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Discussion
Retail in APAC - The brave new world of bricks-and-clicks
This month’s committee meeting will have a closer look at retail real estate in APAC, especially the new concept of hybrid experience in shopping malls - will this be the future of retail? Looking at new tech in the East, what will be available for the rest of the world, how tenants and landlords are profiting from the new “phygital” retail concept, as well as how this will impact real estate capital & deal structures, who is funding them and what pain points are limiting deal flows currently.
- The new concept of hybrid experience in shopping malls: is this the Retail future?
- What are the brand new techs in the East? Will they be available for the rest of the world?
- How to make tenants profit from the “Phygital” way of working?- does the industry has what it takes to be in?
- Capital Structure, Markets, and Key Issues - How are deals structured, who is funding them, and what pain points are limiting deal flow?
Discussion
GRI Global Committee
Future Retail Chapter
Adam
Ifshin
Founder & CEO
DLC Management Corporation
Adriano
Mantesso
Head of Real Estate
Tivio Capital
Ajay
Prasad
Country Managing Director - India
Taurus Investment
Alejandro
Luna
CEO
Conquer
Alfonso
Brunet
CEO
Castellana Properties
Angelus
Bernreuther
Head of Business Development
DEFAMA - Deutsche Fachmarkt AG
Armando
D'Almeida Neto
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Director
Multiplan
Carlos
Jereissati Filho
Member of the Board
Iguatemi S.A
Cyrille
Deslandes
Head of Netherlands, Germany and Turkey
Klépierre
Cíntia
Guimarães
Senior Managing Director, Real Estate
Currently Unaffiliated
Dariusz
Kunik
Head of Transactions
METRO Properties AG
Fabio
Adegas Faccio
CEO
Lojas Renner
Gonzalo
Robina
CEO
Fibra UNO
John
Wilkinson
CEO
Greenman
Jorge
Gomez
CEO
Ouest
João
Carlos Lelis
Director Fund Management
Tangor Capital (Family Office)
Larissa
Jacobson
VP, Retail
QuadReal Property Group
Liad
Barzilai
Founder & CEO
Currently Unaffiliated
Luis
Cantú
CEO
Caspian Investment Management
Luis
Pereda
Chairman
Grupo Lar
Marco
Mutti
Managing Director
Foruminvest
Misael
Shimizu
CEO
The Real Plaza
Neel
Raheja
Group President
K Raheja Corp
Paola
Macchi
Europe Real Estate Director
Valentino spa
Roger
Wade
Founder and CEO
Boxpark
Ruy
Kameyama
CEO
BR Malls
Sascha
Wilhelm
CEO
x+bricks SA
Umberto
Trussoni
CIO
Klépierre
Volker
Kraft
Managing Partner
ECE Real Estate Partners GmbH
Ajay Prasad
Country Managing Director - IndiaTaurus Investment
India
As Country Managing Director, Ajay is responsible for end-to-end management of all investments in India and leads Taurus India’ team of highly experienced real estate professionals. He builds and manages relationships with global investors as well as development partners to deliver world-class projects across the country. Ajay has more than fifteen years of professional and academic experience in a variety of markets in India and in the United States. Among the projects that he is currently leading is the development of a 5.5 million square foot, office-and-retail-centric, mixed use development.
George Agethen
Co-Head of Asia-PacificIvanhoé Cambridge
Singapore
George is responsible for the investment and asset-management strategies outlined in the Ivanhoé Cambridge’s business and strategic plans for the APAC region.
Neel Raheja
Group PresidentK Raheja Corp
India
Neel Raheja began his odyssey with the family empire at the young age of 18. With a strong background in finance, Neel over the last 17 years, has piloted the diversification of the Group’s business from real estate development to retail and hospitality. He has been instrumental in setting up premium hotels in the country e.g The Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre, J W Marriott Hotel Juhu & Sahar, Whitefield Marriott, Bengaluru & Westin, Hyderabad. Neel also established the K Raheja Corp’s retail brands Shoppers Stop, Inorbit Mall, Crossword & HyperCity. Perceiving the need for intelligent work spaces, he then brought to life ‘Mindspace’ IT Parks across India currently present in Malad, Mumbai, HITEC City, Hyderabad & Airoli, Navi Mumbai.
Adam Ifshin
Founder & CEODLC Management Corporation
USA
Adam Ifshin is Founder and CEO of DLC Management Corp., which he founded in 1991. Over the last 29 years, he has built DLC into one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of retail real estate, and one of the most active acquirers of assets with value added potential. Mr. Ifshin oversees DLC’s acquisitions and dispositions, capital markets activities, redevelopments, joint ventures, and corporate strategy, and is well versed in the complex world of foreclosures, bankruptcies, and restructurings. As a principal, he has been involved in over $4.5 billion of real estate transactions.
Adriano Mantesso
Head of Real EstateTivio Capital
Brazil
With a solid career in the financial-real estate investment sector, Adriano Mantesso joins Tivio Capital as the head of the Real Estate vertical in 2024. Previously, he dedicated seven years at Ivanhoé Cambridge (CDPQ), one of the largest institutional Real Estate investors in the world, where he led the portfolio and operations in Latin America. Before that, he spent over 12 years managing Real Estate Investment Funds (REITs) at renowned institutions such as Brazilian Capital and BTG Pactual, playing a key role in the development of the REIT and CRI industries in Brazil. Adriano holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and a degree in administration from the Escola de Adminstracao Maua.
Ajay Prasad
Country Managing Director - IndiaTaurus Investment
India
As Country Managing Director, Ajay is responsible for end-to-end management of all investments in India and leads Taurus India’ team of highly experienced real estate professionals. He builds and manages relationships with global investors as well as development partners to deliver world-class projects across the country. Ajay has more than fifteen years of professional and academic experience in a variety of markets in India and in the United States. Among the projects that he is currently leading is the development of a 5.5 million square foot, office-and-retail-centric, mixed use development.
Alejandro Luna
CEOConquer
Mexico
Prior to his appointment as CEO of CONQUER, Alejandro led the company's area of operations. Prior to joining CONQUER, he served as a procurement leader in Latin America for GLL REAL ESTATE PARTNERS for two years, participating in acquisitions and negotiations of AAA office buildings in Chile, Peru and Mexico for more than US $ 150M. He previously collaborated for 5 years with KIMCO REALTY CORP (US REIT) as Commercial Director prior to his role for almost 2 years as Director of Growth and Development for INMOBILIARIA CITELIS.
Alfonso Brunet
CEOCastellana Properties
Spain
Real Estate expert with more than 20 years of experience in the industry, from retail and offices to industrial & logistics. Alfonso Brunet holds a Bachelor in Business Administration with Concentration in Finance from Boston University. He has dedicated his last 14 years in the retail Real Estate industry heading different projects, at CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) he assumed the position of responsible for logistics and industrial assets and in Pradera, a Private Equity Retail Fund he held the position of Country Head. Alfonso is since 2017, CEO of Castellana Properties REIT.
Angelus Bernreuther
Head of Business DevelopmentDEFAMA - Deutsche Fachmarkt AG
Germany
Angelus Bernreuther serves as Head of Business Development at DEFAMA - Deutsche Fachmarkt AG, a leading German real estate company specializing in retail properties and commercial centers. In his role, he drives strategic growth initiatives and oversees business expansion opportunities across DEFAMA's portfolio of specialist retail markets. Bernreuther brings extensive experience in real estate development and investment management to his position. He focuses on identifying new market opportunities, managing stakeholder relationships, and implementing innovative business strategies that strengthen DEFAMA's market position in the German retail real estate sector. His expertise contributes to the company's continued success in developing and managing high-quality commercial properties throughout Germany.
Armando D'Almeida Neto
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations DirectorMultiplan
Brazil
Mr. d’Almeida joined Multiplan in February 2008 as an Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Director. Prior to Multiplan Mr. d’Almeida worked for 27 years in the financial industry. He was the President of BullTick Brasil Consultoria in Brazil from 2006 to 2008, Managing Director of Santander Investments in New York from 2000 to 2005 and Managing Director of Banco Bozano, Simonsen in Brazil from 1997 to 2000.
Carlos Jereissati Filho
Member of the BoardIguatemi S.A
Brazil
Carlos Jereissati Filho grew up in the universe of shopping centers and was always encouraged by his father to be interested in the family business. In 1997, he officially joined Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers and, since then, has held several positions in the group. Since 2005, when he assumed the presidency, he has had the mission of making the company grow, preserving its culture and its DNA. Over the past decade, he led the IPO process and opened several projects.
Cyrille Deslandes
Head of Netherlands, Germany and TurkeyKlépierre
France
Cyrille joined Klépierre in 2014 as Head of M&A. From 2007 he worked for HSBC Investment banking in Paris where he started the M&A real estate team in 2009. Cyrille started his career at Deloitte in France and thereafter in the US doing due diligence for private equity funds.
Cíntia Guimarães
Senior Managing Director, Real EstateCurrently Unaffiliated
Brazil
Cintia is a Senior Managing Director at Ontario Teachers’. Based in São Paulo, she is responsible for the Latin American real estate investment portfolio. Cintia joined Cadillac Fairview / OTPP in 2014 and brings more than 25 years of transactional experience with a focus on M&A and real estate. Before that, she held progressively senior positions at TozziniFreire Advogados in M&A, real estate, and project finance. She holds a Post-MBA Advanced Boardroom Program for Women degree from Saint Paul Escola de Negócios, a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Comparative Jurisprudence from the New York University School of Law, and a Juris Doctor (JD) degree with a concentration in Private Law and Civil Procedure from the University of São Paulo.
Dariusz Kunik
Head of TransactionsMETRO Properties AG
Germany
His professional career in real estate and finance began in 2007. He has a successful track-record in preparation, structuring and execution of property & share transactions across the world (i.a. Germany, India, Spain, Turkey, China, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Croatia, Egypt, Hungary, Romania, Portugal, Austria, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, France, the Netherlands). His responsibilities include inter alia: transaction management; leadership of international/multicultural teams; portfolio and asset management; lease contract negotiations; implementation of due diligence processes, financial analyses and investment research. He has profound knowledge and experience in the asset classes wholesale, retail, office and logistics.
Fabio Adegas Faccio
CEOLojas Renner
Brazil
Fabio Adegas Faccio is CEO of Lojas Renner S.A., which comprises the brands Renner, Camicado, Youcom, Ashua and a Realize financial institution. He has a degree in Business Administration from PUC / SP, an MBA in Finance from FGV / SP and a degree from Harvard. The executive joined the company as a trainee in 1999 and has a professional trajectory strongly linked to the growth of the company, which registered a net profit of R $ 1.1 billion in 2019 and is present in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.
Gonzalo Robina
CEOFibra UNO
Mexico
Mr. Gonzalo Pedro Robina Ibarra serves as Chief Executive Officer of Fibra Uno. He has over 30 years of experience in the real estate sector. Before joining Fibra Uno, he was founder and Chairman of MexFund Private Investmetn Fund created in 2007. He was Chairman of Fenix Capital Group, a real estate fund owned by Deutsche Bank with over 7,000 real estate assets in Mexico and 14,000 properties under its management.
John Wilkinson
CEOGreenman
Ireland
John Wilkinson is CEO and founding member of Greenman. John has over 15 years’ experience in real estate development and investment. Since managing the company from 2005, John gained a significant expertise in the selection, funding, purchase and management of German food and non-food retail warehousing. Since forming Greenman, the company has acquired and manages real estate projects to a value of €900m including Greenman OPEN, Germany’s largest grocery focused retail RE fund. John is currently leading the execution of Greenman’s European expansion, with the target of acquiring c.€175m of grocery dominated retail real estate in France and Spain during 2020.
Jorge Gomez
CEOOuest
Mexico
Mexican businessman with experience in evaluation, development and generation of projects in the real estate sector for more than 15 years. He has undertaken important projects together with internationally recognized firms such as Sanaa (Sejima + Nishizawa y Asociados), Herzog & de Meuron and SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill). His career includes a wide variety of residential, tourist, urbanization and infrastructure projects, mainly in the States of Jalisco and Nayarit (Punta de Mita). He is currently developing “Distrito la Perla”; World-class mixed-use project, located on the site of the Old Kodak Plant in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area.
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund ManagementTangor Capital (Family Office)
Portugal
João Lélis joined Sonae Sierra in 2004 as an investment analyst, later becoming Director of the Fund Management business. As member of the executive team, current responsibilities include management of the real estate funds co-owned by Sonae Sierra, of the direct investments outside Iberia and transaction support. Prior to Sonae Sierra, João was a consultant with McKinsey & Company and also with Arthur Andersen. João completed the INSEAD – Advanced Management Programme in 2018 and the INSEAD - International Executive Programme in 2010. He also holds an MBA from the Yale University School of Management (2002) and a BS in Management from Faculdade de Economia do Porto (1997).
Larissa Jacobson
VP, RetailQuadReal Property Group
Canada
Larissa Jacobson has been with QuadReal since February 2018. As Vice President, Retail Leasing, Larissa is responsible for overseeing an active leasing portfolio of 2.8 million square feet in Western Canada consisting of enclosed shopping centres, open centres and developments under construction and in the planning stages. Larissa completed her executive MBA at the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University in 2017. Larissa was formerly with Bentall Kennedy as Director of Leasing responsible for over 2 million square feet for 10 years. Larissa began her career at CB Richard Ellis in 2002.
Liad Barzilai
Founder & CEOCurrently Unaffiliated
Israel
Liad was appointed as Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer on 21 December 2016 and took over the role of Group Chief Executive Officer on 23 February 2017. Liad was previously with the Atrium Group from 2008 until November 2015, latterly in the position of Group Chief Investment Officer responsible for the Group’s pipeline of acquisitions and divestments, and from November 2015 until his appointment to Atrium held the role of Chief Investment Officer with Gazit-Globe. Liad has a B.A. in Business Economics & Management from Guilford Glazer School of Business & Management, Ben-Gurion University and an MBA from Reccanati Business School, Tel Aviv University.
Luis Cantú
CEOCaspian Investment Management
Mexico
Luis Cantu is a founding partner and serves as CEO of Seris Retail Holdings, a Mexico City and metropolitan area-focused retail property investment and management firm that has invested US$100 million since 2017. Seris Retail Holdings is backed by Calzada Capital Partners, a US-based private equity firm with over US$8.5 billion under management. Before founding Seris in 2017, Mr. Cantu was de COO for the retail development arm of Abilia and was responsible for the development of over 250,000 square meters of retail space and the successful sale of its largest retail development to Fibra Shop.
Luis Pereda
ChairmanGrupo Lar
Spain
Luis Pereda Espeso is Executive Chairman of Grupo Lar, a Spanish developer and investor currently active in Europe and Latin America, and manager of Spanish REIT Lar España Real Estate. Luis has a BA in Law and a BS in Econometrics from the University of Madrid, and postgraduate degrees from IESE, MIT and Harvard. He is Professor of Management at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Advisor to the Board of Grupo Barceló and Member of the Advisory Board of GED Fund Management.
Marco Mutti
Managing DirectorForuminvest
Italy
Marco Mutti is the Managing Director of Foruminvest Italia srl , a property investment and development company since the company’s incorporation in 2004. With over 25 years of development experience in the commercial real estate sector, 4 years in Cushman & Wakefield as advisor of major of international retail groups, 4 years in AIG Lincoln as development director, he is also the president of the team who won the Italian championship of Football.
Misael Shimizu
CEOThe Real Plaza
Peru
Misael Shimizu is the Vicepresident of Real Estate at Intercorp Retail since 2012 and Head of Real Estate at Intercorp since 2020. He also serves as a Partner at Nexus Group, a private equity firm in Peru, which he joined in 2005. Prior to this, he was an Associate Consultant with Apoyo Consultoria (Lima, Peru). Mr. Shimizu received a Bachelor degree in Economics from Universidad del Pacífico (Lima, Perú) and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH).
Neel Raheja
Group PresidentK Raheja Corp
India
Neel Raheja began his odyssey with the family empire at the young age of 18. With a strong background in finance, Neel over the last 17 years, has piloted the diversification of the Group’s business from real estate development to retail and hospitality. He has been instrumental in setting up premium hotels in the country e.g The Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre, J W Marriott Hotel Juhu & Sahar, Whitefield Marriott, Bengaluru & Westin, Hyderabad. Neel also established the K Raheja Corp’s retail brands Shoppers Stop, Inorbit Mall, Crossword & HyperCity. Perceiving the need for intelligent work spaces, he then brought to life ‘Mindspace’ IT Parks across India currently present in Malad, Mumbai, HITEC City, Hyderabad & Airoli, Navi Mumbai.
Paola Macchi
Europe Real Estate DirectorValentino spa
Italy
Paola is the current Europe Real Estate Director of Valentino. Since 2002 Paola Macchi was the Real Estate Director of Dolce & Gabbana, responsible for the European Region. Previously, she was head of the high street retail department of JLL in Italy. Paola is graduated in Business Economy at Bocconi University in Milan.
Roger Wade
Founder and CEOBoxpark
United Kingdom
Roger Wade is the Founder and CEO of Boxpark. After graduating from University, Roger started Boxfresh, the original British Streetwear brand in 1989. He grew the Boxfresh brand from a market stall, to an International Brand selling in over 12 different countries. In 2005, Roger sold the Boxfresh to Pentland Brands and formed his own Brand Consultancy, Brands Incorporated, specialising in the development, financing and licensing of UK Fashion Brands. In 2010, Roger founded and created the World’s 1st Pop Up Mall, Boxpark Shoreditch. In 2015 Boxpark launched Boxpark Croydon its first Food and Drink only retail concept, and in 2018 launched Boxpark Wembley, a new Fanzone for Wembley Stadium and Arena visitors.
Ruy Kameyama
CEOBR Malls
Brazil
Ruy Kameyama is currently CEO of BrMalls, having been one of the founding executives of the company, initially in the M&A area, and for the past 9 years COO of the company. Before joining BRMalls, he worked in the new business area at Spoleto Franchising and was an associate at the investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort. He holds a degree in economics from IBMEC-Rio de Janeiro and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Sascha Wilhelm
CEOx+bricks SA
Luxembourg
Sascha M. Wilhelm launched the real estate company x+bricks Group in 2018. The investor specialized in grocery-anchored properties, focuses on the purchase of portfolios and individual properties in German cities. The Group has internalized the entire value chain and has a clear focus on digitalization and process optimization. Therefore, x+bricks has developed the software solution PATA ® for real estate analyses. Prior Sascha was CEO of Corestate Capital Group until April 2018. Sascha studied law at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (LMU) and obtained an MBA in International Real Estate Management in Germany, London and Zurich.
Umberto Trussoni
CIOKlépierre
France
Executive with close to 20 years of extensive international experience in private equity investments and operations. With a main focus on real estate, I analyzed, executed and managed projects across all property types, capital structures and investment strategies.
Volker Kraft
Managing PartnerECE Real Estate Partners GmbH
Germany
Managing Partner at ECE Real Estate Partners, Volker sets the firm's strategy. ECE manages €10Bn+ in assets, primarily in European shopping centers and hotels. Before ECE, he was Director at Allianz Capital Partners, involved in management and investment committees. From 2009-15, he served on DDR Corp.'s Board, a US open-air shopping center leader. In 2014, he joined Aliansce Sonae's Board, Brazil's top mall developer & operator, and since 2022, he's on Deutsche EuroShop AG’s Board, Germany's sole public firm investing only in shopping centers. Holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in finance from University of St. Gallen.
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