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.
Barings Australian real estate fund secures two assets in A$450m deal
BRAVA V buys Darling Square office building and Home HQ Artarmon retail centre
MA Financial expands retail presence with A$679m Hyperdome complex deal
QIC Real Estate sells 44ha Hyperdome Town Centre shopping centre complex
SGS UK Retail sells Braehead Shopping Centre to Frasers Group
The 1.1m sqft asset in Glasgow was on the market for approximately £220m
Weekly Data Sheet - 21 November 2025
Investors shift back to dealmaking mode
ICG Real Estate acquires Lidl developments for more than €200m
Portfolio across UK, Ireland and Spain acquired for Strategic Real Estate II Fund
Supermarket Income REIT and Blue Owl’s UK partnership adds 10 assets
Joint venture acquires supermarkets in £196m sale and leaseback transaction
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