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Career

Christophe Cuvillier takes over as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SMCP Group

Christophe Cuvillier, the former CEO of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, has just been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SMCP Group. "I am very honoured (...)

Listed

Debt, disposals, suspended dividend...: how URW will cope with the crisis

Exhausting: this is the most appropriate adjective to sum up the year 2020 at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW). In addition to the health crisis that is (...)

Office

URW will not move its headquarters to the Trinity tower in Paris La Défense

For several weeks now, there had already been rumours throughout Paris... The new management of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) would not be moving its headquarters to (...)

Career

URW: Jean-Marie Tritant unveils a new organisation

Jean-Marie Tritant has just taken over as CEO of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, but he is already making his mark by reorganising the management of the listed property (...)

Career

Jean-Marie Tritant to succeed Christophe Cuvillier as CEO of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

The Supervisory Board of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (URW) has appointed Jean-Marie Tritant as Chairman of the Management Board of URW and Group CEO. He will (...)

Listed

URW: the stock market welcomes Bressler and Niel's takeover

Following the takeover of the Léon Bressler/Xavier Niel consortium at URW, would the listed REIT/SIIC sign its "remontada" on the Paris stock exchange? Reading (...)

Listed

URW: "We have to get out of this panic-mode to enter the era of rational decisions" (Bressler/Niel)

The Refocus consortium ­— owning 5% in Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE ("URW"), won a victory today. After weeks of media battle, shareholders rejected the €3.5bn capital (...)

Listed

Even without a capital increase, URW intends to pursue its Reset recovery plan

Because it was not supported by a qualified majority, being accepted by only 61.62% of the shareholders, the €3.5bn capital increase proposed by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (...)

Listed

URW: shareholders reject the €3.5bn capital increase

"Reset" or "Refocus" ? After a (very) media-heavy battle over the strategy to adopt for the recovery of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, waged between the management of the Paris-based REIT/SIIC (...)

Listed

URW further lowers its forecast ten days before its EGM

Faced with a second lockdown spreading over Europe, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has once again lowered its forecasts, at a time when its Reset plan is (...)

Listed

"With Xavier Niel, we are offering an entrepreneurial vision to all URW's shareholders”

Business Immo: Why do you propose a counter-strategy for Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW)? Léon Bressler: First of all, let me say that it is not a counter-strategy. (...)

Listed

Former URW CEO Guillaume Poitrinal supports the Bressler/Niel's "Refocus" plan

"Bravo to Léon Bressler and Xavier Niel (...). "In one tweet, Guillaume Poitrinal - former head of the real estate company listed on the (...)

Listed

"Léon Bressler's 'Refocus' plan is heading in the right direction"

Business Immo: Léon Bressler and Xavier Niel strongly criticised the Reset plan announced by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. What is your reading of the situation? Benoît Faure-Jarrosson: The (...)

Listed

URW announces a €9bn+ “reset” plan to strengthen its balance sheet

Giant REIT/SIIC Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has announced a €9bn+ “reset” plan to strengthen its balance sheet and increase financial flexibility. The plan includes a fully underwritten (...)

Listed

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield AREPS down 28% in H1 2020

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield's adjusted recurring earnings per share (AREPS) for the first half of 2020 was €4.65, down 28% from 1H 2019. According to the listed (...)

Retail

URW and Klépierre reopen the majority of their shopping centres

French malll REIT/SIICs Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) and Klépierre have announced the reopening of the majority of their shopping centres after the easing of restrictions imposed because (...)

Retail

URW partners with Bureau Veritas to label its shopping centres for hygiene, safety and environment

Giant Paris-based REIT/SIIC Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has announced the reinforcement of its practices dedicated to the prevention of health risks within its European shopping centres, (...)

Listed

French REIT/SIICs URW and Klépierre reduce senior management compensation

French REIT/SIICs Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) and Klépierre both announced measures to reduce senior management compensations during the Covid-19 epidemic. “As a sign of solidarity with all (...)

Listed

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield 2019 AREPS exceeds expectations

Europe's largest listed property owner, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, reported for 2019 an Adjusted Recurring Earnings per Stapled Share (AREPS) of €12.37, exceeding its guidance of €12.10 (...)

Retail

URW to partner with Crédit Agricole Assurances and La Française on a €2bn portfolio

Europe's largest listed property owner, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) announced today that it has received binding offers from a consortium of French investors comprised of Crédit (...)

Listed

URW 1H19 net rents up 3.3% to €1.25bn, sees strong Europe/US tenant sales

Europe's largest listed property owner, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, boosted 1H19 net rental income 3.3% like for like to €1.25bn and said tenant sales in Europe and the (...)

Retail

Unibail launches Westfield brand in Europe, first covering 10 malls

Europe's largest listed property group Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is to launch the Westfield brand in Europe with a first wave of 10 shopping centres, including seven (...)

Listed

URW earnings rise 7.2%, portfolio 50% to €65bn after Westfield buy

Europe's largest listed real estate group, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, raised recurring EPS last year 7.2% to €12.92 on a portfolio worth €65.2bn, up 50% in value after (...)

Retail

Retail real estate must change to transform malls, stores into urban destinations

Retail real estate must embrace change to transform malls and stores into urban destinations offering multiple experiences with leisure, sport, food, technology, healthcare and (...)

Housing

Foreign ownership in French housing is no cause for concern

The participation of Germany's Vonovia and Zurich's Swiss Life in the winning bid for French SNCF's housing portfolio is good for Europe, good for France – (...)

Retail

Future of retail lies not in online or stores but in both - EPRA debate

The future of retail lies not in online or stores but in multi-channel, the EPRA conference heard last week. But internet shopping has further (...)

Listed

France’s Unibail, post Westfield buy, boosts recurring 1H net 14% to €703m

Following takeover of Australian Westfield in June, Europe's largest REIT, giant mall group Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, boosted first half recurring net profit 14.5% to €703m, with EPS up 7.3% to €6.16. Now the largest listed shopping centre group in the (...)

Office

Invesco, in largest European deal, pays Unibail €789m for Paris Capital 8

In its largest-ever European asset transaction, investment manager Invesco Real Estate is paying €789m for Capital 8, a 45,000 sqm office building in the (...)

Retail

Renamed Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield starts with €13bn project pipeline

Giant French-Dutch shopping centre REIT Unibail Rodamco is to be renamed Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield following closure of its acquisition of the Australian group, and said it moves into (...)

Retail

Westfield merger with Unibail moves closer after 97% stakeholder support

Some 97% of stakeholders in Australian retail group Westfield have approved its merger with French-Dutch supermarket giant Unibail-Rodamco, taking the creation of Europe's largest listed supermarket group (...)

Retail

Unibail-Rodamco in agreed €13.28bn takeover of Australia's Westfield

Europe's largest REIT and its biggest manager of retail space, the Franco-Dutch Unibail-Rodamco, has agreed to buy Australian counterpart Westfield for €13.28bn, adding London and (...)

Finance

European public real estate in good shape, led by German resi, French/Spanish office

European public real estate markets are in good shape as our website goes live. German housing stocks are near highs, as are most of (...)