Future Malls: How URW invents the place to go

At the merger between Unibail-Rodamco and Westfield, Jean-Marie Tritant was appointed as President of the group in the United States. Global Retail News asked him for an analysis of the American market and Wetsfield’s projects in the country.

GRN: Is it time for “the apocalypse of Malls” in the U.S.A as predicted by some experts?

Jean-Marie Tritant: I was appointed on the 7th June 2017 to run the combined Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield teams in the United States. My first job was to visit all assets including 32 shopping centres, 8 office buildings and 6 retail sites at airport terminals like Los Angeles, JFK or Newark. In the United States,…