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One Sydney Harbour
Sydney, Australia
Developer: Lendlease

A major scheme by developer GV Group is the revolutionary Nivy zone in Bratislava, certified with BREEAM Communities
Times Square project in Egypt which is situated at the heart at the Excellent level. It was developed by HB Reavis as a
of Port Said, one of the most important cities and ports in multifunctional modern city district totalling 23ha of land
the world and at 31,500sq m, the scheme is being designed in a former (brownfield) area neighbouring Bratislava’s Old
to become the city’s new central hub. The development will Town. Almost 90 per cent of the 70,000sq m shopping centre
feature multiple experiences in one place including Times is now taken, and the mix of stores includes a number of
Residence which is where the smart homes of Times Square famous international brands. The project includes a 3,000sq m
will be delivered and fully finished with central AC and a rich dining area and a 12,000sq m green roof, divided into several
diversity of areas catered to customer’s needs. In addition recreational areas, including a 500m running track, two workout
there will be Times Premiere, which will be fully furnished zones, functional terraces and a playground.
hotel apartment units, Times Towers which is the business Launched in June of last year, St James Quarter in Edinburgh is
hub that will be fully equipped to meet business needs with truly one of the most ambitious and world-leading developments
the latest technology, facilities and services and Times Hotel, a to have been launched in the UK in recent times. The 1.7 million
cozy business-orientated hotel that will be situated on the main square foot development is a new retail-led lifestyle district that
street. Finally, the Times Mall will be a design masterpiece that both enhances and integrates Edinburgh’s city centre to provide
houses a variety of retail shops, cinemas, entertainment and an inspiring, attractive, and vibrant destination for locals and
exquisite F&B experiences, all created with care for individuals’ visitors to live, shop, eat, sleep and play. St James Quarter is
and families’ enjoyment. transforming the city’s east end and is also home to a number
Local developer SDC Imobiliare, along with overseas of Scottish debuts, including brands such as Coach, & Other
St James Quarter investment funds, has launched what they claim to be the Stories, Stradivarius, Bershka and Pull&Bear, Duck & Waffle,
Edinburgh, UK biggest real estate project in Romania. The Transilvania Smart SUSHISAMBA, The Alchemist and the one-of-a-kind Bonnie
Developer: Nuveen
City mixed-use, estimated to require an investment of €700M, & Wild Food Hall. St James Quarter also hosts Edinburgh’s
would see the construction of 10,000 apartments, a shopping first Everyman Cinema, and completing the picture is the W
centre, schools, supermarkets, a hotel and an aparthotel, office Edinburgh, a name internationally renowned in the hotel
space, parks, and conference rooms in Cluj-Napoca. Work on business, which sits at the very heart of the quarter.
the project began construction last month. The entire project A £2.5bn regeneration project on London’s South Bank,
will be built on a plot of 35ha on a hill close to the Iulius Mall Bankside Yards is the first major mixed-use estate in the UK
shopping centre. The project’s first stage will be developed to be fossil-fuel-free. With sustainability and wellness at its
on 3ha of land and will include 800 apartments, an aparthotel, core, the project brings residential, offices, retail, leisure, a
nursery, shops, cafes, restaurants, a gym, a bank, a Lidl store and hotel and cultural space to a strategic brownfield site, alongside
a park. The construction work for this first stage is expected to several acres of new public spaces which support biodiversity.
be completed in 18-24 months. The shopping centre, which will Stunningly designed new buildings nestle with historic railway
be developed in a later stage, will have an area of 100,000sq m. arches, which will be restored and fully accessible. This will
Nivy mall in Bratislava, a new shopping centre developed mean that for the first time in 150 years, London’s South Bank
by HB Reavis that also includes the city’s new international and Bankside will be connected, creating a continuous cultural
bus terminal welcomed almost 330,000 visitors in the first strip along the Thames. Currently set to complete in 2024,
week following the centre’s opening on 30 September. With the project is being developed by Native Land and it is set to
130,000sq m of GLA, the multifunctional project is part of the become London’s definitive cultural neighbourhood.

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