Property investment in Europe’s retail sector has risen 16% year on year in terms of total transaction volume, surpassing 24.6 billion euros so far this year, according to Savills .

This figure places activity 3% above the average for the past five years (for the period from the first to the third quarter).

The firm notes that the retail resurgence is spreading ‘across the board’ across the continent. Shopping centres have regained prominence, accounting for 30% of total investment volume since the start of the year, compared with 26% in the same period in 2024. This increase is primarily due to a higher number of large-scale transactions and the return of institutional capital to these assets.

According to Savills, the fundamentals of the European retail market are improving ‘steadil

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