Steen & Strøm is a leading real estate company in retail in Scandinavia with 110 employees. Steen & Strøm specializes in developing and operating shopping centers throughout Scandinavia and today owns 10 shopping centers with attractive locations in large Scandinavian cities, five of which are in Sweden (Emporia in Malmö, Allum in Partille, Marieberg Galleria in Örebro, Kupolen in Borlänge and Galleria Boulevard in Kristianstad), two in Norway (Oslo City and Metro in Lørenskog) and three in Denmark (Field's in Copenhagen, Bruuns Galleri in Aarhus and Bryggen in Vejle). In total, the shopping centers have more than 60 million visits per year.

Christian Brewaeys joined Steen & Strøm in 2017 as Leasing Director for Sweden and Denmark before being promoted to Head of Leasing for the Scandinavian shopping centers in 2021. Prior to that, he held various roles such as Asset Manager, Portfolio Manager Retail and Head of Retail.

"Christian Brewaeys has a strong track record and his 20 years of experience from various positions in the property industry has enabled him to build an extensive Scandinavian leasing network. He has been instrumental in revitalizing our retail mix and ensuring solid growth in the business by implement our operational vision. We are convinced that Christian's strong drive will help strengthen Steen & Strøm's Scandinavian leadership in the shopping center sector," says Jean-Marc Jestin, Chairman of the Board of Klépierre.

"I look forward to starting my new assignment and thank our owners Klépierre and APG for their trust. Steen & Strøm is a strong company with the potential to develop further in the industry, and I look forward to contributing to this development together with my colleagues in Scandinavia. I am convinced that together we will achieve our goal of being the most sustainable platform for trade in 2030," says Christian Brewaeys.

Steen & Strøm, in collaboration with majority owner Klépierre, the European leader in shopping centers, has presented a further developed ESG strategy, Act4Good™, with even more ambitious goals and an expanded scope with new challenges. Act4Good™ has developed in collaboration with a committee of independent experts and focuses on four pillars to help the entire Klépierre Group build the most sustainable platform for trade until 2030.