intu acquires remaining 50% of Merry Hill estate for £410m (UK)

intu properties plc has exchanged contracts with the Queensland Investment Corporation to acquire the remaining 50% of the Merry Hill estate for £410m (€527.43m) before expenses. This ...

Blackstone acquires Blanchardstown Centre (IE)

Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe IV has acquired Blanchardstown Centre, one of Ireland’s leading retail and leisure destinations from Green Property.    Blanchardstown Centre is ...

Hunter UK Retail Trust completes £21.3m high street spree (UK)

Hunter Real Estate Investment Managers (‘Hunter’) has completed a further £21.3m (€27.4m) of acquisitions in its Hunter UK Retail Trust. Comprising assets in Aberdeen, ...

pbb and HSBC provide financing for Valad Europe’s Janki Shopping Centre in Warsaw (PL)

pbb and HSBC have jointly underwritten an investment and development facility totalling €117m for the Valad Polish Retail Fund, which is managed by Valad Europe, part of Cromwell Property ...

Slight growth in German retail in 2016

The study "GfK Retail Turnover 2016" is a prognosis of point-of-sale turn-over in Germany. According to the new study, Germany's 2016 stationary retail turnover will amount to €411.3bn. GfK's ...

C&W assists Sierra Fund in Iberian shopping centre transaction

Cushman & Wakefield has assisted the Sierra Fund in the sale of three regional shopping centres in Portugal and Spain, to an investment vehicle which is the result of a strategic partnership ...

Sheffield Retail Quarter brings Queensberry Real Estate on board (UK)

Sheffield City Council has selected a regeneration specialist to help it transform the fortunes of the city centre. It has chosen Queensberry Real Estate as the preferred bidder as Strategic ...

Focus Estate Fund acquires Galeria Sandomierz (PL)

Focus Estate Fund has acquired Galeria Sandomierz retail centre in south-eastern Poland, from Euro Real Estate Investments LLP. The buyer was represented by Cushman & Wakefield and JLL acted on ...

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