

Zsar Outlet Village is taking shape in the Finnish city of Vaalimaa. The developer EFRE is working on the project with a holiday resort going up nearby.

Ringstrassen Galerien in the heart of Vienna is among Austria’s top retail areas. Now the site is undergoing a comprehensive makeover.

The ever-growing e-commerce trade is having a significant impact on bricks-and-mortar stores: Omni-channel services an integral part of store concepts, retailers continue to “trade-up” their market presence, as more and more online merchants are opening stationary shops.

Liffey Valley shopping center in Dublin is growing by 22,000 sq m of net space, 1,800 parking spaces, major civic plaza, and 2,500-seat Olympic-sized indoor ice arena.

Hamburg-based Prelios Immobilien Management GmbH has specialized in retail properties in German city centers.

For the premium retailer, globalization has brought choice, improved opportunities, and greater influence while simultaneously creating highly competitive markets.

The Mall of America measures 390,000 sq m of total area and is home to around 520 stores. An extension with 520,000 sq m is under development.

I have been watching with interest the change in fortunes of the large supermarkets, both in the UK and across Europe. Consumers have demanded “more and different” from their regular retailers and the discounters have stepped up and delivered it.

No grand openings were celebrated in the Benelux country last year. This year and the following years will be different.

In the course of 2015, around €18.1 billion were invested in German retail properties, according to analysis by the real estate consulting firm CBRE.