Retail properties

Give your center an identity that brings people back all year

Alvéole installs and manages a beehive and an events program at retail properties. Shoppers have a reason to visit. Tenants have something to talk about. Your on-site team does nothing.

2,200+

Properties across North America, UK & Europe

600+

CRE portfolio partnerships

70+

Cities served

A family with two young girls engaging with a beekeeper at an outdoor Alveole beekeeping event at a Tanger Outlets
More reasons to visit. A center people remember.

Trusted by leading portfolios

Most retail activations happen once and disappear.

Alvéole's beekeepers visit every three weeks. Events run all year. Shoppers follow the hive between visits on a digital platform.
The program compounds over time in a way that a one-off activation never does.
The challenges

What retail property teams deal with most

Soft tenant sales, vacant units, centers that look like every other center, marketing teams stretched too thin, and investors asking harder sustainability questions. These are the five things we hear most from retail property teams.

Retail employees wearing bee antennae headbands smiling together around an Alvéole observation hive at an indoor beekeeping event, Skyview mall

Foot traffic

Shoppers who come for an event stay longer and spend more time in front of tenants. A recurring program gives them a specific reason to show up, month after month.

An Alveole beekeeper showing a honeycomb frame to a woman at an outdoor event table

Vacant space

When a prospect asks what makes this center different, your leasing team needs a real answer. A working beehive and a live event calendar is one they can actually point to.

Two custom-branded Alvéole honey jars for Warrington Residential and Grosvenor, nestled in a houseplant

Standing out

A rooftop beehive isn't something a competitor can spin up overnight. It becomes part of the center's identity in a way that a rebrand or a new lounge simply doesn't.

Screenshot of the Alveole Nature Agent promotional toolkit page in English, showing downloadable workshop and marketing materials

Marketing team capacity

Every program comes with photos, social content, event copy, and signage built around your calendar. Your team promotes.

Horizontal screenshot of the Alveole Nature Agent portfolio dashboard in English, showing a US map with pinned properties and asset list

Sustainability reporting

Biodiversity and engagement data aligned to GRESB, CSRD, and TNFD. Numbers you can use in an investor conversation, not just a commitment on a webpage.

What you get

What the program actually delivers

Foot traffic & tenant sales

Recurring events bring shoppers back throughout the year, which means more time in front of tenants and shows up where it counts.

Leasing differentiation

A live hive and active event calendar give prospective tenants something real to point to, not just a promise.

Ready-to-use marketing

Photos, social content, and event copy built around your programming calendar so your team promotes rather than builds from scratch.

Sustainability reporting

Biodiversity and engagement data aligned to GRESB, CSRD, and TNFD, not just a commitment on paper.

Group of young people gathered around an Alvéole instructor at an indoor demo and workshop, handling honeycomb and beekeeping materials
The program

Fully managed across your communities

Beehives and pollinator gardens

Installed on rooftops or at property entrances, maintained on a fixed schedule by our beekeepers. Visible to anyone walking by.

Year-round public events and activations

Honey harvests, beekeeper visits, and seasonal workshops. Our team plans and runs everything. You get the calendar.

Engagement platform (MyHive)

A digital hub where shoppers and tenants follow the hive, sign up for events, and stay connected between visits.

Branded honey jars

Custom-labeled honey from your property's hive for events, leasing tours, and retail tenant gifting.

Marketing toolkit

Photos, social content, event copy, and signage. Built around your calendar, ready from day one.

Biodiversity data and sustainability reporting

Participation rates, pollinator counts, and environmental data by property. Formatted for GRESB, CSRD, TNFD, and investor reporting.

A Tanger Outlets branded beehive surrounded by lavender in front of a Tanger Outlets building on a sunny day
No extra work for your team.
Scale

The same program across every property in your portfolio

Alvéole runs the same program across every property in your portfolio, adapting to each site while keeping operations, reporting, and the tenant experience consistent.

70+

Cities across the US, Canada, UK, and Europe

2,200+

Properties under management

600+

CRE portfolio partnerships including Brookfield, Nuveen,BGO & Hines

94%

Resident satisfaction rate across Alvéole properties

See what a year-round program looks like for your centers.