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“Berlin is poor, but sexy.” That’s how Klaus Wowereit, then-mayor of Berlin, characterized the German federal capital in 2003. This mainly referred to the city’s massive debt, which then amounted to around €50 billion.

Visitor traffic and sales are now insufficient for understanding a shopping center’s evolution. New metrics now prevail: tools that allow us to know more about our visitors and their behavior, such as how they interact with our brands and with other competing centers. Such insights are key in an environment of global economic digitalization.

An example: Hystead recently purchased “The Mall” in Sofia, one of the largest shopping centers in Bulgaria.

TREC Real Estate Consulting GmbH was founded in 2014 in Düsseldorf. The company focuses on investment management and commercial property-management for retail properties. What the four shareholders have in common is their professional position, their wealth of expertise as well as their joy in doing their job.

Marcus Wild, CEO of Austria’s SES Spar European Shopping Centers, tells ACROSS about the company’s 10-year anniversary and why malls have long needed to be more than mere shopping destinations.

Germany, Erlangen Arcaden | Bosnia Herzegovina, Delta Planet | Italy, ESP | Poland, Galeria Emka | Sweden, Kulan | Finland, Niity | Germany, Rhein-Galerie Ludwigshafen | United Kingdom, Rushden Lakes

Many criteria must be fulfilled for a shopping center to function nowadays. The experts on ACROSS’s Advisory Board responded to a survey about criteria for success and named their favorite malls.

Eperia, Slovakia | Meadowhall, United Kingdom | Shopping Center on Kashirskoye Highway, Russia | Hoog Catharijne, Netherlands | Überseequartier, Germany | Tunsgate Quarter, United Kingdom | Kaufpark Eiche, Germany | Agora Budapest, Hungary

Xuzhou Suning Plaza recently opened its doors. The new shopping center reflects the growth of international retail in second- and third-tier Chinese cities.

While digitalization is a central topic in all economic sectors, its impact can best be observed in the retail sector.

Transformation from being the owner of standing assets to pure developer, considerable acceleration of development and leasing activity, high growth in apartment sales and focus on delivering return to the shareholders – these are Echo Investment’s 2016 highlights.

The Freo Group is responsible for the Mall of Switzerland’s project development and marketing. In an interview with ACROSS, Nikolas Löhr, Director of Retail Marketing, explained what makes the shopping center special with respect to its leisure facilities.

More top names have been added to the list of retail and casual dining brands at The Lexicon Bracknell, the £240 million retail and leisure development in Berkshire, UK.

FRANCE Créteil Soleil | GERMANY Löhr-Center and PEP | ITALY Adigeo | POLAND Forum Gdańsk and Janki | RUSSIA Riviera | SERBIA Ada Mall | UNITED KINGDOM Eden Walk and The Glass Works

According to Marcin Materny, member of the management board and managing director of the retail department at Echo Investment, there is no potential for traditional shopping centers in Poland. The reason is that the time has come for focusing on spectacular projects like the company’s “Towarowa 22.”