Dutch real estate investor Altera Vastgoed appoints Ellen Tak-Zwetheul as head of Research & Strategy and member of the management team.

The emerging “Origo One” business centre and the “Origo” shopping centre, which is currently undergoing a major expansion, have both received a certificate of commendation from the world’s leading building sustainability evaluation method, the British Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM).

Hamburg-based redos Group has strengthened its head office management team with the addition of Timo Singer (44), who has been appointed Head of Portfolio Management with effect from mid-January.

The Board of Directors of EPP has announced that it will nominate Tomasz Trzósło for appointment as CEO to succeed Hadley Dean, whose term of office is due to expire. Tomasz Trzósło is expected to assume his role in May 2020.

Clear Channel announced a new partnership with Hammerson. Following a competitive tender, Clear Channel was awarded the contract for a portfolio of 223 full motion digital advertising screens across Hammerson’s 12 flagship destinations in the UK, which include Bullring & Grand Central, Brent Cross, and Cabot Circus.

Beata Kokeli has been named as Head of Retail Agency of global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield Poland.

The Turkish shopping centre M1 Adana, which is owned by METRO PROPERTIES and Fiba Group, was recognized with the Sign of the City Award 2019 in the category “Best Shopping Center” on the occasion of the RE360 Real Estate Conference in Istanbul.

Walter Seib will become chairman of the FoodService Institute Netherlands (FSIN), taking over the chairman’s hammer from Paul Bringmann at the organisation’s annual conference in Amsterdam.

Global real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson has completed the sale of ten wholly owned Spanish retail properties for $81 million to Barings, a global investment management firm.

Alberto González de las Heras now leads asset management in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

Liverpool ONE is celebrating the close of a successful festive period, with figures showing a 5% increase in sales during the period compared to 2018, defying widespread industry declines.

Capital & Regional, the UK’s leading owner manager of community shopping centres, has strengthened its leasing team with the appointment of Jocelyn Holmes.

ICON Outlet at The O2 has reported bumper Christmas trading with like-for-like sales growing by 39% during the holiday period from 23 December – 5 January, benefiting from a 34% increase in destination footfall to The O2 (excluding customers to The O2 arena).

PROFI network is expanding, inaugurating new stores while also taking over already-existing networks. The most recent development involves acquiring a group of 18 supermarkets from the local peer Pram Maya.

Christian Hohenthal joins from JLL, where he is currently CEO of JLL Finland.

Two restaurants that share a south London heritage and an international flavour have signed contracts to open new premises at Elephant Park, the £2.3 billion regeneration project being delivered by Lendlease and Southwark Council in Central London.

Realm has won a Revo Gold Award in the Re:fresh category for the stunning £7m redevelopment of Livingston Designer Outlet beating off stiff competition from schemes in Reading and Bedford.

Savvy bargain hunters boosted revenues over the Christmas holiday period at London Designer Outlet in Wembley Park, the capital’s leading fashion and lifestyle outlet centre.The results show the ongoing appeal of aspirational and desirable brands at up to 70% off RRP throughout the year, and at up to 85% off during seasonal sale periods such as the Boxing Day sales.

Wing, a Hungarian company with a presence on the European real estate market, has acquired a majority stake in Echo Investment. Wing was advised throughout by global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield.

Christmas trading results from Springfields Outlet in Lincolnshire once again demonstrate its resilience as the leading shopping and leisure destination in the East of England having achieved 15 years of consecutive turnover growth.

The seller and developer of this project is Schoofs Immobilien GmbH Frankfurt. The purchase volume is €35 million.

ROS Retail Outlet Shopping, the operator of Designer Outlet Warsaw, expects the much-anticipated extension to open in autumn 2020.

Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, will speak at MIPIM on Wednesday 11 March at 10 am at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.

In his new role he is responsible for the management and expansion of this division at Multi Germany GmbH.