Rüdiger Dany

NEPI Rockcastle NV, Europe’s third largest listed retail real estate company by portfolio value (€8.2 billion), achieved its highest-ever distributable earnings of €441 million, up 6.7% on the prior year, and net operating income (NOI) of €618 million, an 11.2% increase.

Retail real estate was declared dead. Yet at NEPI Rockcastle, Rüdiger Dany built one of Europe’s most profitable shopping center platforms anyway.

From post-war German retail roots to the helm of one of Europe’s largest retail property owners: Rüdiger Dany’s career traces the transformation of shopping centers from entrepreneurial expansion to institutional discipline. After four decades in retail and real estate, Dany steps down as CEO of NEPI Rockcastle — with new plans in mind.

As he prepares to leave the executive stage, Rüdiger Dany reflects in his interview with ACROSS on a career spanning post-war retail roots, multinational platforms, and the increasingly demanding realities of retail real estate.

NEPI Rockcastle has decided to appoint Marek Noetzel as its designated CEO, effective 1 April 2026. Mr. Noetzel was confirmed as the company’s permanent COO in June 2022 and is responsible for its operations across 60 properties in eight countries in Central and Eastern Europe.