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Nhood is scheduled to open an innovative Shopping Center in fall 2023. Merlata Bloom aims to be a smart and innovative place that combines technology and sustainability, entertainment and services, everyday life, and retail. Retail, gastronomy, and lifestyle are the conceptual components that shape the project.

“The whole industry needs to prepare to be relevant for the unforeseeable future,” states Peter Tonstad, CEO of Placewise, in his latest PropTech column. According to him, shopping centers have the opportunity to do better by their local communities, by simply “doing good”. Introducing digital solutions is a very helpful tool to do so.

Multi Corporation has been appointed as property manager for four shopping centers in France owned by Retail Property Investments SAS (RPI). Building on an existing partnership, Multi Corporation will provide its expertise to enhance the performance and success of RPI’s portfolio. The expansion into France marks Multi Corporation’s second entry into a new country, following Switzerland, in just one year.

The BALFIN Group is the largest shopping center developer and operator in Albania and North Macedonia and is one of the most important groups in the Western Balkans region. As one of the leading investment groups in Southeastern Europe, the Group’s Vice President of Retail, Julian Mane, spoke with ACROSS about the region’s strengths, weaknesses, and current developments.

“Through constant innovation, we can remain at the forefront of the industry and maintain our commitment to adding value to our clients’ assets,” said Cristina Santos. The Managing Director of Property Management of Sonae Sierra talked to ACROSS founder Reinhard Winiwarter about the Prishtina Mall management contract.

Złote Tarasy shopping center has signed up a new tenant. HUGO, a brand of one of the world’s upmarket fashion companies Hugo Boss, opened its first Polish brick-and-mortar store there on Monday.

HIH Invest Real Estate (“HIH Invest”) sold a mixed-use office and retail building from the portfolio of a closed-end institutional fund to wohninvest Holding, a company domiciled in Fellbach near Stuttgart.

Slovenia’s first Fashion Outlet Village is scheduled to open in 2024/2025. The HG Invest investor group around the Tyrolean company Huter Invest is developing it. Nikolaus Huter, Managing Director of Huter Invest, spoke to ACROSS about the development, the advantages of locations close to the border, and why more and more offline shopping locations should be converted to outlet centers.

Mixed-use is the order of the day for the entire placemaking industry. As a result, shopping centers have increasingly become home to coworking and flex office solutions. While the flex office market in the US shows a growth rate of 25 percent, more and more European shopping center operators are taking advantage of this fresh source of revenue.

New times and challenges lead to new official guidelines: Redevco has redefined its mission statement in order to lead the transformation of cities to ensure that they are sustainable and liveable, in line with the company’s goal of contributing to the health and well-being of people and the planet. In this joint interview, Marrit Laning, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, and Ton van de Grampel, Chief Human Resources Officer, discuss the key objectives and explain why social KPIs need to be added.

A commercial district that combines several uses is being built in the middle of the German city of Bochum. HBB explains the challenges and restructuring of department stores, using this mixed-use development as an example.