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German Sustainability Award Foundation (DNP) selects L’Oréal as winner

November 2, 2023

The winning company, will be honored for its sustainability program ‘L’Oréal For The Future’ at the German Sustainability Day on November 23, 2023 in Düsseldorf.

Paunsdorf Center commissions Germany’s largest photovoltaic system on the roof of a shopping center

October 27, 2023

The cooperation between Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and Stadtwerke Leipzig shows that the retail and leisure destination is positioning itself as a responsible partner to invest locally in the sustainability and attractiveness of the location. The project is an absolute pioneering achievement.

MK Illumination: 6 Continents, still one family-run company

October 24, 2023

MK Illumination takes giant steps towards globalisation on the North American continent using global and local knowledge.

Multi Corporation upgrades Belgian asset Stadsfeestzaal with energy-efficient cooling towers

October 20, 2023

Multi Corporation announces a sustainability upgrade at Stadsfeestzaal, a Belgian shopping center in its portfolio.

ONLINE SPECIAL “Valuation & Transformation”

October 19, 2023

We present our Online Special “Valuation and Evaluation”.

EU TAXONOMY: WHERE DOES THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY STAND?

October 17, 2023

How far along are companies in the sustainable orientation of their proper ties? WISAG’s eleventh Sustainability Radar investigated this with its study entitled “EU taxonomy – Where does the real estate industry stand?” The result: property owners are calling for more concrete specifications.

Energy cost savings via AI: “Retail is where we can make the biggest difference”

October 12, 2023

Buildings are one of the main contributors to CO2 emissions: They are responsible for nearly 20% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. In addition, maintaining inefficient building systems costs real estate companies dearly. As Martin Gruber, Director Europe at BrainBox AI, explains, BrainBox AI is the market leader in Autonomous Decarbonization services to accelerate your decarbonization journey powered by Artificial Intelligence.

NEINVER and Nuveen Real Estate’s joint venture receives highest 5-star rating in GRESB Benchmark Report for the fourth consecutive year

October 11, 2023

NEINVER and Nuveen Real Estate have received the highest 5-star rating in the 2023 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark for the fourth consecutive year for Neptune – a joint venture between NEINVER and Nuveen’s parent company, TIAA -, placing it in the top three in the “Southern Europe, Retail Centres” category in terms of overall ESG performance.

International Brands Drawn to NEPI Rockcastle’s €136 million Promenada Craiova, the Largest Retail Real Estate Development Opening in CEE Markets in 2023

October 5, 2023

NEPI Rockcastle’s €136 million Promenada Craiova development in central southern Romania officially opens its doors today. The retail scheme has attracted a host of international brands and is the largest retail development by size and investment value opening in Central and Eastern Europe in 2023, according to CBRE.

8,300 sq m Photovoltaic System enables Shopping Center to generate its own Sustainable Electricity

October 3, 2023

SES/VARENA Vöcklabruck commissions one of the region’s most powerful solar power systems.

The family business MPreis is managed by the fourth generation and celebrates its 20th anniversary in South Tyrol

October 3, 2023

In the last 10 years, the number of locations in South Tyrol has been expanded by around 75%.

VIA Outlets Achieves Top 5-Star ESG Rating for Fourth Consecutive Year in 2023 GRESB Benchmark Report

October 2, 2023

VIA Outlets, has achieved the highest 5-star rating in GRESB’s 2023 Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark Report for the fourth consecutive year, placing the company 7th in the “Europe, Shopping Center” category and 11th in the “Retail Europe” classification.

“CREATING VIBRANT LIVING SPACES”: TURNING KING CROSS ZAGREB INTO CROATIA’S MOST MODERN SHOPPING DESTINATION

September 28, 2023

Renovating existing buildings and reducing new construction is the order of the day. Christoph Andexlinger, CEO of SES, uses the example of KING CROSS Zagreb to explain how the company is developing the established, aging center into a state-of-the-art mall with a high quality-of-stay via a complete refurbishment, thereby elevating it to the next level of success.

HOW MALLS ARE PIVOTING TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW

September 26, 2023

There is a collective push within shopping centers to preserve the planet, says Jean Carlos Delgado, Marketing and Brand Director at HyperIn. In this guest article, he uses case studies to explain how eco-friendly evolution can take place.

Building for the future: Kaufland tests wood and recycled building materials

September 22, 2023

Kaufland intends to significantly reduce CO2 emissions in the future in the construction of new stores and for modernization measures. Currently, the retailer is testing various alternatives to materials such as concrete and steel at pilot locations. In Bratislava, the company is opening the largest timber store in Slovakia, while in Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg, a store is being built using recycled building materials including items such as walls, the facade and the parking lot.

Zara opens its largest store in the world in Rotterdam this fall

September 18, 2023

The current largest store of the Inditex Group is located in the Plaza de España in Madrid and has an area of around 8000sq m.

Second hand clothes at H&M in London

September 15, 2023

Used clothing can be dropped off at the Regent Street store, and members will be credited with a £5 voucher and 20 points upon return. Furthermore, a rental service is also offered, as already in the store in Berlin Mitte Garten.

Place of the Week: Retail Park The Leaf sets sustainability standards

September 7, 2023

Retail parks are not only winning formats, developing them in the most sustainable way is the most future proof way: This is why Redevco’s ecological retail park “The Leaf” is our place of the week.

Retail Attractiveness Index: Recovery of European retail markets gains breadth

September 5, 2023

The GRAI 2/2023 shows increased signs of recovery in eleven European countries. The UK, Poland, Spain, and Italy showed solid gains. Overall, the GRAI increased by six points to 113 points. However, the gap between Europe and indices in North America and Asia/Pacific is growing.

All Slovenian SES shopping malls to be fitted with large-scale photovoltaic systems

August 30, 2023

The number of photovoltaic surfaces installed in SES shopping malls is constantly increasing. This year, SES has invested in the construction of photovoltaic systems in the five Slovenian shopping centers, namely ALEJA, CITYPARK and CENTER VIČ in Ljubljana, CITYCENTER Celje and EUROPARK Maribor.

Online platform for regional products, markta, opens first store in Vienna, Austria

August 28, 2023

Since 2017, the platform in Austria stands for fair working conditions and treatments of humans, animals and the environment. In the summer of 2023, the logical step followed to also offer the regional products in their own store.

“Look at tomorrow’s opportunities instead of today’s problems.”

August 28, 2023

While the mood in Central and Western Europe’s retail sector is dominated by “gray clouds”, center developers and operators from the SEE and CEE regions are in a completely different situation. In an interview with ACROSS Publisher Reinhard Winiwarter, Rüdiger Dany, CEO of NEPI Rockcastle, explains his 700 million development pipeline, how NEPI is profiting from ESG, and in which regard the West can learn something from the East.

French sneaker brand VEJA opens store in Madrid

August 24, 2023

A luminous work of art catches the eye: a neon piece by Brazilian artist Kleber Matheus made especially for this location.

Nepi ROCKCASTLE DELIVERS 23% RISE IN H1 2023 NOI ON STRONG RENTAL GROWTH AND ROBUST CEE RETAIL MARKETS

August 23, 2023

Europe’s third largest listed retail real estate company by portfolio size, NEPI Rockcastle, delivered a 23 percent uplift in Net Operating Income (‘NOI’) for the first six months of 2023 (‘H1 2023’) to 241 million Euro. Distributable earnings per share increased by 24.9 percent to 28.52 eurocents for H1 2023 compared to H1 2022.

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