CBRE appoints Carmen Ravon as Head of Retail Occupiers for CEE region

CBRE continues to strengthen its operations in all ten countries of the CEE region and appoints Carmen Ravon, currently leading the CBRE Romania’s Retail team, to coordinate the retailer’s expansion in the entire CEE region as Head of Retail Occupiers.

With more than 15 years of experience in retail real estate, Carmen Ravon has successfully and repeatedly signed lease contracts with international top occupiers such as: Peek & Cloppenburg, Inditex Group, Decathlon, H&M, C&A, Hervis, LC Waikiki, DM, Lidl, Sephora, Adidas, Mango, Jysk, KFC, McDonalds, Starbucks, Office Shoes, and many more.

Carmen Ravon is also the artisan of the new Omnichannel business line, CBRE Romania being the first real estate company that launched Omnichannel services to assist retailers on their expansion on the logistics sector. In her new CEE role, Carmen will also work closely with the Industrial & Logistics teams, as ecommerce development involves supply chain and logistics investments in all CEE markets.

“We are witnessing some challenging times and retail is changing faster than ever, from shopping center experiences to ecommerce expansion. Just to have a global perspective: the ecommerce penetration will push online sales to $3.9 trillion by 2025, meaning 4 times larger than in 2015.  With the knowledge of CEE Retail teams, we will support retail occupiers in taking profitable decisions for their business, by expanding in CEE regions that benefits from a stable economic climate, advantageous fiscal conditions, educated workforce and, most importantly, increasing spending power. I saw how all the Retail Occupiers that entered in CEE countries based on strategic expansion plans had been very successful and now, given the supply chain disruptions, retailers are exploring to open logistic facilities in CEE region, to support offline and online sales,“ said Carmen Ravon, Head of Retail Occupiers CEE.