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LATEST TRENDS AND PROGRESSES IN ASSET AND CENTER MANAGEMENT

Westfield Centro (left), Ruhr Park (right), and Hamburg Überseequartier. /// credit: URW, Oliver Blobel, D. Schäfer, moka studio

Successful Year 2023 For Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield In The German And Austrian Region – The Company’s Leasing Strategy Continues To Work Out To The Full

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) currently operates 21 assets in the German and Austrian region: 19 in Germany, eight of which are in the Group’s own portfolio, and two in Austria. Last year, a total of 714 rental contracts were closed for these 21 assets. The average vacancy rate for the core locations in the portfolio around Westfield Centro in Oberhausen, Ruhr Park in Bochum, as well as Westfield Shopping City Süd in Vösendorf in Greater Vienna and Westfield Donau Zentrum in Vienna, is less than two percent.

Footfall in ECE centers in Germany up by nine percent. /// credit: ECE

ECE Marketplaces increases leasing performance in the shopping centers to 800,000 sq m of leased space

Shopping center operator ECE Marketplaces achieved a strong leasing performance in 2023 and once again increased the leased space in its centers. In total, ECE Marketplaces achieved a leasing performance of around 800,000 sq m in the centers it manages and leases in 2023, an increase of almost 50 percent compared to the previous year. ECE concluded a total of around 2,600 lease contracts in 2023.

Credit: MULTI Germany

Multi Germany: “Small but Big”

“Multi Germany feels small and agile, but it enjoys all the advantages of a large group,” says Jörg-Michael Zimmermann. In Zimmermann, Multi has hired a new Head of Germany who, as a result of his mix of experience can take a 360-degree view of retail real estate. His motto is: “There are neither good nor bad locations. Every asset has specific challenges for which individual solutions need to be found.”

Sasha Silver, Head of Global Client Group at Redevco. /// credit: Redevco

Redevco Appoints Sasha Silver as Head of Global Client Group

Redevco has appointed Sasha Silver as Head of Global Client Group, where she will be responsible for the company’s client relations and capital raising. Silver will join Redevco’s executive management team and strengthen its focus on expanding the company’s client offering and strategic relationships.

The ZIEL shopping center in Hennigsdorf near Berlin is one of the 8 retail properties that MEC will manage on behalf of KGAL in the future. /// credit: MEC

KGAL extends and expands cooperation with MEC at eight German retail locations

MEC will continue to be responsible for the management of six retail locations in the KGAL Investment Management portfolio. In addition, the management of two further locations will be transferred to MEC. The two companies have now signed an agreement to continue and expand their existing partnership. With the management package transferred to MEC, the Düsseldorf-based retail real estate specialist operates over 130,000 sq m of lettable retail space for KGAL.

credit: RegioData

EVALUATION: EUROPEAN SHOPPING CENTERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

For good reasons, there has been increasing attention in recent years on environmental protection, energy efficiency, the reduction of CO2, as well as the economical use of land and sustainability. This also applies to synthetic commercial zones states a new research report by RegioData.

credit: ECE Marketplaces

„Retail real estate is a stable and resilent asset class” 

“Despite the significant challenges of recent years, it is clear that retail real estate is a stable and resilient asset class,” says Joanna Fisher. In an interview with ACROSS, the CEO of ECE Marketplaces talks about the opportunities of a once again dynamic market, dealing with industry changes and ESG, and her goals as the new Chairwoman of ECSP.

credit:kadewe

The KaDeWe Group has expanded its management to a trio

Following André Maeder’s move to Selfridges in London, three new members were appointed to the Management Board: Michael Peterseim (CEO), Timo Weber as Chief Retail Officer (CRO) and Simone Heift Chief as Merchandising Officer (CMO).

credit:action

Dutch discounter Action starts in Switzerland

Following the establishment of a branch in Basel, plans for a market entry in Switzerland are intensifying, for which the former Head of Real Estate at Denner, Alexandre Du Pasquier, is responsible.

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