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international news inbrief

MALL OF THE NETHERLANDS GETS NEW LUXEMBOURG LAUNCHES
NAME AND SIGNS MAJOR DEAL NEW SHOPPING CENTRE HUBLOT LAUNCHES IN ROME
Piazza di Spagna is now home to Hublot’s
fourth Italian boutique, following those in
Opening in 2020, the Mall of the Netherlands project Luxembourg City’s newest shopping centre Milan, Porto Cervo and Capri. A sublime
will now be known as Westfield Mall of the Netherlands, has opened its doors for the first time, expression of the brand’s signature codes, the
bringing together the power of a strong local heritage three years after building work began. boutique employs Hublot’s new architectural
with an international brand, well-known for its flagship The shopping centre, which is located concept, combining luxury with modernity
destinations. The centre will be the first Westfield in the Cloche D’Or neighbourhood, has and innovation with tradition.
branded new development to open across the Unibail- opened with a total of 130 shops and a
Rodamco-Westfield portfolio. food court - all based around an Auchan
Along with this, the project has also announced the supermarket. The building, designed by ÜLEMISTE UNVEILS EXTENSION
signing of a major deal with Inditex - the world largest Tatiana Fabeck, occupies a total space of The Ülemiste shopping centre has reopened
fashion retailer - which will see iconic brands Zara, 75,000sq m, or 25,000sq m per level, with after extension work was completed by
Pull&Bear and Stradivarius open flagship stores in the the Auchan supermarket taking up 12,850sq Linstow Center Management, adding 13,000sq
new €570M development. m of the surface area. m to the centre in an investment of €36M. The
Westfield Mall of the Netherlands will be located in the Alongside the development of the mall, centre now has an area of 125,000sq m and is
Randstad area, the economic heart of the country, wihch 220 flats are still under construction as well the country’s largest mall.
includes four of the nation’s largest cities (Amsterdam, as an underground car park spanning four
Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam). The centre will levels, providing parking for 2,850 vehicles -
feature 280 stores, restaurants and leisure outlets. of which 250 will be reserved for residents. SØSTRENE GRENE EXPANDS
Danish furniture chain Søstrene Grene has
opened another store in Cologne - this time
GALERIES LAFAYETTE REIMAGINES in the middle of downtown, in DuMont Carré.
THE RETAIL EXPERIENCE The company offers a colourful potpurri
of furnishing and kitchen accessories, gift
packaging craft supplies and stationary.
Located on Paris’s iconic Avenue des following an international architectural
Champs-Élysées, the historic Art Deco bank competition in 2016.
building from 1932 has been reimagined BIG’s design pays tribute to the tactility PRIMOR CONTINUES TO GROW
by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group to create a and texture of the historical building. Spanish brand Primor continues to expand its
carefully curated retail laboratory for the Throughout the store, visitors encounter network of stores on an international level.
world’s leading fashion, food and lifestyle precious materials and refined details from The brand, which sells cosmetics and makeup
brands — merging a new hybrid retail model the past that are reinterpreted and deployed products has prepared its entry into Portugal,
that bonds with the surrounding city. in a contemporary way. Walking around the whilst seeking to close the year with 145 stores
The 6,800sq m Galeries Lafayette concept lofty gallery-like space is an experience in the national market. The Portugal store is set
store officially opened its doors to the in moving through a composition of to open in September.
public this spring, welcoming local and global architectural elements that operate at the
shoppers into the restored Art Deco gem. scale of furniture and defined in experiential
The generous four-storey environment shopping zones. SARAJEVO TO GET CINEPLEX
AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT A FEW MONTHS AGO OF THE FIRST ITALIAN OPENING IN MILAN, FOLLOWED BY THE COMMUNICATION OF THE LOCATION, PIAZZA CORDUSIO, NOW UNIQLO is the largest store on the famed Parisian Shoppers are invited into the building Cineplex cinema group has begun the
FORMALISES THE OPENING DATE, WHICH WILL BE 13 SEPTEMBER. THE CLOTHING OF THE JAPANESE BRAND IS ALREADY AVAILABLE IN ITALY THROUGH ITS ONLINE STORE AND WILL BE boulevard, and combines old world elegance through an inverse canopy on the street construction ofthe first cinema location
AVAILABLE SOON AT THE 1,500SQ M STORES ON THREE FLOORS OF THE CENTRAL MILANESE SQUARE, IN A WIDE RANGE OF COLOURS AND MODELS FOR WOMEN, MEN, CHILDREN AND with modern chic for hosting established level. A glowing bridge ushers life into in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and
BABIES. THE ITALIAN MARKET IS THE TENTH EUROPEAN MARKET IN WHICH THE FAST RETAILING BRAND IS PRESENT AND THE 23RD IN THE WORLD.
and emerging brands, experiences the heart of the building: a dramatic Herzegovina. The company will build eight
and events. circular atrium covered by a monumental cinema halls with a total capacity of 1,400
PRETORIA SHOPPING MALL PRIMARK OPENS FIRST The 120-year old heritage brand Galeries glass cupola that has been restored and seats and visitors will be able to experience
GETS THE GO AHEAD STORE IN SLOVENIA Lafayette Group brought BIG on board uncovered for maximum daylight. state-of-the-art cinema projection.

The development by one of South Africa’s oldest rural shopping Irish fashion retailer has opened its first store in Slovenia at
centre developers, McCormick Property Development (MPD), of a CITYPARK in Ljubljana, attracting thousands of enthusiastic
massive shopping mall in Pretoria West costing at least R1.2bn has customers. The mall was completely renovated around the
been given the green light. popular anchor tenant by CITYPARK operator SES Spar European
The development, Capital Mall, has been stuck in limbo, but an Shopping Centers.
appeal to halt the development was overturned during a sitting of The Primark store located at Slovenia’s largest and most visited
the City of Tshwane’s Municipal Appeals Tribunal in April. shopping center offers the latest fashion trends for women, men,
The development of the mall will be phased with 60,000sq m GLA and children. The design and layout of the store are based on PLACEMAKING
planned to open towards the end of 2021. MPD has said that the Primark’s latest contemporary shop fit.
design allows the mall to seamlessly expand to over 100,000sq m in CITYPARK Ljubljana, which always sets its sights on new brands
time, without the need for structured parking facilities. and refurbishment measures, has opened several new stores
The area surrounding the two-storey development will be recently including Reserved, CCC Shoes & Bags, and Slowatch.
called Capital City, a R5bn mixed-use scheme which will also be The Deichmann and Zlatarna Celje stores have also been
home to a 150-bed private hospital, a value retail centre, motor renovated. In October 2018, Humanic relocated to a new space in connect...
dealerships, affordable housing, student housing, schooling and the refurbished part of the building. An amount of approximately
community facilities. 20 million euros was invested in the refurbishment of the site.

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