2009: opening of four important shopping centers and the arrival of a new Chief Executive Officer
At a time characterized by economic and financial crisis, IGD continues with its programmed investments and opens important new shopping centers: at the beginning of April the Tiburtino shopping center, just outside of Rome, was inaugurated and in May the Katanè shopping center in Gravina, near Catania, opened its doors. In June the shopping center Le Maioliche in Faenza was inaugurated and IGD acquired it the following October, while the last year opening is made just before Christmas, with the inauguration of the shopping center I Bricchi in Isola d'Asti.
In Romania the strategy to stimulate and reconfigure the traffic in the Winmarkt Magazine centers is being implemented resulting in an agreement with Domo in the small appliances sector, followed by an agreement with Carrefour and MiniMax Discount in the food products sector.
On 30 April Claudio Albertini became the new Chief Executive Officer; the new CEO inherits the Group from Filippo Carbonari who was at the helm for the last five years. The choice of Claudio Albertini, who already served as a Director of IGD as well as a manager of the UGF Group, reflects the desire to ensure continuity while also increasing the focus on IGD’s role as an aggregator and facilitator in the development of the cooperative segment within the real estate sector.




