Three major retail property deals helped lift total European real estate transaction volume to EUR 5 bn in February, a 36% increase compared with January, according to data compiled by PropertyEU. The investment volume for the month was also up 25% on the figure for February last year. The three major retail details accounted for a quarter of the total volume. Unibail-Rodamco, the largest listed real estate group in Europe, was involved in two of them.