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ICSC Names European Conference Speakers

ICSC European Conference, Shopping Center Business

More than 700 shopping center professionals from across Europe and beyond are expected to gather in Milan next month.

If you want your shopping center to stand out in the marketplace, look to authenticity as a differentiating factor. It sounds simple enough, but for many developers and their marketers it's an arduous task that they never quite seem to be able t[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Tourism at the Heart of Harbour Town Expansion

Development News, Shopping Center Business

Updated dining precinct and 27 new retailers part of the 20 million AUD expansion.

Have money, will travel to shop. That's becoming increasingly synonymous with Chinese consumers looking to spend their discretionary income, and shopping centers such as Harbour Town on Australia's Gold Coast are beginning to feel the impact of [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Menlyn Park Adds Concierge Ambassadors

Development News, Shopping Center Business

The South African mall hired the 12-member team in an effort to mitigate the impact of a major redevelopment on its brand experience.

Menlyn Park has plans, some very big ones. The South African shopping center is in the midst of a redevelopment that will add 50,000 sq. m. (approx. 538,195 sq. ft.) of retail and a Central Park F&B court to its existing space, not to mention a [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

German Mall Welcomes Art-Focused Pop-Ups

Pop-Up Stores, Shopping Center Business

Bikini Berlin adds new twist to its eclectic mix of temporary retail box tenants.

From the get-go, Bikini Berlin has striven on experimentation. Now Germany's pop-up shopping center is testing out a new retail mix, adding pop-up tenants with a bent for modern art, interior design and fashion. Earlier this month, Pop Up Fash[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

ICSC to Host SPREE Europe Conference

Leasing, Shopping Center Business

Confirmed speakers include Prof. Maggie Atkinson of the KidZania education UK think tank; and Dimple Lalwani, founder of the Social Belly on-demand foodie community.

While you are putting the final touches to your mall's Easter and Earth Day programs, commercial real estate "philosophers" are reflecting on topics like "How Food is Changing the Space of Specialty Retail" and "Buy Local, Think Social." They'll[...] Read More...

El Warner Joins Matthews REIS

Appointments, People on the Move

The incoming director will be key in creating the firm’s new debt asset resolution team.

Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has appointed El Warner as its national director of shopping center business. Formerly at Colliers International, where he closed $1 billion in transactions over the last five years, Warner will join chai[...] Read More...

Mall System Recognizes Car License Plates

Parking, Property Management

No more parking lot “squatters” stealing spots from shoppers at Macquarie Centre.

Shopping at Macquarie Centre has its privileges, and they begin as soon as you drive up to the property. The North Ryde, Australia, mall is using license place recognition (LPR) technology to identify and reward its customers—the real ones. [...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

The Hyundai Opens in Wealthy Seoul Suburb

Development News, Shopping Center Business

Team at the JHP concept mall has lofty goal of hitting $698 million in sales by year’s end.

While some commercial real estate developers are preaching the virtues of hyper-local retail mixes, The Hyundai, one of South Korea’s biggest urban malls, is banking on its international brand roster to position itself as a prime destination i[...] Tactics Subscribers Read More...

Get Your Own Purple Apples

BCSC Purple Apple Marketing Awards, Shopping Center Business

Awards for effective shopping center marketing will be handed out in London in May.

Calling all retail marketers in the UK, Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands: It's time to closely examine your body of work from the past year and pick the top programs to enter into BCSC's Purple Apple Marketing Awards 2016. Presented e[...] Read More...