ECSP is happy to announce that its first Members Assembly has taken place on 31 March 2021.

On 3rd March over 130 participants attended an  ECSP workshop to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on lease agreements in the retail sector, bringing together senior legal experts from across Europe. The pandemic has had a major impact on the retail sector, leading to the forced closure of hundreds of thousands of shops, bars, restaurants, and leisure facilities across the EU. It is an unprecedented crisis that has also had

24 + EU country-by-country analysis of lockdown measures impacting Shopping Centres across Europe Today, Europe’s leading association representing the retail property industry and Shopping Places has launched an online interactive map showing what lockdown measures are in place in 24 countries as well as at the EU level. It will be updated as measures evolve to provide a comprehensive and comparative guide to how different markets are managing the pandemic

Joint statement by Peter R. Wilhelm, Chairman of the ECSP Board, and Dominique Moerenhout, CEO of EPRA. For our members, the run up to Christmas is the most important time of the year. We have therefore noted with grave concern the rise of new Covid-19 infections. Public health and safety must always be everyone’s primary priority.

The European Council of Shopping Places (ECSP) has been launched today in Brussels, providing a new and dedicated voice for the European retail property sector.