Every year NCSC, Nordic Council of Shopping Center, arrange a Nordic competition. The nominated centers for this year´s competition were Bruun's Galleri in Denmark, Täby Centrum in Sweden and Vestkanten Storsenter in Norway.

The nominated centers were already national winners 2014. The prize ceremony was held at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki on the evening of April 15 during a gala dinner including the Nordicshopping center industry.

The new challenge prize "Nordic Star",designed and produced by MK Illumination, was handed out by 2014 years winner Gulskogen, Norway, to Täby Centrum in Sweden, the Best Nordic Shopping Center 2015.

The Nordic jury's winner motivation:
”The winning shopping center has a strong holistic perspective. It begins on the square or in the well-designed garage and continues with a complete mix of tenants in are cognizable clustering. Even the invisible connection between the new and the old parts is nicely done. The customers feel cared for with good seating areas, a nice family room and well-designed restrooms. Joint education for all employees in the shops results in a united warm and service oriented attitude, that gives the customers trust. ”Retail is in the detail” gets a whole new meaning here. Everything is done for the convenience and wellbeing of the customers. The result is shown in footfall, local penetration and in overall turnover. They have succeeded!”

The jury's judgement is, as last year, based on six main criteria's, which have been given different importance factors. The main criteria’s are:
Accessibility 15 %, Content 20 %, Architecture 20 %, Management 15 %, Marketing 15 % and Financials 15 %.

These criteria’s are judged on a scale from 1-5 and the result is finally compared with the whole jury’s overall and emotional impression of each Shopping Center.

Previous winners are:
2009 Forum Nacka, Sweden
2010 Oslo City, Norway
2011 Sandvika Storsenter, Norway
2012 Grand Samarkand, Sweden
2013 Väla Centrum, Sweden
2014 Gulskogen, Norway

FACTS/ NCSC
NCSC, Nordic Council of Shopping Centers, is the association for the shopping center industry in the Nordic countries.The aim is to continuously develop the Nordic shopping center market and strengthen the industry's status as a professional and strong player in the community. The 1 200 members encompasses all sides of the industry, from developers to tenants and suppliers as well as city planners.