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NewsOxford Properties completes M7 purchase
Oxford Properties, the real estate arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS, has completed its purchase of pan-European investor and asset manager M7 Real Estate.
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Online
Portas calls for business rates relief extension
Retail guru Mary Portas has joined the call for business rates relief to be extended until the end of the year and for the government to introduce an incentive scheme to encourage people back into shops.
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Supermarket Income REIT acquires third supermarket
Supermarket Income REIT has acquired its third supermarket in two days.
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Edinburgh's Jenners department store to close permanently after deal falls through
Mike Ashley’s House of Fraser is coming out of the Jenners building in Edinburgh after failing to meet an agreement with the landlord.
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December quarter rent collection levels reach 77% at 21-day mark
Landlords have collected 77% of commercial rents from tenants at the 21-day mark for the December quarter, according to Cushman Wakefield.
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Westfield Stratford City to open vaccination centre
A new Covid-19 vaccination centre is set to open in Westfield Stratford City this week.
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Boohoo acquires Debenhams’ brand for £55m
Online fashion retailer Boohoo has acquired the Debenhams brand for £55m and will re-launch it as an online-only brand.
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ASOS emerges as frontrunner for Topshop bid
Online retailer ASOS is the front-runner to buy Topshop, the jewel in the crown of Philip Green’s Arcadia group.
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Supermarket Income REIT snaps up two supermarkets for £64.8m
Supermarket Income REIT is set to buy two supermarkets from LaSalle Investment Management for £64.8m, representing a combined net initial yield of 4.4%.
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Green light for Manchester Debenhams regeneration
Developer AM Alpha has been given the go ahead to transform the Debenhams in central Manchester into a mixed-use scheme.
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Insight
What role do department stores have in repositioning our high streets for the future?
The collapse of BHS gave the market a stark warning of what could happen to the brand that time forgot. Four years later a quarter of the stores remain vacant and with a tranche of department stores likely to follow, is repurposing the answer?
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Next pulls out of race to buy Topshop
Next has pulled out of the race to buy Topshop yesterday as it failed to match rival bids.
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NewRiver collects 70% of rents in latest quarter
NewRiver REIT has so far collected 70% of current quarter rental payments, slightly up on the same point in previous quarters since the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
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RDI collects 77.6% of UK retail rents since pandemic struck
RDI REIT collected 57.4% of rents across its UK portfolio for the first quarter of 2021, while 93.5% of rents from the German portfolio were received.
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Insight
High streets need a non-retail fix
As we start to envisage the end of the Covid crisis, our high streets and surrounding neighbourhoods will play a huge role in how we look closer to home for all those services or occupations we were previously travelling for.
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More trouble for landlords as retailers look to scale down portfolios
High street landlords are bracing themselves for another turbulent year as retailers set out plans to slash the size of their real estate portfolios.
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Insight
The West End will bounce back
The past 12 months have been unimaginably difficult for the retail and hospitality sectors, including all of our businesses across the West End.
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Vacant retail space hits 142m sq ft
The UK currently has 142m sq ft of vacant retail space, equivalent to 12.6% of all retail units, according to research from Savills.
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MMX announces trio of hires
MMX Retail has expanded its retail and development team with three new hires.
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White Stuff launches review of property portfolio
Fashion retailer White Stuff has appointed advisors to conduct a review of its 115- store property estate, Property Week can reveal.
