levels of 2019. After an initial period where tenants were understandably hesitant to enter into new contracts, the activity of improved during 2020 and have new contracts have been renewed and signed with a total increase in the rent on these 131
contracts of 16.6%. Several new international brands have been opened in our centres or are in the process of doing so as The North Face, Nike, Adidas and Starbucks, while existing international retailers including Primark,
Inditex, H&M, Abercrombie and JD Sports have increased their presence.
What about foreign sources?
In France, the recovery has been most marked in
the homewares, electronics,
sports and DIY, while clothing
performed below the levels
Regular. In the last 12 months, the leasing team has made 32 renewals and re-lettings that
generated a 6% increase in rent. As already mentioned, the Swedish portfolio has been more
throughout 2020. Leasing team completed 103 renewals and re-lettings
during the year, producing an increase in
average rent of 4.2%. There have been several important new openings of
shops during autumn: in Valbo, the recent
refurbishment and layout improvement
allowed stores like H&M to be restyling,
The New Yorker and Hemtex. At Elins Esplanad, after cassels' repositioning last
year, there have been new store openings
such as H&M and Nordic Wellness, an important
gym operator that has also recently opened in Bergvik. Clas Ohlson was a
significant addition to Ingelsta Shopping and
opened the new store in February 2021.
We have now successfully built and started
five full format H&M stores, including H&M
Home. In three of these locations, H&M has