Demonstrating the continuing resilience of outlet centres, Christmas trading at London Designer Outlet (LDO) in Wembley Park illustrated customers’ enduring interest in quality, choice, year-round discounts and good service.

Following the tremendous success enjoyed throughout the previous year, the collaboration with top Austrian model Larissa Marolt is set to continue.

Immochan acquires Altarea Commerce’s 50% stake in the asset.

On November 4, 2017 at 10 am, HOLYMESH will open the “Millennial Store” as Germany’s first influencer store, at Berlins shopping center Alexa.

Hammerson announces that Rituals Cosmetics, the luxury bath, body and home brand, will open its first premium boutique outside London at Grand Central in Birmingham.

NewRiver has appointed LSH’s Belfast office as the managing agents on a major UK and Ireland shopping centre and leisure portfolio, with a combined size in excess of 1.7m sq ft.

On October 3, 2017, Linstow Center Management (LCM) and Multi Corporation have officially launched the 30,000-sqm expansion of the Alfa shopping centre in Riga.

Located in the heart of Lausanne, the Quartier du Flon is a contemporary and innovative area of 55’000 sq m, which has developed into a vibrant shopping and entertainment place.

CBRE, the world’s leading real estate advisor, has appointed Sian Doyle as Head of UK Business Development for its Retail Advisory & Transaction (A&T) business.

The company has taken ownership of 7 centers, which until now it had under management. Master Management Group’s current portfolio consists of 9 formats and the total retail space the company manages equals 100,000 sq m. Rebranding of the centers is currently underway.

In an advisory role for the BVK-Deutschland I-Immobilienfonds – FMZ fund managed by Universal-Investment, the asset and property manager GPEP GmbH has acquired the Lion 2.0 portfolio, consisting of 16 discount stores, 9 supermarkets and 9 retail parks.

BMO Real Estate Partners, the Real Estate investment and asset management arm of BMO Global Asset Management with £6.7 billion* of assets under management, announces the appointments of Kenneth Yuen as an Analyst in its investment management team, and Dan Walsgrove as a Retail Asset Manager.

Lend Lease Retail Partnership (LLRP), a fund managed by Lendlease, has today announced Nespresso, the market leader in premium portioned coffee, will be opening a new boutique store at Touchwood – the West Midlands top retail destination.

Thor Equities and AEW have completed the acquisition of 100 New Oxford Street in London’s West End from Tishman Speyer for £180 million.

The new food and beverage area “FoodSky” at Europa Passage Hamburg was opened following a construction period of just nine months. The new heart of the inner-city shopping center opened its doors to visitors on September 29, 2017.

An accessible centre where the whole family can shop and spend time – this is the new Kaufpark Eiche. Around one and a half years after extensive construction work began, the shopping centre in Ahrensfelde near Berlin was ceremonially reopened on September 28, 2017.

NEINVER has appointed Barbara Somogyiova as the company’s new Leasing Director Europe. She assumes responsibility for this area of the group at the international level and reports directly to the Managing Director.

Tesla and Opel, two renowned car brands, have signed long-term leases with ECE centers in Germany.

On 24 August 2017, a bungee jumping event took place during the big late night shopping event at Parndorf Fashion Outlet in support of St. Anna children’s cancer research.

VIA Outlets, the pan-European venture formed by APG, Hammerson plc and principals from Meyer Bergman and Value Retail, has signed an agreement to acquire Norwegian Outlet Oslo from family-owned Glastad Holding and Fortus AS for a net price of approximately 1.1 billion Norwegian kroner (c.€120 million).

The Lexicon Bracknell has announced four new signings for the £240 million retail and leisure town centre transformation in Berkshire.

Mott MacDonald is working on the second phase of The Glass Works, Barnsley’s £120 million retail and leisure development, on behalf of Barnsley Council.

Opening in autumn 2017, ARKET based on the Nordic tradition of functional, long-lasting design, will offer men’s, women’s and children’s ready-to-wear collections and homeware.

Transformation from being the owner of standing assets to pure developer, considerable acceleration of development and leasing activity, high growth in apartment sales and focus on delivering return to the shareholders – these are Echo Investment’s 2016 highlights.