March 2019

RATISBONA Asset Management (RAM), an investment and asset management firm specialising in real estate for food retailers, has purchased a total of 18 properties for its RATISBONA Handelsimmobilien Core Plus fund in the six months since its launch.

For the first time in its almost 140-year history, the globally active Duty Free company Gebr. Heinemann will undergo major structural changes across its entire organization to enable and strengthen global agility and overall strategy.

Comprehensive offer of Galeria Chełm in Poland, the Acteeum and Equlis joint venture, has been enriched with further four brands. Esotiq, Play, Kantor Promes and ecological laundry will join the tenants’ pool of the first shopping center in Chełm. The new brands will expand the shopping offer and provide an opportunity to meet the customers’ everyday needs in a modern and friendly environment.

The Bullring Estate, Birmingham’s iconic shopping destination that comprises the Bullring, Grand Central, and Link Street, is hosting an awe-inspiring Festival of Light, running from Friday 1st March to Sunday 10th March.

The St David’s Partnership, owners of St David’s in Cardiff, one of the UK’s premier retail and leisure destinations, has announced a newly upsized store for Danish shoe retailer, ECCO. The brand has moved to a new store on Upper Grand Arcade near John Lewis.

LabTech, owner of Camden Market, has unveiled plans for the redevelopment of Buck Street Market, due to launch in Summer 2019. Comprising 52 recycled shipping containers, Buck Street, will expand on Camden’s retail and dining offer for local visitors.

Ascencio and Sagax, real estate companies listed respectively on Euronext Brussels and Nasdaq Stockholm Large Cap stock exchanges, were accepted last Thursday for inclusion in the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Europe Index, following the quarterly index review. The effective date of the inclusion is 18 March 2019.

A new independent American-Italian restaurant, Smoke and Dough, is to open its first location in the UK on Liverpool ONE’s Terrace, overlooking Chavasse Park. The 7,000 sq ft venue will include 150 covers and feature a late-night bar of 50 covers with an exclusive outdoor seating area.

IMMOFINANZ’s portfolio concentration on office and retail properties and the clear brand policy are producing sustainable success: The occupancy rate in the standing investment portfolio continued to improve in 2018 and, at 95.8%*, reached a new record level in the company’s history. That represents an increase of 1.6 percentage points year-on-year or 6.2 percentage points over the past two years.

The Austrian company IMMOFINANZ is continuing the expansion of its STOP SHOP retail park chain in Serbia with its tenth STOP SHOP retail park, located in Sremska Mitrovica. The official ground-breaking ceremony took place today and was attended by Vladimir Sanader, the Mayor of the City of Sremska Mitrovica, and Joško Piteša, Operations Manager Serbia for IMMOFINANZ.

Farfetch Limited, the leading global technology platform for the luxury fashion industry, and Harrods, the world’s most famous department store, have announced a strategic partnership which will see the two companies work together to provide Harrods global e-commerce platform.

Atrium European Real Estate announces its full year results for 2018.