2006 is a record year for investment in shopping centres in Italy, with 26 new malls opening and a further million m[sup]2[/sup] coming within the next year, said Thomas Casolo and Piero Cangelutti, managers of the multinational real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.
Swiss real estate group Investis has boosted its real estate holdings with the CHF 139 mln (€149 mln) purchase of prime residential properties in Vaud canton.
