The changing of the guard at Unibail-Rodamco and Blackstone's recruitment of a new director for logistics in Europe stand out as leading moves this week.

The changing of the guard at Unibail-Rodamco and Blackstone's recruitment of a new director for logistics in Europe stand out as leading moves this week.

Guillaume Poitrinal, currrently CEO of the listed shopping centre owner, is to hand over the baton to chief operating officer Christophe Cuvillier on 25 April.

US private equity group Blackstone has hired Mo Barzegar, formerly managing director for Europe at AMB Corporation - which later merged with Prologis - to head its European logistics company LogiCor.

Click on the links below to read more about these and other career moves in the real estate industry this week.