Retail outlet centre specialist VIA Outlets, a joint venture between APG, Hammerson, Value Retail and Meyer Bergman, has appointed Otto Ambagtsheer as chief operating officer and Peter Stals as chief financial officer, creating two new roles.
Ambagtsheer (pictured) most recently served as managing director at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield for Benelux, a role he held since May 2015. Previous experience includes working as managing director consumer products & services within Schiphol Group.
Prior to this role, he worked as director of real estate development at Schiphol Real Estate.
Stals joins VIA Outlets after nearly five years at BlackRock, where he was working as vice president and then as director, serving as head of transaction support and valuations secretary for EMEA Real Estate.
Prior to this position, he held roles in private equity real estate management firm MGPA (acquired by BlackRock) and audit and advisory at Deloitte.
VIA Outlets currently owns a portfolio of 11 fashion outlets across Europe, comprising over 259,000 m2 GLA and over 850 brands in nine European countries.
