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Let's Talk: Shopping Matters

Let's Talk: Shopping Matters

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#7 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters – Why is real estate so important to EU climate targets?

Let's Talk: Shopping MattersJul 26, 2022

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#7 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters – Why is real estate so important to EU climate targets?

#7 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters – Why is real estate so important to EU climate targets?

Welcome to the seventh in our series of podcasts from the European Council of Shopping Places and its members. In this episode, we speak about climate change and the important role that the built environment has to play in helping Europe and the EU meet its ambitious climate targets.

Josefina Lindblom, Policy Officer responsible for the Sustainable Buildings file in DG Environment, European Commission, joined us to discuss what’s on the EU’s radar and how the property sector should be preparing.

Jul 26, 202225:48
#6 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters – Europe’s Retail Property Design and Development Awards are back!
Jul 08, 202219:28
#5 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters

#5 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters

Welcome to the fifth in our series of podcasts from the European Council of Shopping Places and its members. This week Joost Koomen, the ECSP’s Secretary General, is joined by Christian Verschueren, Director General at EuroCommerce, the principal European organisation representing the retail and wholesale sector. The speakers discussed what’s on the agenda for retail and retail property, and there is much room for collaboration between both sectors. Check it out!

Jul 19, 202140:07
#4 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters – Making the retail property sector Paris-proof

#4 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters – Making the retail property sector Paris-proof

Welcome to the fourth in our series of podcasts from the European Council of Shopping Places and its members. This week Joost Koomen, the ECSP’s Secretary General, is joined by Bogdan Tabetu, head of property management at NEPI Rockcastle.


The speakers talked about the European retail property sector’s role in fighting the climate crisis and addressed the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Check it out!

Jul 06, 202130:42
#3 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters – The future of the listed real estate sector

#3 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters – The future of the listed real estate sector

Welcome to the third in our series of podcasts from the European Council of Shopping Places and its members. This week Joost Koomen, the ECSP’s Secretary General, is joined by Dominique Moerenhout, the CEO of the European Public Real Estate Association.

The speakers discuss the current challenges of the real estate sector and the way the European market can recover. A recovery which might come sooner than you expect!

Jun 29, 202133:53
#2 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters – Values and challenges for 2021

#2 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters – Values and challenges for 2021

Welcome to the second in our series of podcasts from the European Council of Shopping Places and its members. This week Joost Koomen, the ECSP’s Secretary General, is joined by Roberto Limetti, Managing Director of Pradera and a member of the ECSP Executive Board on behalf of founding member CNCC Italy, the Italian Council of Shopping Places, and Luis Mota Duarte, Chief Financial Officer of Sonae Sierra, a major property company and full real estate services provider as well as founding member of ECSP.

The speakers discussed what a successful shopping place looks like, why they matter to the communities they are located in and what support they need during the Covid-19 crisis.

Mar 22, 202143:20
#1 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters - Covid and Christmas

#1 Let’s Talk: Shopping Matters - Covid and Christmas

Welcome to the first in our series of podcasts from the European Council of Shopping Places and its members. This week Joost Koomen, the ECSP’s Secretary General, is joined by ECSP Chairman Mr Peter Wilhelm, who is also Chairman of Wilhelm and Co, a retail developer here in Belgium.

Its Christmas and shopping places across Europe are either shut or facing heavy restrictions.  The team discussed what it is looking like across Europe and how shopping places have reacted to the unique challenges they face.

Dec 08, 202013:11