Kyiv malls postponed as vacancy rises

Retail & leisure
UKRAINE In the first quarter of the year, no modern shopping space was completed on the Kyiv market – and none of the projected new stock of 361,200 sqm in 2015 could now be opened this year, according to JLL’s latest Kyiv retail market report.
In Q1 one project, MFC Retrovill, was postponed until 2016. “The rate for attracting tenants to shopping centres is currently insufficient to open a project with an acceptable occupancy level,” states the report. In Q1 the vacancy rate in Kyiv’s shopping centres rose to 9.2 pct – up from 8 pct in Q4 2014 and from 6.2 pct in Q1 2014. However, vacancy is still below the levels in Lisbon, Berlin (10 pct) and Athens (20 pct). The consultancy also suggests that a way out of this problem for s
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schedule 20 March 2026

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schedule 16 March 2026

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schedule 16 March 2026

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schedule 13 March 2026

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