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HARPER DENNIS HOBBS ASSISTS
SKECHERS IN MADRID FLAGSHIP H&M CONTINUES TO EXPAND
Swedish fashion giant H&M continues to
expand in the Balkan region with a new store
London-based strategic retail property opening in Tuzla. The store is located with
consultant Harper Dennis Hobbs (HDH) Bingo City Center. The new store consists of
has announced a new deal to open Skechers’ 2,000sq m and offers a wide range of fashion
first flagship store in Madrid in the first half and accessories for the whole family, including
of 2022. fashion for babies.
The transaction will see Skechers open
a 774sq m store in Gran Via, Madrid, one
of the leading retail destinations in the NEW HARD ROCK TO LAUNCH
Spanish capital. The Madrid flagship is Hard Rock Hotels has announced plans for the
another example of Skechers’ ambitious new Hard Rock Hotel Marbella located in the
expansion plans in mainland Europe, with heart of Puerto Banus in Costa del Sol, Spain.
the announcement following the opening of Previously the Andalucia Plaza Hotel, the property
the brand’s first store in Antwerp and first is undergoing a complete transformation to
outlet in Paris earlier this Summer - both convert it ahead of a June 2022 opening.
secured in partnership with HDH.
Skechers was founded in 1992, has
worked with HDH for over 13 years and RODD & GUNN OPENS A BAR
boasts more than 4,000 locations globally. Kiwi fashion label Rodd & Gunn has introduced
‘The Lodge Bar’, its first experiential retail
URW AND AXA IM ALTS TO DEVELOP concession, at Myer Chadstone. Located
TRIANGLE TOWER PROJECT IN PARIS alongside the Rodd & Gunn concession at the
department store, The Lodge Bar delivers a
multi-functional retail experience.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has quality developments. URW’s unique and
signed a co-investment partnership with recognised expertise allows us to create
AXA IM Alts for the Triangle Tower, a attractive and future-focused sustainable EXIE LAUNCHES NEW STORES
major new development in Paris. Designed mixed-use projects.” Activewear brand Exie has unveiled its first
by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, Isabelle Scemama, Global Head of AXA three brick-and-mortar stores under its new
winners of the prestigious Pritzker Prize, IM Alts, and CEO AXA IM Real Assets, said: partnership with Accent Group, bringing its
the Triangle Tower creates a significant, “The Triangle Tower project is a flagship bold athleisure and loungewear to Westfield
lively urban space for Parisians, linking project for the city of Paris and its region. Fountain Gate and Eastland in Victoria last
to the city of Issy-les-Moulineaux, and It has been designed as a particularly week, and Sunshine Plaza in Queensland.
contributing to the creation of a new innovative location and will benefit from
destination within the metropolitan region the best environmental certifications,
by combining office space with amenities notably in terms of energy efficiency and SCALLIER OPENS RETAIL PARK
including a conference centre, street-level carbon footprint. We are proud to be The company has opened a new retail park in
shopping, restaurants and a hotel. associated today with this unique and Foscani, Romania. The centre comprises 5,000sq
Jean-Marie Tritant, Chief Executive emblematic project alongside URW.” m of GLA, of which 100 per cent has already
Officer, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, said: The Triangle Tower will offer residents of been leased. The launch follows the opening of
“We are pleased to welcome AXA IM Alts the area new community benefits including the retail park in Rosiorii de Vede (with 6,200sq
as partner on the Triangle Tower project childcare and health facilities and a cultural m GLA) in September 2021. The Foscani retail
as we create a new destination within centre while providing occupants with park includes brands like Sinsay and Animax.
Greater Paris as part of URW’s ongoing versatile spaces that accommodate new
commitment to enhance the city with ways of working together.
WING TO REBRAND
SHOPPING CENTRE

The former EuroCenter shopping centre,
currently being rebuilt by Wing, will be renamed
GOBUDA Mall after the renovation.
The building will re-open in the spring of 2022
according to plans. Wing began renovation of
its EuroCenter mall in Óbuda in the spring of
2021. The occupancy rate of the mall is currently
nearly 70 per cent. On top of the architectural
facelift, the facility will also expands its range of
services and stores in addition to the existing
FMCG and non-food anchor stores, the rebrand
will offer gastronomy stores, catering business,
and international multi- and mono-brands.

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