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Deutsche Hypo finances “Viktoria Karree” for EUR 116 million

Deutsche Hypothekenbank is financing an inner-city, multifunctional shopping and service centre in Bochum for a project company of HBB Hanseatische Betreuungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH with a term of around four years by taking over the entire underwriting for EUR 116 … Continue reading

Sale of kika eastern Europe to XXXLutz successfully completed

Since the Signa Group acquired the long-standing company kika/Leiner in June 2018, it has focused all the company’s activities on its Austrian core business again. Previously operated independently of the Austrian core business, kika’s eastern European business has now been … Continue reading

Award for Klaus Striebich

The ICSC’s highest personal honor, the “ICSC Trustees Distinguished Service Award” was presented to RaRE Advise’s Klaus Striebich during the world’s biggest trade fair of the shopping center scene – the “ReCon Las Vegas 2019.” Only 113 people, among which … Continue reading

To Buy or Not to Buy, That Is the Question

By Walter Seib Let me tell you a story. The 7:20 red-eye flight had just touched down on a miserable winter’s morning at Heathrow. My fellow passengers and I were groggy, but not everyone had business meetings to immediately attend. … Continue reading

Mission: Refurbishment

ACROSS: Does Supernova intend to refurbish the 10 Slovenian shopping centers acquired from Mercator? MARKUS PINGGERA: Supernova has bought 10 Mercator shopping centers, which it plans to refurbish and rebrand as Supernova centers in the next two to three years. … Continue reading

Sonae Sierra with another solid operational performance

According to Fernando Guedes de Oliveira, Sonae Sierra’s CEO, “Sonae Sierra delivered another solid operational performance in the first quarter of 2019, as it continued to focus on the execution of its long-term strategy of growing its services and development … Continue reading