The weighted average vacancy rate in shopping centers in Kyiv has almost doubled \u2014 from 11.5% in 2021 to 21.5% by the end of 2022, the Director of the Ukrainian Trade Guild (UTG) Evgenia Loktionova told Interfax-Ukraine. \u201cThe increase in vacancy in shopping galleries in Kyiv and most regions of Ukraine is caused by a number of circumstances, all of which are related to the war. Retailers associated with Russia have completely left the market, there is not a sufficient range of alternative foreign department stores on the vacated area …<\/p>\n
Some of the large-format international operators (Inditex, H&M, IKEA) have decided to freeze their work until the end of hostilities,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n
The expert predicts the continuation of the trend of network optimization with a reduction in the number of stores in 2023. \u201cRetailers will focus their attention exclusively on profitable facilities and close unprofitable ones,\u201d Loktionova said.<\/p>\n
In general, according to her, vacancy in shopping centers will continue to grow, especially in large-scale facilities of regional (by the end of 2022 \u2014 30.9%) and district (19.2%) formats.<\/p>\n
Source: finance.ua<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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