Liberty International's subsidiary Capital & Counties has acquired five shops under London's Royal Opera House from the Irish consortium Clarendon Properties and Anglo Irish Bank for £127.5 mln. The deal, involving some 3,158 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail space, makes Liberty International the largest landlord in the Covent Garden district. The company paid £421m last year for the market, piazza and 31 surrounding buildings in Covent Garden previously owned by Henderson and Scottish Widows.
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