Paris, France: The shortlist of the world's best retail real estate projects, brands and concepts is out. MAPIC has announced the finalists for this year's MAPIC Awards, the annual programme celebrating excellence, innovation and creativity in the retail real estate sector. Winners will be announced at a gala awards ceremony during MAPIC on 3 November 2026 in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes.
The MAPIC Awards 2026 finalists are:
Most Exciting Retail Brand
- Lefties, Spanish value fashion brand owned by Inditex
- Normal, Danish discount chain selling beauty, personal care and household products at fixed low prices, with more than 1,000 stores across Europe
- POP MART, Chinese designer toy and collectibles company known for blind-box figures
Most Exciting Food & Beverage Brand
- Flat Iron, London steakhouse chain known for its signature flat iron steak at accessible prices
- Honest Greens, Spanish casual restaurant chain serving fresh, healthy, seasonal food
- La Piadineria, Italian fast-casual chain specialising in piadina flatbread sandwiches
Most Exciting Leisure & Entertainment Brand
- Activate, active-gaming venue concept founded in Winnipeg, Canada, where teams play interactive game rooms that combine physical activity with video-game-style challenges
- Meow Wolf, US immersive art and entertainment company creating large-scale, story-led walk-through experiences
- TOCA Social, football-based social entertainment concept combining technology-led gameplay with food and drink
Best New Development Project
- 1364, Diplomatic Quarter, Riyadh - Unified Real Estate Development
- Parma Promenade - Eurofund Group
- Valvert Croix-Blanche Retail Park - Compagnie de Phalsbourg
Best Urban Regeneration Project
- Souq7, Jeddah - Azad Properties
- Bobigny Coeur de Ville - Altarea Commerce
- ChorusLife Bergamo - Costim Real Estate
- Rembrandthof Extension, Stadshart Amstelveen - Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Best Refurbishment Project
- Landquart Fashion Outlet - VIA Outlets
- NEXTOPIA - Siam Piwat
- Vila do Conde Porto Fashion Outlet Expansion - VIA Outlets
Best New Store Concept
- Balabala Xuhui Riverside "Living Your Passion" Pop-Up, Shanghai - Balabala is Semir Group's children's clothing brand and one of China's largest
- Beymen Tersane, Istanbul - Beymen is a Turkish luxury fashion retailer
- COACH Play Shinsaibashi, Osaka - COACH is an American luxury fashion house known for leather goods and accessories
Seven of the ten property finalists are regeneration or refurbishment schemes against three new developments, a calculation of ours, suggests reinvestment in existing assets is where recognition is heading. For owners of ageing schemes, the question is which of these formats fit their space and tenant mix, and what they would cost to deliver.
MAPIC JURORS 2026
- Joanna Fisher, CEO, ECE Marketplaces, jury chair
- Mohammad Alawi, TEAA Holding Company
- Simon Boutigny, La Correspondance de l'Enseigne
- Alexia Delaire, AEW
- Valeria Di Nisio, Eurocommercial Properties
- Carsten Heidtmann, Pandora
- Sebastian Hylving, Ingka Centres
- Caroline Murphy, Siam Piwat
- Valerie Stern, Fast Retailing Group
- Pablo Sueiras, Landsec
- Robert Travers, Cushman & Wakefield
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