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On October 1, 2020 Globetrotter opened its new flagship store in Schloßstraße 20 in Berlin-Steglitz. With concept, planning, shopfitting and digital touchpoints, the Store Makers of umdasch developed the 4,000 sq m outdoor experience center as general contractor together with the Globetrotter team. The result was a “more than just a reinvention” of a successful brand as a spectacular shopping experience.

London Designer Outlet (LDO) at Wembley Park is launching a new online service, The LDO Edit, bridging the gap between the superior service and experience of physical shopping and the ease of shopping online.

La Torre Outlet Zaragoza will open on October 22, 2020 with more than 70 fashion and lifestyle brands, a food court, leisure and some of the best digital features as well as an adjacent retail park. At the moment, 30 stores have been announced, while the rest of them can be discovered in the Virtual Tour hosted on its website during the days leading up to the opening.

The refurbishment of TresAguas shopping centre has completed in the Madrid district of Alcorcón. The extensive renewal programme was designed by Chapman Taylor to position the shopping centre as one of the top retail and leisure destinations in Madrid.

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The opening of the largest inner city regeneration project in Rotterdam in recent years, FORUM Rotterdam, took place on 24 September 2020, with a small gathering and in full compliance with the current COVID-19 guidelines. The opening event of this mixed-use project took place in the theatre of Donner bookshop, in the presence of Alderman Bas Kurvers of the Municipality of Rotterdam, developer Multi Netherlands, and the investors Deka Immobilien GmbH, Primark Netherlands B.V., Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance and a.s.r. real estate.

Despite the pandemic and nearly two months of lockdown, Westgate Shopping City has continued to open new stores and attract visitors. The shopping center in Zagreb is prepared to face the realities of the near future, which are sure to be challenging.

Ingka Centres, part of the Ingka Group (which also includes IKEA Retail and Ingka Investments), has acquired the 6X6 building in downtown San Francisco from MSP Property LLP, a company controlled and owned by Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. and TMG Partners.

Europe’s largest mixed-use project to date is due to be built in the Romanian capital. An investment in the amount of 2.87 billion euros has been made.

Chapman Taylor Director Jens Siegfried believes that the Covid-19 emergency has highlighted the pressing need for mixed-use urban regeneration, as the trend towards online shopping accelerates. Drawing on Chapman Taylor’s experience, he writes about the way forward for urban regeneration, with a particular emphasis on a well-considered mix of functions and context-sensitive design.

In mid-June, the Supernova Group opened its 15th retail property development in Požega, Croatia: The Supernova Požega retail park introduces famous brands to the city of the same name in Slavonia, in the east of the country.

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This month sees the tenth anniversary of the completion of SouthGate Bath, the award-winning and thriving mixed-use development owned by Aviva and British Land within the Bath Conservation Area and World Heritage Site.

The number of visitors to Germany’s retail locations in city centers, shopping centers and retail parks declined dramatically as COVID-19 took hold around the end of February. But Germany’s retail scene has been recovering since the end of the lockdown, although retail locations in mid-sized and especially smaller metropolises have fared significantly better than those in larger metropolitan areas. This is apparent in visitation frequency numbers, which GfK has been compiling since the beginning of this year.