The growing need for community-based healthcare is set to create opportunities for the retail sector across Europe, according to new research from CBRE. The firm’s new report draws on data from CBRE’s proprietary European Shopping Centers Performance Index to examine portfolio-level trends across fitness, healthcare and wellness (FHW) categories in retail schemes across Europe.
The amount of floorspace in CBRE’s portfolio occupied by fitness tenants has more than doubled since 2019 and according to the research, assets with FHW occupiers have seen stronger footfall recovery. Between the beginning of 2024 and July 2025, these assets saw average footfall broadly in line with pre-pandemic levels (up 0.1 percent), while assets that lack these occupiers have seen footfall average 4.7 percent lower than 2019 levels.
At a country level, Sweden has been identified as the most developed market, boasting the greatest number of occupiers across the fitness and healthcare ca
