The German Federal Government announced the first loosening of restrictions for retail last Wednesday and there was some confusion as to how the new rules apply to shopping centers.
ECE, located in Hamburg are by far the biggest center operator in Germany and are represented in all federal states – according to their findings, shops with less than 800 sqm are allowed to open in the following twelve states: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Schleswig-Holstein.
