Retail and leisure

We take an entrepreneurial approach to our retailing activities, working alongside retailers, listening to their needs and assisting them in adjusting to and benefiting from the highly dynamic retail global trends.

Consumer behaviour is constantly changing. For instance one of these trends is that consumers are buying in a more fragmented way and they expect multi-channel access from retailers. This means that retailers can no longer rely so much on their local catchment areas. They have to expand, sometimes beyond their national borders, seeking other European consumers with similar emotional needs and purchasing patterns. Another trend: shopping has also become an experience, turning retail locations into places people visit for leisure purposes in their free time. As a result, retail functions are mixed with leisure functions such as sports, entertainment and music.

From small to large-scale development projects and complex mixed-use schemes, we enjoy working with retailers, local authorities and other partners on providing the best possible shopping location for an area.

We are the ideal partner for your cross-border ambitions.

• With very deep roots in international retailing, we are present in 14 countries.
• We have partnered with global market players, states, municipalities and cultural institutions.
• We have extensive knowledge and field expertise of European and other consumer and market trends. This allows us to develop solutions that anticipate market scale, chain integration and multi-format strategies.
• The experts in our in-house retail platform, who work in an extensive European network with leasing and asset managers and have in-depth local knowledge of economic, creative and regulatory matters, can provide the solutions that will meet your needs. The activities of leasing managers are directly incorporated into our development activities.

Here are some examples of on-going and completed retail and leisure projects:

For a complete overview of our projects click on the link “Project search” on the right hand side.