2020

Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate (“Warburg-HIH Invest”) just acquired a retail warehouse park, located on Landshuter Strasse in the Bavarian town of Ergoldsbach.

Since early October, further restrictive measures have been imposed in various countries to limit the spread of Covid-19.

Mitiska REIM, the leading specialist investor in European retail parks and convenience centres, has today announced it has secured a €33 million senior debt facility with Erste Group Bank AG for four Romanian retail parks, representing a combined gross leasable area (GLA) of 30,500m2.

One of the most ambitious investment projects – the expansion of the Origo shopping center and the Origo One business centre – is nearing its completion.

Landsec is pleased to announce that Vanessa Simms is to be appointed as its next Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).

Fabrice Bansay (Apsys), Joanna Fisher (ECE), Roberto Zoia (CNCC Italy), Sébastien Vanhoove (Carmila), Matthijs Storm (Wereldhave), Winston Fisher (Area15), Ian Sandford (Eurofund Group) and many more will speak at MAPIC Digital.

Senior appointment sees Hines strengthen its workplace experience and technology offer for tenants in Europe.

The Managing Director of Schwitzke & Partner is going to succeed Christoph Stoll and therefore will be the contact person for regional members and stakeholders of the German Council of Shopping Places.

Finally the time has come: Heinemann Duty Free is a BERliner! With the opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt (BER) last Saturday, nine Heinemann stores will be “ready for take-off” on a total area of around 5,400 square metres.

Sissy Boy, Le Creuset, Marc O’Polo, Wellensteyn and Mephisto are joining the first outlet centre in the Greater Amsterdam area.

The fashion brand Calliope as well as Aurora Jewelry & Watches Stores recently opened their doors at the mall in Zagreb.

The lead directors of the UK foodservice consultancy arm of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) have taken over its management and operation under a mutual agreement that has seen it launched as a new independent enterprise.

HB Reavis project New Nivy City in Bratislava has been awarded the BREEAM ​‘excellent’ Communities certification.

For the repositioning of the ‘Forum Muelheim’, the upper and lower floor (basement) with a total of 14,500 sq.m of the total rental space of around 52,000 sq.m will be comprehensively refurbished by the end of 2023.

Due to the spread of COVID-19, a number of IKEA stores are temporarily closed.

CCC, the leader of the Polish footwear market, with a chain of 76 stores across Romania, will open at the end of next year a store of 800 sq m in Colosseum Mall.

Hines, the international real estate firm, has summed up the performance results of the Outlet Village Belaya Dacha for the three quarters of 2020. According to the numbers, Moscow’s outlet village welcomed +5% more visitors compared to the same period in 2019.

Hammerson plc has announced that it has completed the sale of substantially all of its 50% interest in VIA Outlets to the APG Strategic Real Estate Pool, a mutual fund managed by APG Asset Management N.V., for €307 million (£277m).

Żory is a city with over 60,000 inhabitants that has just acquired a modern shopping mall. On October 22dn this year, at 13, the first, modern shopping and entertainment center Galeria Wiślanka was officially opened.

Redevco is happy to report successful leasing in properties in Berlin, Münster and Rostock. Restaurant chain Vapiano remains a tenant of ALEA 101, the mixed-use property at Berlin’s Alexanderplatz, with offices, apartments, and retail units. A new 10-year lease was concluded for the existing area of around 1,100 m².

Ingka Centres performance over the last 12 months* shows the transformation of its business is succeeding despite the economic and public health challenges posed by Covid-19.