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Recipients of the 2017 Canadian Shopping Centre Awards

Canada’s most innovative shopping centers for outstanding achievement across marketing, development and design, and retail store design categories

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) has announced the winners of the 2017 Canadian Shopping Centre Awards, recognizing Canada’s most innovative shopping centers for outstanding achievement across marketing, development and ...

Creating world leading digital positions for shopping centres

Boostcom customers reach digital footprint of more than 30 percent of physical shoppers

Boostcom, the globally leading “proptech” provider for shopping centres, has delivered world leading digital positions for its shopping centre customers. One example is the Norwegian shopping centre Down Town, owned by Citycon. The ...

Old Hickory Mall launches pop up shop for local merchants

Shop is available for rent on a weekly basis

Old Hickory Mall is giving local merchants the opportunity to expand their business without having to sign a long-term lease agreement.  The new Pop Up Shop, located in the center of the mall next to Victoria’s Secret and American ...

From shopping center to third place

Entertainment and gastronomy dictate tomorrow’s shopping center concepts

Only eight shopping centers are currently being built in Germany. There are a number of reasons for this. Booming online business, extensive approval processes and the development of new building sites thwart development. To stay attractive, ...

UK retail parks will grow faster than high streets to 2022

The UK retail parks market is expected to grow by 13.8 percent between 2017 and 2022, with the sector set to outperform the high street, says GlobalData.

The UK retail parks market is expected to grow by 13.8 percent between 2017 and 2022, with the sector set to outperform the high street, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report states that this ...

Architecture featuring Basque colours

The new extension to the BAB 2 shopping centre unveiled

Teams from Carmila and Carrefour Property have just unveiled the new extension to the BAB 2 shopping centre. With 40 new stores and an extra 10,000 square metres, the shopping centre’s unusual architecture features typically Basque colours. It ...

Fashion: Dennis Basso to open first outlet store

BFC Partners announced that fashion designer Dennis Basso will soon open his first outlet store at Empire Outlets

The new 2,138 square-foot leasing transaction was completed just days before the one of the industry's biggest trade shows, the International Council of Shopping Center's (ICSC) RECon conference, taking place on May 22-25 in Las ...

Alexander Otto receives ICSC Trustees Distinguished Service Award

Otto has been an ICSC member since 2000

Alexander Otto, CEO, ECE Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG and the former chair of ICSC’s European Advisory Board, has received the 2016 ICSC Trustees Distinguished Service Award. The decision to award him this honour was made with the ...

ICSC announces Coverpoint as European foodservice mentor

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is pleased to announce the signing of a new European Foodservice Mentor agreement with Coverpoint Consultancy. Coverpoint, who became part of the JLL Group exactly one year ago, provides ...

ICSC announces the 2016 European Shopping Centre Awards finalists

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) announced the 2016 ICSC European Shopping Centre Awards finalists today at MAPIC.   Eleven centres have been shortlisted, representing ten countries across Europe according to Jury ...

Mall of Scandinavia opens in Sweden

The biggest mall to open in Europe this year made its debut last week, in Sweden

Perhaps the name “Mall of Scandinavia” is fitting, given that the project is the largest in the three countries that constitute the region: Denmark, Norway and Sweden - total population nearly 21 million.  At 101,000 square ...

ICSC welcomes Sandra de Jenken as new Managing Director Europe

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is pleased to welcome Sandra de Jenken as new European Managing Director. Sandra brings several years of experience working for the French government and organising major events – having ...

Asheville Market celebrates new retailer openings

Strong focus on sustainability – plus some fashion, good food and soul revitalization thrown in as well

New retailers abound this fall at Asheville Market, with a strong focus on sustainability – plus some fashion, good food and soul revitalization thrown in as well. The center's owner, Edens, has worked to bring a new and diverse mix of ...

ICSC European advisory board introduces new chair

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) announces the appointment of Josip Kardun, CEO of the Atrium Group as the new Chair of ICSC’s European Advisory Board. The official handover from Alexander Otto, CEO of ECE ...

ICSC’s Baltic States Annual Conference places retail “At the Heart of the Communities”

More than 150 retail real estate professionals converged in Tallinn, Estonia yesterday for the 9th ICSC Baltic States Retail Real Estate Annual Conference. The conference theme “Destination Retail: At the Heart of the Community” ...

New shopping center for the city of Bielefeld

ECE is building the “Loom” starting October 2015 - Opening 2017

In the last week the city of Bielefeld has granted approval for the construction of a new shopping center in the downtown area. As of early October, the old "City Passage" will be demolished, and gives way for the new project ...

Second ECE Fund acquires La Cartiera shopping center in Pompei, Italy

Opened in 2012, La Cartiera comprises a leasable area of approximately 30,000 m² and 115 shops

The second center in Italy for the ECE Funds: The ECE European Prime Shopping Centre Fund II has acquired the units of Fondo Immobiliare Pompei, owning La Cartiera shopping center in Pompei. Its anchor tenants are Conad, Mediaworld, H&M, ...

Marstall in Ludwigsburg: From end-of-range model to sanctionary

Gone to the horses: how an "eye sore" got a new lease on life

More and more outdated, no longer functional shopping malls need to be revamped. This also goes for the former Marstall-Center in the center of Ludwigsburg, Germany. With a new concept and design, the once unsightly square is meant to once again put ...

”An experience that goes beyond mere shopping“

Interview with Ulrich Wölfer, Chief Development Officer, mfi management für immobilien GmbH

The mfi GmbH wants to turn shopping into an experience in their centers by offering a variety of gastronomic options, comprehensive services, and consistent customer focus. One example of this is the Palais Vest in Recklinghausen, which opened last ...

ICSC launches new report

The socio-economic contribution of European Shopping Centres

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) presented its new report on “The socio-economic contribution of European Shopping Centres” yesterday evening during a thought-provoking panel discussion by industry leaders hosted in ...

Shopping center concepts in flux

Customers focus on individuality and quality of experience

The big success of eCommerce is not just a problem for small retailers in city centers – shopping mall operators also need to face competition by online retail and create new incentives for customers to continue frequenting their ...

Finalists for ICSC 2015 Solal Marketing Awards

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) has announced the 2015 ICSC Solal Marketing Awards finalists

ICSC received 234 entries from 26 countries for this year’s awards. The ICSC Solal Marketing Awards are the benchmark of the industry’s creative excellence, bringing together the best shopping centre marketing across Europe and South ...

ICSC welcomes two new members to its European Advisory Board

Marina Jestin and Peter Todd join the board

Marina Jestin, Head of Retail at Allianz Real Estate and Peter Todd, Partner at Resolution Real Estate Advisers LLP and Chair of the new ICSC European Investor group have been appointed to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) ...

U.S. shopping center occupancy rates hit 6-Year high in 2014

Rents and mall sales productivity showed strong growth

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) reported on property data results for Q4 2014 and year-end 2014, and found strong growth in the U.S. shopping center ...

ICSC European Conference celebrates its 40th anniversary

The ICSC European conference, hosted by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), will celebrate its 40th anniversary on 20 & 21 April at the Park Plaza Hotel on Westminster Bridge in London. The full event schedule, attendee list, ...

Winners of the 2015 Edens Retail Challenge

The most compelling new retail concepts have been announced in New York

Jules and Jim Cocktail and Bottle Shoppe led by Rob Pietroforte and Jesse Jahr from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has won the 2015 Edens Retail Challenge, a nationwide university student competition seeking the most compelling ...

ICSC China Retail Summit and Connections

ICSC presents its upcoming ground-breaking event in April

At the request of its members in Europe and Asia, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is holding a new annual event to connect shopping centre developers with international retailers to generate new business.  ICSC China ...