Sell retail in Aachen.

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Aachen's retail leasing market is sharply polarised between a strong prime pitch and weakening secondary streets. The Adalbertstraße is the city's clear number-one location, achieving the highest rents and footfall, with prime high-street rents around EUR40 per square metre per month, while entry rents in 1c and secondary positions begin from roughly EUR10. After several difficult years, brokers report that rents have stabilised and that retailer demand for space in the city centre has been recovering, supported by Aachen's tourism profile, large student population and a cross-border catchment drawing shoppers from neighbouring Belgium and the Netherlands. The defining structural feature of the market is the Aquis Plaza shopping centre, owned and managed by ECE, which opened in October 2015 at the eastern end of the Adalbertstraße. With around 29,000 square metres of lettable space and roughly 130 retail units, the centre concentrates footfall on the eastern axis and is anchored by strong multiples including Saturn, dm, SportScheck and Superdry. Its opening reshaped the city-centre hierarchy: the A-locations west of Peterstraße, such as the Holzgraben, Dahmengraben and Großkölnstraße, have lost considerable market strength and are gradually repositioning toward services, food and beverage and more local uses. For occupiers, the practical consequence is a two-speed market. Prime space on Adalbertstraße and within Aquis Plaza remains sought after and tightly held, so availability there is limited, whereas secondary streets carry higher vacancy and require rent and concept flexibility to attract tenants. Over the coming twelve months, the prime axis should continue to attract national and international multiples, while experiential, gastronomy and service concepts are the most realistic source of demand for the weaker secondary pitches. The main risks remain structural online competition and continued footfall erosion away from the dominant centre-and-high-street core.

Aquis Plaza shopping centre lettable area: 29,000 m²; Number of retail units at Aquis Plaza: 130 shops; Entry rents in 1c and secondary locations: 10 EUR/m²/month (1c / secondary); Prime high-street rent, Adalbertstraße (top 1A location): 40 EUR/m²/month (prime 1A).