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Shopping centers as an investment
We create places of experience with investment value
Would you like to invest in shopping centers or further develop your retail property and leverage previously hidden potential? Then you've come to the right place! As an operator and investor, we have been creating places of experience with growth potential for 60 years.
Why shopping centers?
3 questions for Alexander Otto, CEO ECE Group and investor
What makes shopping centers interesting for investors?
We are currently operating at a historically low valuation level. This opens up great opportunities. This is because shopping centers offer extremely well diversified cash flows and therefore stable distribution yields due to their diverse tenant and sector structure.
What appreciation potential does shopping center real estate offer?
Compared to other property classes, shopping centers offer more opportunities for active value appreciation. For example, through the tenant mix, the cost structures or the flexibility within the property, which makes it possible to expand or reduce space as needed.
How do shopping centers perform in times of crisis?
In the times of crisis in recent years, shopping centers have once again proven to be very resilient. As an asset class, they offer triple protection against inflation - firstly through the property, i.e. the asset value of the land. Secondly, via the indexed tenancy agreements and thirdly, via the turnover rents. This means that the assets remain stable in value even in the event of high inflation.
Excellent sustainability
The ECE ESG product catalog
As investors' ESG strategies are very different, ECE does not offer a one-size-fits-all solution, but provides support with various ESG products. Together with customers, the experts develop a customized strategy with tailored measures for the complex asset class of retail real estate. Always in view: the political requirements on the path to climate neutrality.
value add
We find the right solution for every center
We don't just manage your property - we develop it further. We use our expertise to help you leverage hidden potential. From realigning leasing and targeted rebranding to refurbishments - we work with you to find the right solution for your shopping center.
Gastro hotspot with the best prospects
Main-Taunus-Center
Food garden instead of department store: The Main-Taunus-Zentrum in Sulzbach near Frankfurt am Main, one of the largest and highest-turnover shopping centers in Germany, is getting another attraction in place of the demolished Karstadt building. With the new Food-Garden, a new lively and urban center with a high-quality, varied Gastronomy and food offer is being created in the middle of the open-air center designed above on around 7,000 m².
Shopping & Entertainment
Rosengardcentret Denmark
Whether it's laser tag, go-karting or an obstacle course - the first Flip Out in Europe outside the UK opened in October 2023 at Rosengårdcentret in Odense, Denmark. The British company's special indoor adventure park offers pure action and adventure with its numerous attractions, making it a perfect addition to the existing business sectors and tenant mix. For its further expansion in Europe, Flip Out is in close contact with ECE - especially for the German market.
Shopping & Entertainment
Non-Retail in the Zwickau-Arkaden
Creating new reasons to visit, tapping into new target groups and thus achieving a win-win situation for investors, new and existing tenants alike - this is the goal ECE is pursuing with the establishment of location-appropriate non-retail offers. In the Zwickau-Arkaden, ECE has realized serviced apartments with limehome, the leading tender of digitalized design apartments in Europe, in former office space on the second and third floors of an adjacent building.
Subsequent occupancy of large retail spaces
Subsequent occupancy of Galeria Karstadt in the Rathaus-Center Dessau
The former Karstadt space in the Rathaus-Center Dessau has new tenants: MediaMarkt and the successful Swedish concept Rusta. With the successful re-letting of almost 6,000 m², the interdisciplinary team of the ECE Group, consisting of the center team on site, colleagues from Asset Management and Leasing as well as experts from Architecture & Construction, has reached a significant milestone in the revitalization of the former Karstadt space.