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Two important awards for the Padua Shopping Centers Ipercity and Le Brentelle, which received the “Certificate of Merit” at the CNCC Italy Awards 2025, the award promoted by the National Council of Shopping Centers to enhance the most innovative and virtuous projects in the retail industry in Italy. A significant result, considering that over 100 projects from all over Italy were nominated for the competition. The common feature of the two awarded projects is the attention to the territory, culture and active involvement of the community, with a particular focus on schools, young people and new forms of participation. SES Italy, the company responsible for the management of the two awarded Centers, continues to fuel its vision of Shopping Centers as open social and cultural spaces, capable of inspiring, involving and building authentic ties with the catchment area.

In 2024, the shopping malls managed by SES Spar European Shopping Centers (SES) even exceeded the previous year’s excellent results. Retailers, restaurants and service providers in SES malls generated gross sales revenue of EUR 3.54 billion, an increase of 6.5% on 2023, showing how SES centers in Austria and Slovenia outperformed the market as a whole. Last year, 117 million people (+4.5%) visited SES malls in Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Hungary and the Czech Republic. 490 new store contracts and contract extensions have introduced new concepts to these regions, and a strategic cooperation agreement for health parks has established an important milestone for the future.