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BIKE-DROP – a new pop-up concept, offering convenient, safe and secure bike parking – is opening its first location in London’s West End, after signing a trial deal for 6 months with The Crown Estate for two separate units.

CECONOMY AG and the MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group are pushing ahead with the transformation of the Group. Both companies have made significant operational progress in recent years in digitization, the expansion of the Services & Solutions business and in improving cost efficiency, amongst others.

Sloane Stanley announces The Sustainable Pop-Up, has launched at 320 King’s Road, within Chelsea’s iconic shopping destination; whilst sustainable clothing and lifestyle brand, Vilshenko, have upsized to a 1,298 sq ft unit at 336 King’s Road.

New urban district development scheduled for 2022 completion – KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co. KG has acquired the Perlach Plaza development in Munich for 250 million euros.

Outlet retailing proves resilient as Affinity signs Next 23,500sq ft new leasing during lockdown.

Hammerson announces proposed rights issue combined with sale of VIA Outlets delivering £825m gross proceeds to recapitalise and further reposition the business.

CBRE Global Investors has announced the significant completion of a key milestone, the raising of the angel wing sculpture, as part of the centre’s £16m refurbishment plans at Angel.

Sinsay, the Polish LPP brand signed with Colosseum Mall to open its flagship store in Bucharest, thus bringing an unique concept to the Romanian market. With a surface of 2000 sq m, the store from Colosseum Mall is going to be the largest LPP store in Romania, Sinsay branded.

Ceetrus announces additions to its Board of Directors and Management at a global and local level, with the appointment of two new members. Antoine Grolin, 44, an international real estate specialist, has just been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ceetrus. On a national level, Séverine Bodard, with 20 years of experience in management, development and transformation of real estate, steps in as Director of Ceetrus Portugal.

M&S has today announced proposals to move to a leaner, faster retail management structure as part of its Never The Same Again programme.

First half of 2020 saw a record high investment activity with EUR 3.5 billion of investment transactions closed, including pending transactions at final stage. Although this has been a 30% better result than during the corresponding period last year, achieving this year a similar result to record-breaking volume of EUR 7.8 billion registered last year may be difficult – according to Avison Young.

Neucölln Carrée in Berlin changes ownership. Union Investment acquired the centrally located local supply center in Berlin’s Neukölln district (on the corner of Sonnenalle and Grenzallee) with a leasable of 13,364 sq m and 14 shop units for its institutional real estate fund.

The owner-managed RATISBONA Handelsimmobilien Group has realised almost 16,000 sq m of retail and commercial space in the first half of 2020.

These companies will be exhibiting at Propel by MIPIM: Métropole du Grand Paris, Paris & Co, E.ON, Saint Gobain, Schneider Electric, ArcelorMittal and numerous startups.

One ticket for three leisure destinations: Enjoy your summer at Autostadt, phaeno, and designer outlets Wolfsburg. On July 6, 2020, the erlebnisreif-partners Michael Ernst (Center Manager of designer outlets Wolfsburg), Claudius Colsman (Member of the Management Team of Autostadt Wolfsburg), and Michel Junge (Managing Director of Science Centers phaeton) launched two special trains in Hanover.

Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group (owner and operator of 381 IKEA stores) announces that a purchase agreement to acquire prime real estate in the heart of Paris has been signed. The space will be used by IKEA Retail France and the total investment is 130 million euros.

Investment in online capabilities and delivery apps across the retail sector is expected to increase further, according to the latest research from global real estate advisor, CBRE. Online sales have helped many retailers offset some of the lost revenue from store closures during the lockdown period.

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.

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).

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

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.