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international news inbrief

citY plaZa in wuppertal, germanY brings new balance opens largest

home a prestigious 2019 mapic award outlet store in iberia made opens instapartment
European design brand MADE.COM has
opened its first MADE apartment in the city
Chapman Taylor designed City Plaza in Wuppertal, won The American brand of fashion and sports of Amsterdam, designed to show the brand’s
the prestigious 2019 MAPIC Award for the “Best Retail equipment New Balance, has opened at S.S. high end design in the context of a real home.
City Centre Regeneration” category. de los Reyes The Style Outlets its largest The apartment is situated above the company’s
A five-storey flagship store for Primark, City Plaza is outlet store in Iberia. This new store of new Amsterdam showroom and connects with
the centrepiece of a large urban redevelopment project over 300sq m, triples the retail area of the a charming courtyard garden.
which marks the rail gateway to Wuppertal’s city centre, previous store of the sports brand at this
forming part of an assembly of impressive historical outlet centre operated by NEINVER.
buildings which define the remodelled square in front The new store incorporates the new helsinKi outlet launches
of the railway station, helping Wuppertal to regain its global image of the brand for its outlet The grand opening of Helsinki Outlet last
historic self-confidence. stores and offers lifestyle and performance month brought a large amount of people to
The wider project has transformed what was a items for men, women and children. It also the outlet village. The size of the new outlet
neglected railway station district. The railway station has exclusive products such as the X-racer is 15,000sq m, including almost 4,000sq m of
was previously severed from the city centre by a dual shoe, the modern and elegant model that leisure. Currently, 95 per cent of the village is
carriageway, and pedestrians had to walk through an absorbs impacts with a very comfortable fit. leased with more signings imminent.
unwelcoming underpass. That highway was lowered by With this opening, New Balance has
6m and a new bridge built, flanked on both sides by retail/ reinforced its commitment to the Spanish
F&B pavilions which are fully let. outlet market. primarK to Keep growing
Primark owner Associated British Foods hailed
a resilient year as it announced it would open
multi hungarY unveils €17m 19 new stores in the next 12 months. The
centre refurbishment in buda Primark fast-fashion empire grew sales four per
cent to £7.8bn, partly thanks to 14 new stores
opening across the UK and continental Europe.
Developer Multi Hungary has announced competitive Budapest market. Over the past
its extensive refurbishment plans for Allee year, Multi has worked hard to reposition the
shopping centre in Buda, in the most densely centre by attracting new and inspirational new rotterdam flagship
populated district of the Hungarian capital brands, including Reserved, Lindt, CK Jeans, The Sting Companies has signed a lease
Budapest. Multi will upgrade and renovate Sloggi, Inglot and Tissot mono-brand store, contract for its retail formula Distrikt
the 46,700sq m shopping centre, while and by launching a new marketing strategy. Nørrebro. This large 1,700sq m retail unit at
enhancing the tenant mix, interior and The refurbishment plans will enhance Lijnbaan 130 consists of two floors, with 550sq
exterior design and customer services. Multi the shopping experience and redefine m of this located on the ground floor. The store
will start the execution phase in the second the centre’s function as a meeting place is expected to open in the spring of next year
quarter of 2020 and expects to complete in the Hungarian capital. The concept was and feature a frontage three floors high.
most of the work in the same year. deisgned by Multi’s in-house architect group
The Allee shopping centre offers more TT Design, while the construction plans will
than 140 shops, a 13-screen multiplex be prepared by well-known local designer hollister to open in dublin
intu, together with eurofund - have agreed heads of terms with three major operators for its ambitious 2.5 million square feet global resort project intu cinema, restaurants and offices, along with a company, Finta Studio. The new design will American clothing brand Hollister will open
costa del sol in the south of spain. Yelmo films, trading as Yelmo cines, has signed detailed heads of terms for 9,500sq m 16-screen state of the art cinema. the at Blanchardstown Centre in Dublin next year.
second agreement is with wave house international for its surfparK concept that will include a full siZe 4,300sq m surf pool. the final signing is gran teatro fitness club and parking for 1,200 cars. The help modernise Allee, as well as create a Hollister will join JD Sports who signed up last
banKia principe pio, santiago segura, jose mota Y luis alvareZ, trading as gran teatro costa del sol has signed for the resort theatre on site. multifunctional complex attracts more than relaxing, feel-good space for its visitors.
18 million visitors each year and is one of When the works are completed at the year for a new 1,100sq m flagship store in the
new two-level extension to the Central Mall.
lippulaiva project havaianas opens first the top shopping destinations in Budapest. end of 2020, the centre will offer a high- Construction is due to finish next year.
The aim of the refurbishment is to secure
quality shoppign experience for both
on course for 2022 australia store Allee’s leading position in the increasingly visitors and retailers.

Construction company Skanska has been selected to be the Famous for its rubber thongs, Havaianas has opened its first
contractor for the shopping centre part of the mixed-use project standalone bricks-and-mortar store in Australia in Sydney.
of Lippulaiva. The value of the project management contract is Until recently, the Brazilian brand was available exclusively
approximately €170M. through local wholesale partners, such as Ozmosis, City Beach,
The new Lippulaiva will open in spring 2022 and the leasable area Board Riders and General Pants, as well as seasonal pop-ups
of the project will be 44,000sq m and it will house approximately and kiosks. But Havaianas joins a growing list of businesses, such
80 retailers and services. The shopping centre will be visited by an as JAG and Dyson, that are ramping up the direct-to-consumer
estimated eight million customers annually. A temporary pop-up side of the business and two more local stores are already in the PLACEMAKING
shopping centre, Pikkulaiva, will serve residents of the Espoonlahti works after the opening of the first location in the country at
area throughout the construction period until the new shopping Bondi, Campbell Parade.
centre is completed. The new store will feature Havaianas’ new collection,
The new Lippulaiva shopping centre will be a centre for local accessories and future brand collaborations to cater to the Aussie
services in the rapidly growing greater Espoonlahti area. The shopping beach lifestyle. To celebrate the opening, the company launched connect...
centre will be anchored by extensive and excellent grocery offering, two Australian exclusive styles with limited-edition prints of the
e.g. Prisma, K-Supermarket, Lidl, Tokmanni and Alko. The scheme will iconic Bondi Beach and Sydney Harbour. The styles are part of the
also host a wide range of cafes and restaurants. brand’s ‘Local Soul’ campaign, celebrating key iconic destinations.

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