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The inner-city shopping centre ALEXA concluded 2025 on a strong note. With a letting rate of 99 per cent, the centre was almost fully leased and recorded increases in both visitor numbers and turnover compared with the previous year.

Why City Center one Split shows how shopping centers can remain relevant in the long term. An interview with Sven Vorih, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, CC Real

QUARREE Wandsbek looks back on a dynamic year in 2025. A number of new openings across the retail, food & beverage, technology and services segments have further refined the tenant mix and sustainably enhanced the attractiveness of the location. With around 9 million visitors per year, QUARREE ranks among Hamburg’s high-footfall neighbourhood shopping centers.

The major shopping destination, owned by Henderson Park and managed by Eurofund Group, has recorded its highest footfall to date, with approximately 16.5 million visits in 2025.

With a stable footfall, successful leasing activity and consistent developments, Berlin’s Gropius Passagen concludes a truly successful year this December – with plans already in motion to achieve strategic goals in 2026.

In one of Europe’s rainiest cities, Copenhagen-based BIOSIS has completed Lagunen II, a climate-adaptive, community-oriented extension that reimagines Norway’s largest shopping centre as a warm, light-filled public space shaped by Bergen’s rain-shaped coastal climate.

Merry Hill announced that M&S has opened its latest renewal store concept at the top 10 UK shopping destination, featuring a brand-new Coffee Shop, fresh market-style foodhall, and expanded fashion, home & beauty offer.

BWP Group (“BWP”), leading destination marketing and brand agency, is delighted to announce its appointment on the largest retail destination in Berlin, Gropius Passagen. BWP has been selected to deliver the full-service marketing remit by asset manager Pradera.

Union Investment announced the profitable sales of Palladium shopping center in Prague, a landmark asset acquired for the UniImmo: Deutschland fund in 2015. The buyer is the largest real estate fund of REICO Erste Asset Management, making the transaction the largest commercial property deal ever recorded in the Czech market.

At the XVI PRCH Retail Awards, the industry awards gala of the Polish Council for Shopping Centres, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has received 5 Gold Awards, including honours for individual executives as well as for the company’s ESG strategy and its flagship destination Westfield Arkadia in Warsaw.

Starting from January 1, 2026, HBB Centermanagement GmbH & Co. KG will take over both the center and leasing management for LOOP5 in Weiterstadt, Germany. The center management company has already been supporting the shopping center’s leasing activities since early September this year.

One of Europe’s most significant privately owned real estate companies, Redevco is strengthening its retail real estate arm by acquiring the 10,000 sqm large Vimbuch Center in Bühl, Germany. The retail destination is now revitalized and fully leased to REWE, Penny, Rossman and 11 other tenants for long-term.

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) announces the inauguration of the newly rebranded Westfield Černý Most shopping centre in Prague, including an extension that introduces new shopping, dining and entertainment experiences. With more than 30 new retail and restaurant offers and an expanded, next-generation cinema experience, the destination now spans approximately 94,100 sqm of GLA and 180 units.