2006 is a record year for investment in shopping centres in Italy, with 26 new malls opening and a further million m[sup]2[/sup] coming within the next year, said Thomas Casolo and Piero Cangelutti, managers of the multinational real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.
Singapore's Mapletree Investments has acquired 31 student housing assets in the UK and Germany from Cuscaden Peak Investments for £1 bn (€1.2 bn).
