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Commentary by James Turner, Group Managing Director of Balmain Asset Management.

In 2016, the Italian shopping center sector continued the positive trend begun in 2015, with retailers’ sales performing well. This confirms that, after years of crisis, the shopping center format is growing once again.

Commentary by Erik J. Engstrand, CEO of Safe ShoppingCenters.

Over the past 18 months, the Hungarian property market has seen one of the most successful and dynamic expansions of any country in CEE, with Budapest identified as having the highest rate of return in the entire region.

The European shopping center industry can look back on an exciting year 2016.

Anchor tenants play a very important role in making of a retail destination. The stronger—and traditionally the bigger—the anchor store is, the better the chance that a shopping center will attract consumers.

Classic retail property development offers the market ever fewer new projects.

While the threat from e-commerce is a dominant theme for retail real estate in the Nordics, the well-located retail centers in Nordic capital city regions driven by local supply offer a more positive outlook.

Brexit is no longer just a word—since June 23rd, it has been a real threat. While British exit advocates celebrate the country’s seeming newfound sovereignty, the shock is all the more severe for Brexit opponents. No wonder, since it means the wholesale redefinition of the closely linked economic relations between the UK and the EU.

A lot has been said and written in the past years about the necessary reorientation of shopping centers and other retail locations, and at least as many measures were also realized since then.

In 2009—for the first time in history—the world’s urban population exceeded its rural population. By 2030, the number of people living in cities around the world is expected to increase by one billion.

The re-introduction of Sunday business hours for shopping centers in Hungary was announced and introduced unexpectedly and with surprising speed, even quicker than the introduction of the obligatory Sunday shopping ban in March 2015. Why was it so urgent?

From having been the owner and principal of an architectural service firm in North America to a member of a large, multi-disciplinary, European architectural practice, I have had the welcome experience of working on commercial and retail projects on multiple continents.

Why is everybody talking about food in shopping centers this year? Because it matters, of course.

In recent years, a new generation of shopping centers has developed with a particular focus on consumers’ culinary needs.

At Cushman & Wakefield, we are fortunate to have a client base broadly equally split between landlords and tenants; this position provides us with insight into both market trends and what both parties want in the real estate conversation.