The O2 has announced the debut launch of TOCA Social, the world’s first entertainment and socialising venue with a football twist.

Innovative independent businesses are rushing to sign leases in Wembley Park, London’s globally renowned entertainment district and 365-day neighbourhood, with two further deals made recently – including one that already has a space in the destination.

London Designer Outlet is introducing new dog-friendly measures to ensure its guests can enjoy the retail experience with their canine companions.

Landsec has announced that M&S has signed to relocate into a new anchor store within White Rose Leeds, the out of town retail & leisure destination in Yorkshire. The bespoke unit includes nearly 80,000 sq ft of dedicated trading space.

NewRiver has signed a portfolio agreement with APCOA, Europe’s largest car parking solutions operator, to deliver an innovative Urban Mobility Hub concept across the company’s £1 billion portfolio of community shopping centres and conveniently located retail parks.

Lendlease has announced that three food and beverage focused brands are joining Elephant Park: independent south London-based pub group Livelyhood, sourdough pizza specialists Four Hundred Rabbits, and Elephant & Castle’s ever-popular Latin American grocery and café DistriAndina.

Prime asset offers 10,200 square meters of retail and restaurant space. With the acquisition of “Taborland” retail park in Steyr, Austria, KGAL Group is once again expanding its real estate portfolio in Austria. The property will be the subject to an open-ended Austria real estate special fund.

Commercial property owner, asset manager and developer Sorbon Estates has announced Katherine Croom as Managing Director.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has provided structured Islamic financing for Middle East investors on two supermarket assets in the UK.

Recently, Dyadea, the first specialized medical center inside a Gruppo IGD shopping center, opened at Centrol Borgo in Bologna.

Retail real estate manager succeeds in re-letting on areas of former Real stores MEC wins the full-range grocery retailer Kaufland as anchor tenant at three locations.

Trei Real Estate GmbH will be opening its 26th retail park under the Vendo Park brand in Poland. It is located in Oświęcim, a small town of around 40,000 residents in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. This latest Vendo Park has a leasing area of around 5,300 square metres and is leased to seven retailers and a supermarket. In total, Trei invested c. 7,2 million euros in the property.

June footfall figures for Ellandi’s portfolio of community shopping centres show shopper levels exceeded pre-pandemic levels by 5%, according to Visitor Insights (VI) data.

Titled ‘Summer Social’, the event features an 8,000 sq ft beach, retro fairground rides, live music and entertainment and independent pop-up food and drinks brands, including Boujee Bar, made famous by its founder, reality TV star Lystra Adams.

Ingka Centres, part of the Ingka Group (which also includes IKEA Retail and Ingka Investments) has opened ‘Livat Changsha’, a new 130,00 sqm GLA IKEA anchored mixed-use community lifestyle development in Changsha, the capital city of Hunan Province in south central China

Redevco has attracted Robbert Zoet to be their new Head of Capital Raising as the company seeks to grow and diversify.

The new ITV leisure attraction, the “I’m A Celebrity… Jungle Challenge” has opened at Quayside MediaCityUK. The 2,500m2 indoor entertainment venue gives fans of the UK’s ITV hit TV series, “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here” the chance to navigate a series of fun-filled physical challenges as they race against the clock in a bid to collect stars and be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle.

Shopping and entertainment centre development and management company Akropolis Group signed an agreement to acquire the Alfa shopping centre in Riga, Latvia, from AMD Holding. The seller was represented in the deal by real estate consultancy firm Newsec in the Baltics together with its partner BNP Paribas Real Estate. The transaction amount is not being disclosed.

Chubb announced the installation of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors from Munich Re’s Connect & Protect service in a shopping centre operated by ECE in Germany.

Global real estate technology provider makes donation to support local communities.

Quarree’s refurbishment, which began in 2019, is now completed. Owner Union Investment invested approximately 40 million euros in its redesign.

The Mercers’ Company announced that the UK’s largest art gallery group, Clarendon Fine Art, has selected 117 Long Acre, Covent Garden, for its latest unique gallery experience in the capital.

The Hamburg-based redos Group, which specializes in large-scale retail properties, has acquired the retail park in Gründau Lieblos near Frankfurt am Main. The purchase was made for the Union Investment Spezial-AIF “Redos Einzelhandel Deutschland III”. The property’s seller is the real estate investment manager Redevco, which had included the property in its portfolio in 2016 and has now successfully implemented its business plan. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.