01/13/2025

Handelsblatt: Where the city centre beckons

In the Monday, January 13, 2025, edition of Handelsblatt, Michael Scheppe and Florian Kolf present five city centers that are bucking the trend of store closures and dwindling visitor numbers. The Sedelhöfe in Ulm, which were planned and realized by caspar., are also mentioned. “The Sedelhöfe has created an architecturally high-quality urban quarter between the main train station and the pedestrian zone,” says the article, which also quotes Joachim Will, managing director of Ecostra, a consulting firm specializing in retail location development: “The area used to have the character of an inner courtyard (…). Now the Sedelhöfe arouses curiosity and forms the gateway to Ulm.”

Read the full article (paywall):

https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/einzelhandel-diese-innenstaedte-zaehlen-bis-zu-43-prozent-mehr-besucher-02/100088629.html