Centro Sicilia

Centro Sicilia is Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s flagship Sicilian asset and the largest shopping centre serving the Catania metropolitan area, operating at Misterbianco along the SS121 corridor that connects Catania to the inland Sicilian provinces. The 55,000-sqm super-regional centre houses approximately 160 stores across two retail levels, anchoring the western entrance to Catania metro where the SS121 meets the A19 Catania-Palermo motorway.

The format runs across two retail levels with a hypermarket anchor on the lower floor and extensive fashion volume across both levels, plus a substantial dining and entertainment cluster. The tenant roster concentrates international vertical apparel volume alongside mid-tier domestic Italian brands, with Apple, Zara, H&M, Primark, and the broader international fashion lineup that materially exceeds the depth available in central Catania urban retail.

Centro Sicilia’s catchment dynamics combine residential dominance with cross-Sicilian regional draw. The Catania metropolitan population provides the principal demand, with the eastern Sicilian provinces of Siracusa, Ragusa, and Enna contributing substantial weekend regional volume that the Catania urban retail map cannot fully absorb. The proximity to Mount Etna tourism flows adds a seasonal traffic layer during peak periods.

Within URW’s Italian portfolio, Centro Sicilia represents the operator’s only Sicilian commitment and the only URW property south of the Naples flagship cluster. The asset complements the operator’s larger northern Italian properties at Carosello and Fiordaliso in Milan metro, providing geographic diversification that the broader URW Italian portfolio otherwise concentrates around the Po valley.