Westfield has now come to our region, as Arkadia in Warsaw and Centrum Chodov in Prague are added to the shopping centre network in the first stage of the a major rebranding programme. We spoke to Arnaud Burlin, the managing director for Central Europe of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, about the reasons for the change and what it means.
Anna Korólczyk-Lewandowska ‘Eurobuild CEE’: You have recently introduced your Westfield brand to mainland Europe and the Arkadia centre in Warsaw has now officially become Westfield Arkadia. Why?
Arnaud Burlin, managing director for Central Europe, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield: Yes, following the acquisition of the Westfield Group, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has decided to leverage the Westfield brand to take our flagship shopping centres to the next level. Westfield is the only global B2B and B2C brand when it comes to retail, leisure, entertainment and dining destinations. It’s already a signature brand for the most iconic centres, which include Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City in London, Westfield Century City and Westfield UTC in California and Westfield World Trade Center in New York City. The aim of these changes is to reinforce the centres through the value of the Westfield name. By doing so, we can have the best of both worlds: an international bran
88% of content remaining
Unlock full access to the article
Get 17% discount when you pay annually
Access to current material
Choose
Access includes
- Access to current material
Access to all EurobuildCEE materials
100 €
83 €
You save 17% when paying annually
Monthly on one device. Annual payment
Monthly on one device. Monthly payment
Choose
Access includes
- Exclusive news, comments, articles and interviews with the most important market representatives and experts
- Archive containing data and information from the commercial real estate and construction market in Poland and the CEE region, collected over 27 years;
- Eurojobs
- Eurobuild FM
Already have an account? Log in