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LEADING INTERNATIONAL BRANDS SIGN UP HERMES TO LAUNCH STORE IN

FOR WESTFIELD MALL OF THE NETHERLANDS A NEW MARKET NEW FORMAT FOR SWAROVSKI
The Crystal Studio format has been designed
to put customers and their needs at the heart
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has revealed that leading The luxury label’s new store is to be of the store, encouraging experimentation,
international clothing brands Hunkemöller, Scotch & located on the edge of Warsaw’s old town, creativity and spontaneity. At the heart of
Soda, Timberland and Nelson Premium have signed up at 13 Krakowskie Przedmieście, on the Crystal Studio lies the ‘Sparkle Bar’, a counter
for its Westfield Mall of the Netherlands development. ground floor of the prestigious Europejski where customers are able to discover new
The latest signings will see Westfield Mall of the hotel, which recently underwent a major products and create new looks.
Netherlands become the go-to destination for the latest renovation. The opening marks a significant
fashion trends upon completion in 2020. The 117,000sq milestone, strengthening Hermès’s position
m retail concept, which is unique in the Netherlands, in central Europe as it continues to LEGO OPENS IN MELBOURNE
represents a €590M development. expand aggressively. Like other Lego spaces around the world, the
Hunkemöller, Scotch & Soda, Timberland and Nelson The 216sq m store will showcase location in Melbourne was designed to be an
Premium join the growing list of brands that will open Hermès’s menswear and womenswear, as interactive retail space, with several low play
stores in Westfield Mall of the Netherlands. Visitors will well as its scarves, leather and equestrian tables and loose bricks for kids to play with
enjoy the best, most up-to-date and varied streetwear goods, watches and jewellery. Located on and a hand scanner that “identifies” which mini-
offer in the Netherlands, where the demand for the ground floor of the Europejski hotel, a figure the customer is.
streetwear has strongly increased, especially due to listed building featuring columns, alcoves and
special product launches and collaborations with well- decorative mouldings, the store will preserve
known designers and influencers. the building’s original décor. H&M LAUNCHES IN BELARUS
Fashion retailer H&M has opened its first store
in Belarus. Over 2,000 customers visited the
GRAND OPENING OF NEW CENTRE shop for the grand opening. Situated in Galleria
ATTRACTS 35,000 VISITORS Minsk, the store spans 1,757sq m over two
floors. The shop sells H&M’s clothing for men,
women and children.
Some 35,000 visitors joined guests from Schmidt. To date, 96 per cent of the centre’s
politics, business and the public sector to space has been leased out. The centre took
celebrate the opening of Husum’s new just under three years to build. NEW WEIDEN CENTE LANDS
THEO shopping centre last month. Peter Cohrs, Co-Investor and Chairman Chapman Taylor-designed NOC shopping
At times, THEO had to be closed to of Husum’s Commerzium Merchants’ centre in the Bavarian city of Weiden has
new visitors due to the large crowds. The Association, said: “The huge crowds, with opened to the public. NOC has delivered
shopping centre in the heart of Husum – tens of thousands of people on opening day, 18,000sq m of retail and leisure space and
the tourist and commercial capital of North show how tremendous the interest in the boasts 55 shops - the offer being planned to
Friesland, located directly on the North new THEO shopping centre is throughout complement the existing shopping landscape
Sea – is home to 35 shops over a gross the region. THEO allows us to strengthen in the city.
lettable area of roughly 12,000sq m. Its 650 Husum’s position as the most attractive
parking spaces in the adjacent rooftop car shopping destination in northern Germany.
park doubles the number of parking options Thanks to its locally tailored and diverse mix INTERSPORT OPENS IN BOSNIA
HELSINKI OUTLET, WHICH IS DUE TO OPEN SOON, WAS DEVELOPED AND WILL BE OPERATED BY FORTUS AS. THIS PROJECT MARKS THE END OF THE FINNISH CAPITAL’S STATUS AS ONE OF available in Husum’s central business district. of retail and dining options. THEO is making Thew new store was opened on the ground
THE FEW EUROPEAN CAPITALS WITHOUT AN OUTLET VILLAGE. THE OUTLET VILLAGE IS LOCATED NEAR HELSINKI AIRPORT, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT TRAVEL HUB BETWEEN ASIA AND floor of the mall. Spreading across 352sq m
EUROPE DUE TO ITS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND FAST TRANSFER CONNECTIONS. APPROXIMATELY 40 FASHION AND LIFESTYLE STORES WILL BE AVAILABLE 15,000SQ M SCHEME. ONE In line with its focus on providing local Husum even more appealing for guests from of retail space, it brings together the biggest
THIRD OF THE LEASING MIX WILL CONSIST OF LOCAL BRANDS, A THIRD WILL BE MADE UP OF NORDIC BRANDS, AND A THIRD WILL BE COMPRISED OF GLOBAL BRANDS. shopping facilities, restaurants and cafes, as Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark. Many of
well as retail outlets for fashion, household Husum’s three million day trippers a year sports brands and specialist retailers such as
Nike, adidas, Puma, Reebok and many others
ZADAR COMPLEX TO OPEN PULA CITY TO WELCOME goods and services, the shopping centre’s will be able to access Husum’s town centre under one roof. With this opening, Intersport
anchor tenants include EDEKA, dm, New
through THEO’s centrally located, rooftop
NEXT MONTH 16 NEW STORES Yorker, H&M and Home & Living by CJ car park, which offers 650 spaces. now has 13 stores in the country.

After the successful operation of seven retail parks and MID Bau Nekretine, part of the Austrian company MID Group,
neighbourhood centres in Croatia, where it has been present has started the expansion of Pula City Mall in Croatia. The
for more than a decade, the London-based property investor, project will include new commercial space with 16 stores.
developer and asset manager Poseidon Group continues to expand Since its opening in 2016, Pula City Mall has become the top
and strengthen its Capitol Park network throughout the country. lifestyle destination in the Istria region. The mall comprises of
By the end of 2020, Poseidon will operate 11 Capitols nationwide. 13,000sq m, which makes it one of the largest retail projects
Zadar Shopping Capitol, the latest to open in 2019, will bring a in Pula. The extension of Pula City Mall will add 9,400sq m of
new food retailer to replace Konzum as the main anchor tenant. commercial space. The newly built space will host 16 stores of PLACEMAKING
The 6,400sq m building will include tenants from the non-food world-leading brands, including a new McDonald’s restaurant.
sector. Past tenants that remain in the scheme are Mana Moda, Construction on the extension began this summer and is
Planet Obuća, RBA Bank, Makromikro Group, Intertekstil Stanić, expected to finish before the end of the year.
Bio Svijet, Porting hair dresser, café bar Galerija and Exchange Pula City Mall is a modern shopping center offering a diverse
office. New non-food tenants arriving at Zadar Shopping Capitol shopping experience for both families and individuals. The connect...
that will enrich the existing offer is household goods retailer TEDi. centre’s tenants include renowned brands such as Interspar,
The new tenant mix offers a fresh shopping experience and ensures C&A, Deichmann, New Yorker, Sportina, KIK, Muller, Hervis, Top
Zadar Shopping Capitol will become a key destination in the city. Shop, Mass shoes and many others.

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