Vicinity Centres and Perron Group have welcomed the approvals from the Metro Central Development Assessment Panel and the City of Bayswater of the redevelopment of Galleria at Morley.

LIVAT, the new shopping center brand developed by IKEA Centres in China, is taking off. It plans to open a new mall every year from 2020.

Bayerische Versorgungskammer acquired the Stafa Tower last June. Immediately prior to the transaction, BEHF Corporate Architects refurbished and modernized the 100-year-old Viennese building.

In Munich two attractive inner-city projects are being developed.

Futureal is launching Etele Plaza, Budapest’s last major shopping center development and the cornerstone of the area’s revitalization.

Located in the city of Loulé in southern Portugal, MAR Shopping Algarve will be a meeting place with a total of 83,000 sq m, including a mall, an open-air leisure area, and the Designer Outlet Algarve.

Sonae Sierra and Caelum Development opened the ParkLake shopping center on September 1. The Romanian capital’s retail real estate market has now increased by 70,000 sq m GLA.

The shopping center investor Cemagg has entrusted the real estate service provider Bilfinger Real Estate to represent it as the builder-owner and to provide consulting and project development services for Dreiländergalerie in Weil am Rhein in Baden-Württemberg.

Dubai Holding has announced updates on the development of Mall of the World, a concept for an all-season city district offering a wide range of leisure, retail, cultural, residential, wellness, commercial, hospitality, and pedestrian options.

The Old Academy in Munich was once reserved for Jesuits, academics, and then statisticians. Now, Signa Holding wants to revitalize the historic complex in the city center.

Futureal is specialized in developing large-scale mixed-use properties in Hungary. In his interview with ACROSS, CEO Tibor Tatár tells us which challenges have to be met in this sector and talks about current projects.

Plus City’s extension was opened on September 1. This mall in Upper Austria’s Pasching is a microcosm that has become a self-contained leisure and shopping city.

Marcus Wild, CEO of SES Spar European Shopping Centers, speaks in an interview with ACROSS about the “marathon of openings” in recent months and tells about the new projects the company is already planning.

“VIVO!” is a supra-regional brand strategy Immofinanz pursues at its shopping centers. The flagship project is VIVO! Stalowa Wola in Poland, which opened almost one year ago.

ACROSS takes a closer look with Toni T. Jörgens of ESP. Design Studios on how storytelling and integrated design processes can be useful to turn shopping centers into engaging customer experiences.

In his interview with ACROSS Peter Pointner, founder and managing director of Gastrobörse, explains the new gastronomy and entertainment concept of the recently extended PlusCity in Austria.

The mixed-use-property Eurovea in Bratislava is being extended. In an interview with ACROSS, an owner Peter Korbačka explains why Eurovea is in urgent need of expansion.

Immofinanz is expanding rapidly in Central and Eastern Europe with its VIVO! shopping centers and STOP SHOP retail parks. In an interview with ACROSS, COO Dietmar Reindl explains the underlying brand strategy.

The declared aim of the Mall of Switzerland, which opens its doors in the fall of 2017, is to become a destination and a favorite, both for tenants and visitors.

How real estate and shopping center developers can profit from district and
neighborhood developments despite strenuous demands and economic risks.

More than 20 luxury shops, a five-star hotel, exclusive apartments, and modern office space: The “Goldenes Quartier” (“Golden Quarter”), developed by SIGNA, is in a prime city center location and casts its spell on both tourists and locals.

T1 Shopping Centre is one of the most dynamic developments in the Baltics as well as of the largest mall project in Tallinn, Estonia.

The Merdeka PNB 118 development was recently launched by Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, paving the way for a new icon on Kuala Lumpur’s skyline.

IKEA Centres is IKEA Group’s global shopping center company. Together with IKEA stores and other tenants, IKEA Centres creates inspiring and family-friendly meeting places for many people. This autumn, the company will open two shopping centers in Europe, the first in Brescia, Italy, and the second in Bayonne, France.