Balmain asset management and BSC Real Estate Advisors became partners of Retail Institute

Two advisory companies, operating in commercial properties’ sector: Balmain Asset Management and BSC Real Estate Advisors became Partners of Retail Institute (RI). New members will be reporting centres’ data, for the purpose of Retail Institute research, from Tristan Capital Partners portfolio, Galeria Emka in Koszalin, Galeria Pomorska in Bydgoszcz, Centrum Galardia in Starachowice and Galeria Panorama in Poznań.

New companies and shopping centres join the research of footfall, turnovers, OCR and affordability prepared by Retail Institute (RI). Balmain Asset Management and BSC Real Estate Advisors became new Partners of the Institute, who highly evaluate quality of analysis published by RI. New members will be reporting centres’ data, for the purpose of Retail Institute research, from Tristan Capital Partners portfolio, Galeria Emka in Koszalin, Galeria Pomorska in Bydgoszcz, Centrum Galardia in Starachowice and Galeria Panorama in Poznań. Additionally, experts from both companies will be sharing their knowledge and experience on retail market during events, discussion panels and in publications prepared by Retail Institute.

Anna Szmeja, Retail Institute CEO, said:

Over 120 shopping centres already joined the Retail Institute project. We expect next 10 to join us in the near future. All this will allow us to prepare even more detailed analysis of retail market, also in the local aspects. We base our analysis on three main criteria: size of shopping centre, its location and type of offer. Retail Institute, as only organization in Poland, monitors the influence of Sunday trade ban on results achieved by shopping centres. It is very important for us to deliver honest and current data to our Partners. Only then it has the real impact on decisions made by them. We are really happy for Balmain Asset Management and BSC Real Estate Advisors to join our Institute and I am sure this cooperation will result in new, common initiatives to be undertaken.

Paul Cawood, Partner of BSC Real Estate Advisors and Non-executive Director of Balmain Asset Management, said:

We are delighted to partner with Retail Institute which provides market-leading intelligence on retail sales and footfall across Poland. The sample is now significant and provides a wide view of national and regional averages and market movement which helps us advise our client base armed with a first class benchmark.

BSC Real Estate Advisors is a fully independent commercial real estate advisory firm covering the Polish & CEE markets. The Company was formed in March 2017 through the merger of the advisory businesses of ‘’Balmain Asset Management’ and ‘Sharman Church’. BSC Real Estate Advisors now provide clients with a complete set of service lines across all commercial property sectors including offices, retail, investment, industrial and property management. Balmain Asset Management continues to trade as a completely separate entity continuing its focus on Asset and Investment Management.

The Executive Board of BSC Real Estate Advisors comprises: Jason Sharman (Managing Partner) who runs Capital Markets, Office Agency and Industrial Agency; Paul Cawood (Partner) who leads the Retail Leasing team and Tim Rylance (Partner) who oversees Property Management, Management Accounts and Project and Technical Services.

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