On 23 April 2020, Hammerson announced that Orion European Real Estate Fund V (“Orion”) had notified the company that it did not intend to complete on the sale of a portfolio of seven retail parks (the “Transaction”), despite exchanging unconditional contracts on 20 February 2020.

Neinver has appointed Stephan Fickl as the company’s new Group Leasing Director. He assumes responsibility for this area of the group at the international level and reports directly to the Managing Director.

Klépierre announced that, it successfully placed a €600-million bond maturing on May 12, 2029 with a 2.0% coupon.

Quintain, the developer behind the £3bn transformation of Wembley Park to create a cultural neighbourhood for London, has appointed Richard Poyser as Head of Retail Leasing & Asset Management. He will report to Matt Slade, Retail Director at Quintain.

In the next few days, in view of the rising demand for this type of aid, food and hygiene products will be delivered to needy families and children’s homes, together with medicines for nursing homes.

Redevco has joined forces with COFRA Holding to initiate a large-scale on-site renewable energy generation project called Project Solar.

Retailers in Austria are opening their doors again with caution and under strict conditions. umdasch has developed an intelligent solution for all industries and public areas, which enables contactless disinfection as well as automatic access management.

NEINVER is reopening its five outlet centres in Poland today under strict health and safety measures and with over 80% of their shops open. The FACTORY centres in Warsaw, Krakow, Gliwice and Poznan have implemented reopening plans in close coordination with the brands and authorities to ensure the maximum safety of employees and visitors.

A mainstay in the region’s calendar, organisers have made the difficult decision to postpone Gloucester Quay’s award winning Food Festival.

David Hargrave has 20 years of experience as a partner in the restructuring practices of both PwC and EY, specialising in business turnarounds across many sectors. He has also been appointed to the Board as a non-executive director.

The Management Board of LPP decided to withdraw from some of the contracts concerning the lease of space in shopping centres in Poland. The contracts concern approximately 29.5% of the total retail space used by LPP Group. The decision is driven by the concern for the company’s interest in the face of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on trade.

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield partners with Bureau Veritas to label its shopping centres for Hygiene, Safety and Environment.

Haben wir eine Lösung ? … oder werfen wir weiter mit Paragraphen um uns ? – Mieter und Vermieter in der Diskussion.“

The company welcomes Steven Brown to the Board of Directors.

Fund has target volume of EUR 300 million, focuses on food retail markets and grocery-anchored retail warehouse parks.

John Lewis announced that it is reopening its textiles factory ‘Herbert Parkinson’ in Lancashire, to make protective gowns for the NHS and is donating over 20,000 metres of fabric for scrubs.

Marks & Spencer has completed steps to secure liquidity for the duration of the COVID crisis and to underpin the recovery strategy and accelerated transformation in 2021.

In the early fall, the French fashion label Ba&Sh will be opening its first independent concept store in Sweden in Hufvudstaden’s property at Jakobsbergsgatan 3 in Bibliotekstan in Stockholm.

Sponda has appointed Katja Holmström as Director, Retail and a member of the company’s Extended Management Team. Holmström will start in her new position in early August and she will be responsible for developing and managing Sponda’s Retail business.

Re-openings of the Designer Outlet Soltau and City Outlet Geislingen with enhanced health and safety standards for customers and brand partners.