September 2020

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Germany has transferred responsibility for the Asset Management division to Bernhard Wünstel as of September 1st, 2020.

The German building services expert, Jörg Balow, is strengthening the top management team of ATP architects engineers Berlin. Together with the architect Niklas Veelken he has been leading the ATP integrated design office and its international team of 20 employees since July 2020. This means that ATP’s special integrated design culture is now also reflected by the management duo in its Berlin office.

Ingka Centres, part of the Ingka Group (which also includes IKEA Retail and Ingka Investments), has acquired the 6X6 building in downtown San Francisco from MSP Property LLP, a company controlled and owned by Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. and TMG Partners.

The popular shopping center is planning a spooky spectacular to delight all ages.

Hammerson has announced the signing of Mrs Chew’s Chinese Kitchen, a new concept from Singaporean restaurateur Ellen Chew, at its flagship destination Grand Central.

Cadogan announces the appointment of Kate Neale as Sustainability Manager.

The long-awaited offline event of the retail real estate market MAPIC Russia 2020 will bring together professionals and industry experts on September 16-18 at Crocus Expo.

Further solidifying its position as the capital’s leading premium fashion and lifestyle outlet centre, London Designer Outlet in Wembley Park has signed further top brands, in deals that were mostly negotiated during the coronavirus lockdown. Police, in its first store in London, and NICCE, in its first stand-alone store, are amongst the top names set to join the line-up at the outlet centre in Wembley Park which has seen strong trading figures since the post-lockdown reopening in June.

Peter Tonstad, CEO of Placewise (formerly Boostcom), announced the company’s name change, complete rebranding and the launch of its new website.

400 MyAuchan stores in the entire Petrom network, in the next five years.

Grand-opening of new retail building on Naundorfer Street 46 with MUSTANG Jeans, NINA VON C. lingerie, and LINDT chocolate.

The Supervisory Board of Vastned, the listed European retail property company focusing on ‘venues for premium shopping’, announces that it has reached the conclusion, jointly with CEO Taco de Groot, that Mr De Groot will step down as CEO as of 1 December 2020.

The appointments of Jon Hale and Mikel Barriola to the Group Board, joining existing Group Board Members Chris Lanksbury, Adrian Griffiths, Tim Partington and Michael Cottam, forms part of Chapman Taylor’s ongoing strategy for successfully transitioning the business leadership to a new generation and ensuring sustainable and successful international growth in the years to come.

RDI, the income focused UK Real Estate Investment Trust, is pleased to announce the disposal of the Schloss-Strassen Center, Berlin for €65.5 million to Benson Elliot, a UK-based private equity real estate fund manager.

Dalton Park Outlet Shopping is delighted to announce that a new Morrisons store will open by the end of the year.

The new location will service the Mid-Atlantic States and current accounts in PA, DE, MD, DC, VA & NC.

Colliers announces the appointment of Tanja Tanczer, previously Senior Consultant in the company, as new Head of Retail. In her new role, she will be responsible for all retail activities of Colliers in Austria.

ECE is restructuring and as of January 1, 2021 will be an integrated group of companies in the real-estate and investment business, offering asset management, development expertise, investment management, and other full-service real estate services under one roof.

Leasing of two large outlets in the Netherlands and the Czech Republic taken on Adelsheim.

Festive decorative lighting provider, MK Illumination, will be participating in the first-ever Virtual Global RLI Awards 2020.