Splurge of spring successes at Queensberry Real Estate’s Friars Walk (UK)

Queensberry Real Estate has announced that five new retail and leisure brands will soon be opening their doors at Friars Walk. The €150m (£117m) shopping and restaurant destination ...

CBRE acquires two prime retail assets in Madrid (ES)

CBRE Global Investment Partners, in joint venture with IBA Capital Partners, has acquired two prime high street retail assets in Madrid; the ABC Serrano Shopping Centre on Serrano Street and a high ...

Pramerica acquires London retail property (UK)

Pramerica Real Estate Investors has acquired an eight-unit retail property on London’s Fulham Road in Chelsea for a reported sum of £45m.   The eight-unit, 2,385m2 property ...

Immochan and CBRE Global Investors acquire Alegro Setúbal shopping centre (PT)

Immochan and Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC), represented by CBRE Global Investors, have acquired the Alegro Setúbal shopping centre in Portugal.   The transaction is the latest ...

AshbyCapital secures £53m financing for Morfa Retail Park, Swansea (UK)

AshbyCapital has secured a £53m (€68.8m) loan facility from Deutsche Hypo for Morfa Retail Park in Swansea. The financing follows the acquisition of the retail park by AshbyCapital’s ...

BRC/Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor records best performance in two years (UK)

Retail customer footfall in the UK in January was up 1.2% up on a year ago, significantly above the 2.2% deline seen in December, and its best performance since January 2014 (excluding Easter ...

CBRE and Universal-Investment acquire Lion Walk Shopping centre, Essex (UK)

CBRE Global Investors and Universal-Investment have completed the acquisition of Lion Walk Shopping Centre in Colchester, Essex, UK, on behalf of German fundBayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK) from ...

Union Investment opens first phase of Grands Prés shopping centre expansion (BE)

The Grand Prés shopping centre in Mons is the largest retail complex in the Walloon region, Belgium. Following a construction period of almost 14 months, the first phase of a two-stage project ...

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