Deka Immobilien GmbH has acquired a retail park in Sweden for around EUR 70 million. Aberdeen Standard Investments European Real Estate Club II sold the property, which will be added to the portfolio of the WestInvest TargetSelect Shopping sector fund for institutional investors.
With 2019 heralded as the coming-of-age for PropTech, owners and managers of real estate are under increasing pressure to understand the value of technology when making key tech investment decisions.
In Romania, repeated and unplanned changes in legislation hinder the process of building authorization, as well as the legal steps required at the time of completion.
Trei Real Estate GmbH (Trei), an international developer and property company from Germany for residential and retail real estate, has decided to enter the US housing market. As their first investment, Trei is developing a multi-family property in North Carolina.
NewRiver has appointed LSH’s Belfast office as the managing agents on a major UK and Ireland shopping centre and leisure portfolio, with a combined size in excess of 1.7m sq ft.
Over the past two decades, Portugal has been a consumer-driven country, catapulting the country’s retail sales area very close to 1.00 sq m per capita.
Why one needs to understand the 12 Ps of marketing the retail property to show a value of one’s activity and help the industry to thrive in the long term.
In the last two years, I have outlined in several articles the advantages and disadvantages of refurbishing retail properties and evaluated such drives from the retailers’ perspective.
Sierra Fund (a pan-European retail fund in which Sonae Sierra has a stake of 50.1%) and the Retail Property Fund Iberica (RPFI), which is managed by CBRE Global Investors, have sold the La Farga Shopping Center (Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona) to Temprano Capital Partners.
CC Real’s transformation of ITIS recognised with two awards – the flagship retail destination in East Helsinki has been honoured for excellence in customer experience and strategic repositioning.
One of Europe’s most significant privately owned real estate companies, Redevco is strengthening its retail real estate arm by acquiring the 10,000 sqm large Vimbuch Center in Bühl, Germany. The retail destination is now revitalized and fully leased to REWE, Penny, Rossman and 11 other tenants for long-term.
ECE wins the contract for the management, further development, and repositioning of another shopping center in Turkey: the Adapalm Shopping Center in Adana.
Will Odwarka and Jonathan Doughty make one thing unmistakably clear: data is no longer a support tool in Europe’s F&B sector but the engine running the whole machine.
Data is reshaping retail real estate: When landlords, tenants, and tech providers share insights, collaboration replaces caution. From predictive analytics to AI-driven platforms, smarter partnerships are turning fragmented spaces into connected experiences and transforming relationships into resilient growth. Gareth Jordan, Director of Retail Advantage at ART Software Group, delves into data through client insights, demonstrating how shared innovation and intelligence are essential partners for growth.
For its 30th anniversary, MAPIC awarded not only the brands and projects of the year but also the personalities, projects and brands of the last three decades.
In its 30th year, MAPIC took a more introspective turn. The fair may have felt smaller and calmer, but behind the scenes, new ideas about the future of retail and placemaking are quietly taking shape.
A special honor for Alexander Otto, CEO of the ECE Group: at this year’s MAPIC trade fair, Otto received the MAPIC Lifetime Award as a “Pioneer of Places” in recognition of his exceptional achievements and outstanding contribution to shaping and advancing the shopping center industry over the past three decades.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has been awarded two times at MAPIC 2025, Europe’s most prestigious retail real estate show, held each year in Cannes, France. Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier won Best Urban Regeneration Project and Westfield London was named the Most Influential Retail Property Project of the past 30 years.
Retail PIN, the German-based think tank for retail real estate, has published its new position paper, which explores how retail properties can generate impact today: economically, socially, and environmentally. The paper provides insights on management, leasing models, operations, and legal frameworks, offering a holistic perspective on the evolving retail property landscape.
As Europe’s retailers and landlords head into the most decisive quarter of the year, success hinges not only on footfall, but on clarity. With up to 40% of annual revenue at stake, real-time sales collection and automated reporting have become critical tools to track performance, manage risk, and capture opportunities. From tenant health to turnover rent, automation is transforming holiday trading from a logistical scramble into a data-driven advantage.
In Central and Eastern Europe, BIG has pursued a dual-track strategy: building a strong footprint in the Balkans via BIG CEE, and entering Poland only three years ago. Within this short period, the Polish arm has grown to a portfolio of 10 operating retail parks, with three more in development, making it one of the fastest-growing players in the country. To understand how BIG managed such rapid expansion in one of Europe’s most competitive retail markets, we spoke with Eran Levy, Chief Operating Executive of BIG Poland.
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