C&W ties up with ICSC for retail market intelligence

In a bid to enhance access to in-depth retail market intelligence, world’s lead property advisor Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) and global trade association of the shopping centre industry have announced their alliance on Wednesday, a release said here.

The global partnership agreement will give scope for the latest thought leadership and industry education opportunities for ICSC’s 60,000+ global membership.

“Expanding our global offerings continues to be an important initiative for ICSC,” said Michael P Kercheval, president and CEO, ICSC.  “This partnership solidifies that we have been successful to this point in our global efforts. More importantly, partnering with a globally recognised firm the calibre of C&W will help propel our efforts on a global scale even further through enhanced research, networking, and deal making initiatives,” he said

The agreement will see long term partners, Cushman & Wakefield and ICSC, work together on improving access to and promotion of quality research, as they have done with the European Shopping Centre database; industry education events; market expertise and recruitment as well as the marketing of significant retail properties and tenant mandates.

However, Carlo Barel di Sant’Albano, executive chairman at C&W said: “At Cushman & Wakefield we have the scale and expertise to help retailers, investors and landlords succeed in this dynamic sector right across the globe whether in luxury retail, main streets, shopping centres or out of town (suburban).  It is an honour for us to be ICSC’s first Global Partner and this landmark agreement further reinforces Cushman & Wakefield’s position at the Centre of Global Retail.”

Through the first global partnership of its kind, two of the retail industry’s leading real estate names, C&W and ICSC, are joining forces throughout the year at every major show globally including RECon Asia; RECon Latin America; the European Conference; RECon, the largest gathering of industry professionals held annually in Las Vegas; in addition to Regional ICSC Deal Making events such as  Chicago, New York and Whistler, British Columbia and Specialty Conferences like the Open Air Conference, the University of Shopping Centers and VRN.