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The Ellinikon, Athens, Greece
Developer: Lamda Development

The largest city-centre project in Europe, Westfield Hamburg- development is on course to open in 2025.
Überseequartier is set to become a new urban community hotspot in Poland is home to Browary Warszawskie, the current “best urban
Germany. Encompassing a unique culture, leisure, entertainment and dining regeneration project’ in the world, according to the MAPIC real estate
offer, it will feature a 10-screen flagship cinema, beauty and wellness centres, awards. Developed by Echo Investment, work on the 4.4ha plot began
international and local restaurants, bars and cafés and the latest trends in in 2016 and in the short time since it launched, it has already been
entertainment technology. This mixed-use urban district will feature flexible recognised as the capital’s “best public space” in the annual architectural
offices with 360° views over HafenCity and the harbour, modern apartments prize overseen by Warsaw City Hall, whilst also making it onto the final
with direct access to the waterfront, three hotels and a 200-store shopping shortlist of MIPIM’s “best mixed-use development” category. Seen as
centre offering the best local and international brands together with a Echo Investment’s flagship project, architect’s JEMS Architecki created
wide range of services and digital innovations, for an enhanced customer a concept that merged pre-existing historical structures with modern
journey. The shopping centre itself will span 80,500sq m of retail, leisure buildings whilst simultaneously striking a balance between public and
and restaurant space and it is set to open in the second half of 2023 by private space. Though featuring no shortage of office space, Browary
developers Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. The scheme will expand the Warszawskie has helped bring the area to life by introducing over 1,000
Hamburg City metropolitan area by 40 per cent and the proportion of apartments to the local housing stock as well as over two dozen food
public and publicly accessible private open spaces is 38 per cent. and drink concepts. Of these, highlights have included an award-winning
The renewed Shopping Mall Zuidplein has been opened by the mayor brewpub, a premium food hall, exclusive live entertainment venues and
of Rotterdam Aboutaleb. Dutch-based architectural firm TconcepT a sports bar owned by football legend Robert Lewandowski.
designed a renewed fresh interior with some impressive shopfronts for Battersea Power Station opened on 14 October and is a modern mix of
the outdated ’70s shopping mall of 60,000sq m GLA, the mall also got an over 100 stores, dining, leisure, medical, wellness, co-working and offices.
extension of 7,000sq m GLA with convenience stores. Zuidplein is the The scheme is at the heart of a much wider redevelopment of the south
main shopping centre of the southern part of Rotterdam with over 160 west London site, with several stages of its residential and convenience
shops and is one of the biggest shopping malls in The Netherlands. The retail and leisure plans already complete and a new London Underground
mall is the centre of the Heart of the South mixed-use densification area station open. However, the iconic power station will inevitably be the
that includes residences, a cinema, a theatre, hotel and a convention centre. standout. Brands including Ray-Ban, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, The
The upgrade of Shopping Mall Zuidplein by the Owners Association of Kooples, Aesop and Calvin Klein will be opening among more than 100
the shopping centre of Zuidplein focussed primarily on improving the shops, bars and restaurants, 254 apartments, office space as well as a
quality, circulation and the experience of the mall. leisure offering that includes the Chimney Lift experience. Developed
Lamda Development has revealed its plans for Riviera Galleria and by Battersea Power Station Development Company, the scheme is also
Commercial Hub retail destinations at The Ellinikon, Greece’s and home to a new six-acre riverfront that is open to the public.
Europe’s greatest urban regeneration project that is being built on the Sellar, the developer of London Bridge Quarter and Paddington Square
former Athens airport. Adjacent to central Athens, the nearby Piraeus and MTR, a leading global operator of sustainable rail transport services
Port and the International Airport, The Ellinikon is unique in Europe for including the Elizabeth line and Network Rail have submitted a joint
its location, its size — three times larger than Monaco — as well as its planning application to the City of London Corporation for proposed
scale and ambition. The Ellinikon will set new benchmarks for the future vital upgrades to transform Liverpool Street station. The £1.5bn vision for
of Mediterranean coastal development — for integrated, sustainable Liverpool Street station has been developed in collaboration with Pritzker
living; for iconic placemaking; for smart-infrastructure; and for its broad Prize-winning architectural practice Herzog & de Meuron and will create
base of business potential, from tourism to innovative commercial a world-class transport hub and landmark seven-days-a-week destination,
properties to ground-breaking destination retail. A collection of several with new retail and leisure facilities for visitors, passengers and the local
communities will be home to thousands, supported by essential services community. The designs being submitted follow several years of working
available to all – such as education and healthcare. This groundbreaking with the City of London Corporation as well as ongoing consultation with