Since its opening, the Centre has received more than 3 million visitors. In 2020, new premium and luxury brands such as Prada, Burberry, Armani, ECOALF and Furla, among others, opened its doors in the centre.

In a constant endeavour to modernise its retail portfolio, AG Real Estate is launching a brand-new quality service at City2, the largest shopping centre in the heart of Brussels. The capital’s urban shopping centre will offer MyBop interactive shopping and payment terminals to its customers.

Ingka Centres, part of the Ingka Group, (which also includes IKEA Retail and Ingka Investments), has taken its first step to expand into India with a major land acquisition in India.

Colosseum Mall signed with the German retailer DEICHMANN to open a 500 s qm store, as part of the current expansion plan of the commercial center. With a network of over 100 stores across Romania, DEICHMANN comes one step closer to the community of North-West Bucharest, in an area of ​​continous rising retail and residential segments.

In total, the company signed close to 1,500 leasing deals in 2020, including tenant rent negotiations, new leases and renewals. The resilience of the outlet industry is reflected by positive consumer demand whenever restrictions eased or lifted during 2020.

Cushman & Wakefield has appointed customer experience specialist Michelle Gloder as Head of Customer Experience within its UK Asset Services team.

The ATP consulting subsidiary redserve is expanding in Central and Eastern Europe. And the Croatian entrepreneur Denis Cupic is playing a leading role.

The optician is expected to open its third store in Hamburg at the end of March.

The market leader in festive lighting and decoration unveils colorful, creative décor designed to inject joy into the summer shopping experience.

A new network of charging stations for electric vehicles, called e-stations, inaugurated its first facility in the Czech Republic in December 2020. It is located in the STOP SHOP retail park in Hranice na Moravě, which is operated by IMMOFINANZ. It will offer its customers a convenient, fast and cheap way to recharge their electric car.

Potsdamer Platz announced that “Mission: Play!”™, Mattel’s first European entertainment experience will open in Spring 2022, as part of Brookfield Properties’ relaunch of the estate. The 4,000 square meters center will bring Mattel’s iconic brands to life through themed zones for Barbie®, Hot Wheels® and Mega Bloks®.

The Spanish brand Spagnolo opened its doors on February 12th at La Torre Outlet Zaragoza, which was followed by the opening of the children’s clothing and footwear brand Mayoral on February 15th. Both brands land in the complex to enrich the men’s and women’s brand mix, as well as the children’s offer.

Cilento Outlet Village to launch new and innovative real-time location aware customer loyalty program for shoppers

Citycon has signed a binding, unconditional agreement to sell a portfolio of three shopping centres in Sweden to Nordic real estate investor Niam.

Despite Corona, MEC has broken a leasing record in 2020. In the past fiscal year, the retail property manager concluded more than 200 new and follow-up leases with a total space of 85,000 m².

Mallson has acquired another chain tenant for the MultiBox facility in Szamotuły – Martes Sport. The store will occupy approximately 600 sq m of leasable space.

CORESTATE has set up Stadtquartiere I, a new open-end special AIF. This fund is the first of its kind in Germany for institutional investors and thus a pioneer in the promising city quarter asset class. Corestate is aiming to achieve a target volume of around € 500 million. Hannover Leasing, an in-house investment management company, is responsible for managing the fund.

HMSHost International is officially certified as a Top Employer 2021 in the Netherlands by the global Top Employers Institute. Resulting from an in depth study of the company’s HR policies and people practices, the certification positions HMSHost alongside only 61 companies in the Netherlands and one of two in the hospitality industry, with a flow-on effect to the global operations.

Mace, the international development, consultancy and construction company, has announced that Kevin Cowin has been appointed as Managing Director of its Develop business; and that Kirsten White is joining the Develop business as Financial Director.

Vastned will optimise its portfolio and concentrate on mixed-use properties in historic city centres where shopping, working, living and leisure meet.