Tenant mix structure in shopping centres: some empirical analyses from Poland

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this paper is to find an ideal tenant mix structure for the current shopping centres in Upper Silesian Urban Area Region in Poland, taking under consideration consumer preferences and behaviour.

Research Design & Methods: Apart from literature review, empirical research is based on a survey questionnaire. The Analytic Hierarchy Process was applied in the analysis of the data collected.

Findings: The research confirmed that to a great extent the valid tenant mix structure in the surveyed shopping centres meets with friendly attitude of customers. However, there are areas where improvement can increase the visitors’ satisfaction. Moreover, it was proven that shopping remains the main reason for customers’ visits in shopping centres, in spite of extending the offer of this type of places with new functions.

Implications & Recommendations: Real estate managers are recommended to take actions aiming at increasing competitiveness on the market via the extension of the proposed shopping offer and their adjustment to customers’ expectations. For the managers, the results of the conducted research suggest lack of the necessity for radical transformations, and transforming Polish shopping centres into facilities of the fourth and fifth generation, which is slow in Poland, is, as it turns out, not necessarily expected, since customers identify shopping centres mainly with their traditional function.

Contribution & Value Added: The proposed research model and findings can serve as a useful lens within the research of tenant mix structure in shopping centres in other parts of the Poland.

Keywords

Tenant mix, real estate management, shopping centres, shopping mall

Author Biography

Bartłomiej Marona

assistant Professor at the Cracow University of Economics, Faculty of Economics and International Relations, Department of Real Estate and Investment Economics.

PhD in economics in the specialisation of real estate management (2010).

member of European Real Estate Society and American Real Estate Society.

his research focuses on real estate economics and real estate management in the public sector, especially in the area of local government.

he has published over 50 articles, book chapters and papers.

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