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Expansion in Northern Italy for Austria’s Shopping Center Market Leader

SES purchases the IL GRIFONE shopping center in Bassano del Grappa, Italy

With the purchase of IL GRIFONE, SES is expanding its North Italian portfolio.
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SES Spar European Shopping Centers is consolidating its position in the Northern Italian market. With the purchase of the IL GRIFONE shopping center in Bassano del Grappa, located in the highly affluent region of Vicenza/Veneto, the real estate developer and operator takes over a well-established location with immediate effect. The seller of the property is a fund of MCAP Global Finance (UK) LLP, the European branch of Marathon Asset Management LP ('Marathon') headquartered in New York. The center, which opened its doors in 2009, boasts over 20,000 square meters of gross leasable area (GLA), 7,000 of which already belonged to the SPAR Group (ASPIAG Italy) prior to the takeover. This latest addition takes the SES portfolio to 31 locations, three of which are already classed as large-scale Italian shopping malls.


Marcus Wild, SPAR Real Estate Board Member and SES Board Chairperson
“IL GRIFONE is a prime location with considerable scope for development in an affluent region. As proprietor, SES has just what it takes to make this mall reach its full potential and network more closely with the city and surrounding area – a major opportunity for all concerned.”


Christoph Andexlinger, CEO, SES Spar European Shopping Centers:
“With IL GRIFONE, we are expanding our portfolio to include a well-established mall. We are doing all we can alongside the local team to project this prime location into the future. We obviously want to further develop the experience-oriented dimension and enhance the quality of stay in the mid-term. IL GRIFONE is a perfect fit for us and the ideal complement to our two Italian shopping centers IPERCITY and LE BRENTELLE in Padua."


Part of the SES Asset Portfolio from September 2023
SES received legal advice from Cerha Hempel and Gattai Minoli & Partners. On the seller side, BNP Paribas acted as broker and Legance as lawyers. CBRE was previously entrusted with property and center management. From September onwards, the new proprietor is SES Spar European Shopping Centers GmbH with SES Italy responsible for managing the venue. With IL GRIFONE, SES has acquired a fully let facility comprising 47 shops in all, including flagship tenants such as INTERSPAR, Media World, H&M, Cisalfa, Pittarosso, and a stand-alone McDonalds attracting considerable on-site attention. The Vicenza/Veneto region is deemed affluent with approximately 300,000 people living within a 30-minute drive of Bassano del Grappa.


SES – an Italian success story
With the purchase of IL GRIFONE, SES is expanding its portfolio to include a total of 31 large-scale locations including three Italian malls covering 68,000 square meters. SES Italy also operates several smaller-scale local shopping centers in the Triveneto area.


SES Spar European Shopping Centers

SES is active as a developer, constructor, and operator of shopping centers in six Central European countries: Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Hungary, Croatia, and Czech Republic. The company currently manages 32 shopping locations in Central, Southern, and Eastern Europe, with a total leasable area (GLA) of more than 866,000 square meters. SES is the market leader in Austria and Slovenia for large-scale shopping centers. With over 117 million visitors every year, the retail partners in SES shopping centers generated a total sales turnover of 3.54 billion euros in 2024.  SES also offers its know-how in the areas of project development, construction management, leasing of shop space, as well as center and facility management very successfully to external owners of shopping malls. SES centers have already received several national and international awards for architecture and design, sustainability, traffic flow concepts, and innovative marketing. In 2023 the ALEJA Shopping Center in Ljubljana won the internationally acclaimed ECSP Design and Development Award in the category of New Centre Developments of 15,000 to 45,000 Square Metres. SES is part of the SPAR Austria Group.

Additional information can be found at: www.ses-european.com and presse.ses-european.com.

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