Freeport, a UK developer and operator of retail outlet shopping centres in Europe, has backed a £155.3 mln (EUR 227 mln) offer from private equity firm Carlyle. The announcement of the 410 pence cash offer from CEREP Investment I SARL, which is owned by Carlyle, came as a surprise to the market as Freeport announced last month that talks between the parties had broken down.
Private asset management company Kryalos has completed the acquisition of a light industrial property in Rome, through its Mars fund.
