Retail
Analysis and in-depth reporting of current developments in retail real estate, plus all the latest news
Australian funds split over US-style redemption rules
High-profile grapple over Lendlease-managed funds highlights broader structural tensions in A$68bn sector
IPE RA Real Estate Europe Briefing: Investors flock to Spanish retail amid strongest sales growth in years
Iberian Peninsula claimed Europe’s top three retail transactions by value in Q1
Change of the guard at M&G’s $7bn Asia-Pacific core fund
Florence Chong speaks to fund managers Richard Van den Berg and Jason Leong
Could Asia-Pacific real estate benefit from US uncertainty?
Despite experiencing a recent decline in transactions, some Asia-Pacific might attract a bigger slice of capital flows
Shop until it drops: The return of retail property
Retail real estate deals have made a significant contribution to volumes at the start of 2025, as investors are impressed by the sector’s attractive returns
In depth
US retail: Back to the mall?
For so long an unfavoured and compromised sector, retail is performing surprising well during the current wider property downturn in the US. Vanessa Drucker reports
Retail Europe: Could the sector be an investment star again?
As the beleaguered retail sector emerges from COVID-19, is now the time to buy retail? Mark Faithfull speaks to three investors
Market report: Retail
As the world tentatively reopens, we report on how the true scale of retail Armageddon is becoming apparent. Retail was traditionally the second-largest component after offices in core institutional real estate portfolios. In recent years, investors and fund managers have been striving to reduce that heavy retail weighting, often in favour of logistics, residential and some alternative property sectors, as we analyse in this report.
Lone Star acquires multi-asset real estate portfolio from St James’s Place
The portfolio comprises 16 high-quality assets across the UK
Supermarket Income REIT buys 20 French Carrefour supermarkets for €123m
Sale-and-leaseback transaction agreed at an ‘attractive’ net initial yield of 6.6%
Hong Kong-listed Link REIT launches bid for Lendlease retail assets worth A$1.5bn
The assets are in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia
Top 10 real estate investment managers: Retail
Nuveen leads with €21.8bn in assets globally
Australian funds split over US-style redemption rules
High-profile grapple over Lendlease-managed funds highlights broader structural tensions in A$68bn sector
Lendlease REIT buys ADIA stake in Paya Lebar Quarter
The 70% interest in the S$885m asset lifts holdings in Singapore to 89%
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