Linz
St. Pölten
Vienna
Eisenstadt
Salzburg
Graz
Klagenfurt
Austria, the vacancy rate fell by 1.1 to 3.0 percentage points in the inner city retail locations and by 2.0 to 2.8 percentage points at prime locations. Prime locations represent an above-average share of the total inner city space with 83,500 sqm of the total 141,500 sqm. New to the city are the McFit and FITINN fitness chains as well as the Trzesniewski delicatessen shop. The extensive refurbishment of the three central shopping centres – the Linzerie, Atrium and Passage – will be an important factor for the overall market. As an important frequency bringer, they play a key role for the inner city retail businesses. The neighbouring sections of the Landstrasse can only benefit to a limited extent from these projects. The street scene here is overshadowed by a number of larger vacan- cies, especially in the southern part of the
shopping axis. In contrast, development in the sections of the Landstrasse close to the main square is positive as a result of traffic calming and other plans for improvement. Difficult development in Innsbruck Vacancies in the retail location Innsbruck rose sharply during 2024/25: With an increase from 2.4 to 5.4 percentage points, performance in the prime locations was even weaker than the city where vacancies rose by 1.1 to 5.0 percentage points. And these numbers still do not reflect the complete situation because the exit of Media Markt from Kaufhaus Tyrol is not yet included. Together with this factor, the vacancy rate would equal roughly 7.8 per cent according to S+M City Retail Austria.
exceeds the pre-corona level. The main beneficiaries are the hot spots surrounding the Goldene Dachl, like the Herzog-Fried- rich-Strasse, and the gastronomy sector in general, while the Maria-Theresien-Strasse, which is more important for the location, is primarily frequented by local consumers. The city should benefit in the coming years from improvements for pedestrians and cyclists as well as an increase in the attractiveness of areas like the Bozner Square.
On a positive note, tourism in the Tyro- lian capital has recovered and currently
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