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Retail parks were long considered a necessary evil. However, their image changed drastically as they defy online retail due to their function as local suppliers. They now have the full support of customers, tenants, and investors.

“In our view the residential market is complementary to retail real estate, and combining them in a balanced way will only add to the strength of a location. In that sense, mixed-use developments tie in nicely with our retail background.”

JSE listed EPP, Poland’s biggest retail landlord, today released interim results for the six months ended June 2019 with distributable income earnings up 9% and distributions of EUR 5.8 cents per share, in line with market guidance. Importantly, the company reduced its loan-to-value ratio by 2.1% during the period to 49.8%.

Diversification in real estate is a smart strategy at any stage in the economic cycle to hedge against risks. While some funds try to balance their holdings across a range of asset classes, an alternative key solution is a mixed-use approach to individual projects. Even when schemes are dominated by one usage type, the inclusion of different elements gives the asset greater resilience across market cycles and evolving political, demographic, and economic scenarios.

Around three years ago, Immofinanz, which operates throughout Europe, decided to market its retail properties under the names Stop Shop and VIVO! Today, 80 Stop Shops provide daily consumer goods for Eastern and Southeastern European consumers.

Retail real estate specialist ECE Real Estate Partners has set up an open-ended pan-European shopping centre fund. The new “ECE Progressive Income Growth Fund” (EPIG Fund) has secured equity commitments of more than EUR 700 million from a leading global institutional investor base and has acquired a seed portfolio consisting of dominant shopping centres in Germany, Austria, Denmark, Poland and Italy with a market value in excess of EUR 1.6 billion. For the upcoming years, further acquisitions of dominant European shopping centres are planned.

“Things are staying the same and changing, all at the same time.”

Trei Real Estate GmbH (Trei), a developer with over 10 years’ experience on the Polish commercial real estate market, is rapidly developing a network of convenience retail parks. The company, part of the German Tengelmann Group, has now opened its 11th Polish retail park, operating under the Vendo Park brand, in Bytów. This is the developer’s first investment in the Pomerania region. The total cost of investment was approximately EUR 4 million.