A size bigger: Location preferences of fashion retailers in the Netherlands

This study combines both interviews as well as quantitative data in order to reveal changing location preferences of fashion retailers in the Netherlands. The aim of this research project is to reveal fundamental changes in the location preferences of fashion retailers in the period 2006-2014, and to understand what kind of implications this...

Retail vacancy in inner cities: The importance of area and object characteristics

Research on the relation between area and object characteristics and retail vacancy in the Netherlands. Area and object characteristics are identified and ranked on importance respectively from the point of view of the consumer and retailer. Research includes expert interviews, a Delphi research, and case studies.

The real estate effects of e-commerce for supermarkets

De relatie tussen online verkoopstrategieën van supermarktorganisaties en winkelvastgoed. Het betreft een onderzoek naar de invloed van e-commerce op de vastgoedbehoefte van supermarktketens. Door middel van interviews zijn de visies van supermarktorganisaties omtrent e-commerce in kaart gebracht en is een beeld geschetst over wat de winkelmarkt...

The consumer electronics market: Electronics stores in an online world

The relationship of online retail strategies and retail real estate.

Organisational Culture and Project Partnering Performance

The influence of organisational culture of the architect and contractor on project partnering performance in design and build contracts.

The influence of city governance processes on the image management of a large-scale development: The Zuidas

Towards a leaner hotel development: Back to basics

The study investigated the bottom line of hotel guest room design from two different angles; qualitative research on mass purchasers and quantitative research on individual hotel guests. The outcome of the researches support the findings of the literature studies that preceded the two filed researches. Finding out the necessary and sufficient...

Relation between plan and reality | Rotterdam Central District, Kruisplein parking garage

The development process between spatial planning and spatial development is characterized by a high degree of complexity. A multitude of actors are involved in the process with different interests. In spatial planning documents objectives are defined by public institutions designed to influence spatial development. During the process actual...

Managing the Future of de Bijenkorf: Towards the Real Estate Management Strategy of a Dutch Upscale Department Store Chain

This master’s thesis is the advisory Real Estate Management Report for the future development strategy of the Dutch upscale department store, de Bijenkorf. Upscale department stores build its characteristic by having invited selected brands, and have specific target group who have higher purchasing power than average, and now de Bijenkorf is the...

City branding: A new start for Dutch city centres?: A research of attractiveness by the cities Hoorn and Roermond.

City branding is one of the new marketing strategies for cities. Citybranding is a comprehensive phenomenon with the main goal of setting out the city with a brand; to profile the city with an identity. The objective of this research is to investigate the phenomenon city branding and to clarify if city branding gives the city a new impulse of...

De toekomst van de bioscoop: Onderzoek naar en ontwikkeling van een nieuw concept voor bioscopen

In het kader van mijn afstuderen aan de afdeling RE&H, onderdeel van de faculteit Bouwkunde aan de TU in Delft, is dit onderzoeksrapport geschreven. De titel van mijn afstudeeronderzoek is: "De toekomst van de bioscoop". Met dit onderzoek is getracht nieuwe concepten aan te bevelen voor de toekomstige bioscopen om hiermee de bioscopen voor de...