January 2021

In November 2020, the architect Christopher Hammerschmidt joined the top management team of ATP architects engineers, Frankfurt. He is now leading the 70 employees of the ATP Group’s design office in Frankfurt am Main alongside the construction engineer and BIM expert Harald Stieber.

PFM Intelligence Group, the Netherlands headquartered specialist technology and communications company, has announced the acquisition of CoreTech Solutions, the market leading IT infrastructure provider to the UK retail property sector, for an undisclosed sum.

SPAR Poland has added two EUROSPAR stores in Bydgoszcz to its retail portfolio, bringing total store numbers in the market to 225. The new supermarkets are located in the city centre and offer customers a large variety of fresh food.

AB Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), a subsidiary of Hufvudstaden, has reached an agreement with RNB Retail and Brands AB (RNB) to acquire the NK business within its subsidiary Departments & Stores Europe AB (DSE).

Supermarket Income REIT plc announces the acquisition of a Morrisons supermarket in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, UK, from Aberdeen Standard Investments.

PATRIZIA AG has appointed Mathieu Elshout to the newly created position of Head of Sustainability and Impact Investing, in a strategic hiring move that strengthens the development of new impact fund products and further drives the integration of sustainability into the company’s core investment processes.

Queensberry announced a major letting at the repurposed Metquarter in Liverpool. The Milestone Group operating under its brand ‘General Post Office’ will open to the public late Spring, creating 132 jobs in the city.

Antoine Grolin, a family partner and member of Gérance AFM (Association Familiale Mulliez), Chairman of Ceetrus and Chairman-Founder of Nodi, announced the creation in January 2021 of a new company: Nhood, owned by AFM.

M7 Real Estate has assembled just over a £300 million portfolio of 19 retail warehouses following the full deployment of capital raised across its M7 Box+ I and M7 Box+ II funds.

Sponda has appointed Victor Persson as its new Chief Operating Officer and Janne Tallqvist as its new Chief Financial Officer. Both also join as members of the company’s executive board.

Citycon’s rent collection was strong for the full year 2020 finishing at 96% for the full year.

Real estate investor and manager, Cromwell Property Group announced that Pertti Vanhanen has commenced in the role as Managing Director, Europe.

The Board of C&A AG is pleased to announce the appointment of Hein Schumacher as Non-Executive Director, effective 25 January 2021. Hein Schumacher is CEO of the global dairy company FrieslandCampina.

Benoy is to deliver a new masterplan and architectural scheme for Orpington town centre in Kent. Centering on the town’s Walnut’s Shopping Centre, the project will deliver an elegant, vibrant and sustainable town centre, offering an improved range of facilities and acting as a community and cultural hub for locals and tourists alike.

KGAL enhances focus on technology application and digital transformation – KGAL GmbH & Co. KG has announced the appointment of Dr. Anke Sax as Chief Operations Officer (COO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), with responsibility for the organisation and operations of the KGAL Group and the expansion of its digitalisation strategy.

Cécile Pouzadoux, 43, is set to take the helm of Redevco France’s Portfolio team, after serving more than two years as the company’s Financial Director. She will report directly to Thierry Cahierre, Managing Director of Redevco France and Head of Global Asset Management for the pan-European real estate investment group, Redevco.

Previous year successes of Acteeum – i.e. the opening of Galeria Chełm and starting construction of Galeria Andrychów in the Power Center format, show that despite challenges related to the coronavirus epidemic, the market welcomes new, well-thought-through projects in good locations. Acteeum is consistently expanding its portfolio throughout Poland preparing the new project – Ostróda Power Center.

Kevin Nowlan will prioritise delivering even more valuable content to real estate professionals with a focus on giving back to communities.

In January 2021 Linstow Center Management changed its name to Linstow Baltic, thus marking the implementation of a new diversified business strategy in Baltic States. The company’s priority will be to develop sustainable multi-segment real estate projects, including office buildings, shopping malls, hotels, parking lots and more.

JSE-listed EPP announced the appointment of Agata Sekuła as the company’s Executive Management Team Member responsible for sales and acquisitions. Agata will join EPP from 1 March 2021 and be responsible for executing the EPP’s divestment and investment plans, with particular focus on acquiring institutional co-investors for EPP’s retail portfolio.

M7 Real Estate the pan-European investor and asset manager specialising in multi-tenanted regional real estate has, on behalf of M7 Real Estate Investment Partners VIII Propco Ltd (“M7 REIP VIII”), regeared a lease on c. 62,000 sq ft in the centre of St Helens, at Chalon Way with The Range.