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From left to right: Krzysztof Gaczorek, CEO of KG Group; Marek Koźmiński, Co-Founder of KG Group; Thomas Reichenauer, Co-Founder & Managing Director of ROS Retail Outlet Shopping; and Wojciech Pawłowski, Centre Manager of Designer Outlet Kraków. /// credit: ROS Retail Outlet Shopping

Designer Outlet Kraków Celebrates Grand Opening

With over 120 international and Polish fashion and lifestyle brands, a vibrant F&B offering and a prime urban location, Designer Outlet Kraków launched with a celebratory ceremony hosted by KG Group and ROS Retail Outlet Shopping—marking a significant milestone for premium outlet shopping in southern Poland.

Ortaç Özortaç, Partner at Weconsult (left), Florentia Village Istanbul render (right). /// credit: Weconsult

FLORENTIA VILLAGE – TURKEY’S FIRST LUXURY DESIGNER OUTLET DESTINATION

Florentia Village Istanbul is Turkey’s first luxury designer outlet combined with a modern full price retail park creating a unique hybrid retail concept. Located next to Istanbul Airport, the outlet aims to set a new benchmark for retail, leisure and entertainment in the region through its scale, accessibility, attention to detail, service and innovative dual-concept structure.

Lars Jähnichen, Managing Director of IPH Group (left), "Das Gerber", Stuttgart, Germany (right). /// credit: IPH Group

„DAS GERBER“ – DIVERSITY THROUGH STRATEGIC VISION

“Das Gerber” in Stuttgart, Germany, stands for urban diversity, where retail, hotel, coworking, residential, doctors, daycare, leisure and gastronomy intertwine. The center’s transformation in the past years perfectly shows how strategic courage and partnership-based implementation can create an urban location with charisma.

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Shopping Centers Of Today Are Important Leisure Destinations

In addition to its function as a supplier to the population, retail is increasingly taking on the role of entertainment. Concepts built around customer experience and gastronomy are now essential components of shopping centers, shows the latest shopping center report on Germany from the EHI Retail Institute.

Priscilla Tomasoa, Head of Marketing & Communications at Redevco (left), Beats per Minute (BPM) development project at Rue de Rivoli, Paris. /// credit: Redevco

126 RIVOLI – THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT LANDMARK OF PARIS

Redevco is transforming the iconic 126 Rivoli in Paris into a vibrant 13,000 sq m mixed-use space. Located on one of Paris’s main shopping streets, Beats Per Minute (BPM) aims to be a modern urban development landmark, combining environmental and societal goals and revitalizing the city.

Marek Noetzel, COO of NEPI Rockcastle (left), Promenada Mall, Romania (right). /// credit: NEPI Rockcastle

MAJOR EXTENSION OF BUCHAREST’S PROMENADA MALL – A BIG VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN THE CEE ECONOMIES AND RETAIL MARKETS

NEPI Rockcastle is investing around 300 million euros in a 55,000 sq m GLA mixed-use (retail, offices, hotel) extension of the Promenada Mall in Bucharest and refurbishment of the existing shopping center. This represents by far the largest retail development currently underway across all Central and Eastern European markets and is on schedule to be completed by the end of 2026/early-2027.

Antoine Frey, CEO of FREY (left); Malmö Designer Village, Sweden (right). /// credit: FREY

MALMÖ DESIGNER VILLAGE – THE LARGEST PREMIUM OUTLET IN THE NORDICS

Malmö Designer Village is an upcoming premium outlet village in Löddeköpinge, Sweden, uniquely positioned to serve both Swedish and Danish markets. Now under the leadership of FREY Group (following the acquisition of the project from UK developer Rioja Estates in 2024), it marks FREY’s first outlet development and a significant expansion of its open-air retail portfolio. Over 3.8 million visitors within 90-minutes and 10+ million tourists fall within its reach, including the major population centers of southern Sweden and the Copenhagen metropolitan area. With all necessary planning permissions secured and no objections, construction began in mid-2024.

Thomas Reichenauer, Co-Founder an Managing Director of ROS Retail Outlet Shopping (left); Designer Outlet Berlin, newly acquired by FREY and ROS (right). /// credit: ROS Retail Outlet Shopping

Acquisition of Designer Outlet Berlin: Strategic Step for FREY and ROS to Become European Market Leaders

With the acquisition of Designer Outlet Berlin just last week, and the upcoming opening of ROS Retail Outlet Shopping’s new location in Kraków, Poland, the current projects under ROS and FREY are a testament to their vision as well as the segment’s potential. In an interview with ACROSS, Thomas Reichenauer, Co-Founder and Managing Director of ROS, goes into detail about their current high-profile projects on the outlet market, where they see further potential, and the advantages brought by the merger between ROS and FREY as they aim to become the market leaders in Europe.

Ian Sandford, President of Eurofund group (left), NUGA Castellana, Spain (right). /// credit: Eurofund Group

NUGA CASTELLANA: MADRID’S NEW LANDMARK DESTINATION

NUGA Castellana will be designed for “work, live and play”. The goal is to unify all spaces which are managed by PIMCO Prime Real Estate — Paseo de la Castellana 200-208, Félix Boix 4-8, Doctor Fleming 39-41, and Carlos Maurrás 7 (five residential units out of the 14 that make up the asset, alongside commercial spaces) — into a single block that blends cutting-edge design with the most advanced technology.

Joanna Fisher, CEO of ECE Marketplaces (left), "Food Garden" at Main-Taunus-Zentrum in Germany (right). /// credit: ECE Marketplaces

“FOOD GARDEN” AT MAIN-TAUNUS-ZENTRUM: A PRIME EXAMPLE OF ADAPTABILITY

At Main-Taunus-Zentrum (MTZ), one of the largest and most successful shopping centers in Germany, ECE Marketplaces has realized a new destination within the center being a further development of the open structure and providing an additional USP of the center. In the middle of the open-air shopping center in Sulzbach near Frankfurt am Main, the new “Food Garden” creates a lively new urban center with a high quality, varied gastronomy offering in five free-standing restaurant buildings for a total of eight restaurant concepts, inviting outdoor terraces, and attractive green spaces.

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Modernization of Innsbruck’s (Austria) first city-center mall begins: SILLPARK to become more modern, brighter and healthier

The approval of the planning permission has paved the way for the large-scale modernization of SILLPARK Innsbruck, to be implemented by fall 2026 while the center operates as normal and without impacting shop opening times. The construction work on the mall began a few days ago, with no restrictions for visitors. SILLPARK, Innsbruck’s first city-center shopping mall, opened in 1990 and will now also gain a completely new health park. The investment of EUR 30 million will make SILLPARK the most modern location in Tyrol for socializing and shopping.

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