UK REIT Hammerson has a made a recommended £3.4 bn (€3.86 bn) offer for an all-share takeover of its smaller peer intu, in a deal which would combine the two largest UK retail REITs to create a group with a £21 bn (€23.8 bn) pan-European portfolio.
Opportunistic investors KKR and Baupost confirmed the acquisition of a portfolio of 33 Marriott International hotels across the UK from ADIA, while listed property group Covivio completed the purchase of 43 hotel properties in France, Belgium and Germany, in a €800 mln swap deal with AccorInvest.
