NEPI Rockcastle makes its first move outside Central and Eastern Europe with a €252m Bilbao shopping centre
NEPI Rockcastle makes its first move outside Central and Eastern Europe with a €252m Bilbao shopping centre

NEPI Rockcastle, Europe's third-largest listed retail real estate company by portfolio value, has acquired MegaPark Barakaldo in Bilbao for a net cash consideration of €252m, with a gross ...

Aareal Bank lifts exposure to €334m as Lighthouse folds two more malls into Spanish Nexus Portfolio
Aareal Bank lifts exposure to €334m as Lighthouse folds two more malls into Spanish Nexus Portfolio

Aareal Bank AG has arranged a €128m top-up facility for Lighthouse Properties plc, allowing the JSE-listed mall investor to bring two newly acquired Spanish shopping centres onto the same ...

Time Out Market's London flagship to open at historic Piccadilly Circus site in 2028
Time Out Market's London flagship to open at historic Piccadilly Circus site in 2028

Nearly six decades after it was born in London, Time Out is coming home. The company has confirmed plans for Time Out Market London, its first ever London venue and new global flagship, set to open ...

El Corte Inglés pushes Sfera past 547 stores as franchise-led expansion accelerates
El Corte Inglés pushes Sfera past 547 stores as franchise-led expansion accelerates

Sfera, the fashion and accessories chain owned by El Corte Inglés, is proving that Spain's largest department store group can still move fast in fashion retail. In the financial year to 28 ...

FU.Life signs long-term lease for 217 serviced apartments at Boulevard Berlin as more than half of repositioned space is already let
FU.Life signs long-term lease for 217 serviced apartments at Boulevard Berlin as more than half of repositioned space is already let

One of Berlin's most recognisable high-street shopping destinations is reinventing itself in real time, and the deal just signed is the clearest indicator yet of how far that reinvention has ...

Focus Estate Fund appoints Nhood for specialty leasing across its Polish portfolio
Focus Estate Fund appoints Nhood for specialty leasing across its Polish portfolio

Nhood has landed a mandate that speaks directly to how retail landlords are now thinking about value creation in a tightening consumer environment. The company's Poland team will provide Specialty ...

Europe's retail middle market is vanishing, and six more names just proved it
Europe's retail middle market is vanishing, and six more names just proved it

European retail is not experiencing a uniform decline, it is being pulled apart at the seams. Retail and consumer goods remains the most distressed corporate sector in Europe, and according to PwC ...

Next prepares an early-stage bid for a struggling Harvey Nichols, and its store estate is the real prize
Next prepares an early-stage bid for a struggling Harvey Nichols, and its store estate is the real prize

Britain's most acquisitive high street retailer has set its sights on its most ambitious target yet. Next is reportedly drawing up plans to make an offer for luxury department store chain Harvey ...