Hines, the international real estate firm, has signed a long-term lease with food wholesaler Kaufland for the Mira shopping center in northern Munich, Bavaria.

Capital & Regional and The Mall Maidstone team are excited to welcome Gavin Cockayne as the new General Manager at the Mall Maidstone, while wishing a fond farewell to Andy Davy, who is retiring from the role after an incredible eleven-year career at the company.

MAPIC will be held at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes from 17 to 19 November, 2020. Its theme of Embracing Collaborative Retail, along with the entire programme, has been designed to support and give an extra boost to the international retail property industry, which has been hit hard by the current health crisis.

Since reopening last Monday 15th June 2020, average transactional spend has increased by 11% across the three quarters of stores which have reopened.

The Supervisory Board of Commerz Real has appointed Gabriele Volz as Chief Executive Officer of Commerz Real. She will take up the position on 1 January 2021.

Real Estate investor Altera Vastgoed NV announced that Roelie van Wijk-Russchen was appointed as member of the Supervisory Board of Altera by the General Meeting of Shareholders on 24 June 2020.

Union Investment Real Estate GmbH is expanding its senior leadership team. With effect from 1 July 2020, Christoph Holzmann (43) will be appointed to the Management Board of the Hamburg-based real estate investment manager as its fourth member, subject to approval by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).

In the extraordinary circumstances following the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, Citycon continues to show strong result.

The French bistro La Parisienne opens in September.

Up at The O2 has announced it will officially reopen its doors on 4 July offering a more intimate and memorable experience than ever before and with enhanced health and safety measures in place. In line with social distancing guidelines, each climb has been reduced to less than half the capacity previously in place (from 30 to 10 people), giving a more exclusive experience to visitors.

FitForCommerce, a specialized omnichannel and digital consultancy, announces the appointment of Rupert Wood to the FitForCommerce Malls & Meeting Places practice as an Executive Advisor.

Chapman Taylor is creating the masterplan for an innovative new urban district adjacent to King Abdulaziz International Airport in the Saudi city of Jeddah.

IPH Handelsimmobilien, one of Germany’s leading independent managers for retail properties, has developed a new retail handling guide meant to provide a transparent and systematic evaluation tool for retail asset managers, investors and financing banks.

The ACROSS Advisory Board is happy to announce its latest addition and welcomes Markus Porvari as its new member.

The 57-year old will be responsible for Spar European Shopping Centers, properties, Hervis as well as business process management

Chapman Taylor’s transformative urban regeneration design for Coventry city centre will be presented to the public for consultation this week.

EPP’s general meeting of shareholders has today approved the appointment of Tomasz Trzósło to the position of CEO of the largest owner of retail real estate in Poland. The company’s Board of Directors announced it will nominate Tomasz Trzósło to this post in December 2019.

Greenman OPEN, the German food-retail focused real estate fund, has entered into a €95.5 million framework agreement with Schoofs Immobilien Frankfurt, a leading German developer. Among the items agreed, the framework provides the fund the right to acquire three new food anchored retail assets in Germany.

The Seidensticker Group uses its existing production capacities at its three production facilities in Vietnam and Indonesia, and switched parts of their manufacturing capacities to mask production right from the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis. From now on, there is a second option to buy Seidensticker’s oronasal masks:

Merlin Entertainments has confirmed that, following the latest uk government announcement, it will be reopening all its major theme parks, attractions and accommodation across England from the 4th july for day visits and short breaks.

redos institutional GmbH has acquired a specialist store in Kirchberg (Rhineland-Palatinate) for the fund “redos Einzelhandel Deutschland II” managed by Union Investment, which is let to a food retailer. The seller is Aspen Group. Catella Property acted as advisor to the buyer in the transaction.

CORESTATE Capital Investors (Europe) joins as new owner of the MEC-Centers Einkaufspark Duckwitz (Bremen) and Nordsee Passage Wilhelmshaven.