In two years, Russia can become the leader of Europe in terms of new shopping centers

By 2016, Russia can become a leader in Europe in terms of the supply of high -quality shopping centers: such data are given in the study by Jones Lang Lasalle.

According to experts, in 2014-2015, 14.1 million square meters of the shopping center were stated for commissioning in Europe. At the same time, Russia occupies the first place in terms of new construction, where 3.8 million square meters of retail space are planned, including 2 million squares in 2014 and 1.8 million squares in 2015, RIA Novosti reports.

"The announced volumes are even surpassed by pre -crisis indicators. Today, the volume of the high -quality shopping center in the Russian Federation is 16 million" squares ", this is the third result in Europe after the UK and France. If all plans are implemented, Russia will reach first place - the market volume will reach 19.8 million square meters," the company experts noted.

According to analysts, the volume of the supply of high -quality shopping centers in the UK is currently 18.1 million square meters, and in France - 16.3 million "squares". At the same time, the volumes of introduction of new areas in the UK planned for 2014-2015 do not exceed 0.5 million square meters, and in France - 1 million "squares".

In total, in Europe, according to the JLL report, in 2014 it is planned to build 7.2 million square meters of trade real estate, which will become the highest indicator since 2008, and in 2015 - another 6.9 million square meters of retail space.

In second place after Russia in the volume of new construction is Türkiye, where in two years it is supposed to introduce more than 2.4 million square meters of the shopping center. Among the countries of Western Europe, the largest increase in retail space is expected in Germany - 1.5 million square meters. And in fourth place in this indicator was Ukraine, where the introduction of 1.4 million square meters is declared, added in the study.