Shopping centre giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has welcomed a “robust” first quarter for 2025, as sales and footfall increased amid wider expansion plans and a restructuring strategy. Over the period, the company’s proportionate turnover came to 943.3 million euros remaining largely flat compared to the same quarter of 2024. Tenant sales...
28 Apr 2025
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), the parent company of shopping centre chain Westfield, has announced the combination of its Northern European business, which will be led by its new London-based chief operating officer, Vincent Jean-Pierre. The new format will see the company’s UK, Dutch, Danish and Swedish operations combine under one umbrella....
3 Apr 2025
CDC Investissement Immobilier, a subsidiary of the French public sector financial institution Caisse des Dépôts (CDC), has acquired a 15 percent stake in Forum des Hall. The agreement signed with Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), the current owner of the iconic Parisian shopping centre, reflects a net sale amount of 235 million euros. The...
7 Jan 2025
Property giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has secured 925 million dollars in fresh funding for Westfield Century City in Los Angeles. The new financing is a two-year floating rate Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) with the option for three one-year extensions with a spread of 280.7bps over Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)....
22 Aug 2023
Retail giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) posted upbeat financials for the first half of 2023, as it welcomed an overall net rental income growth of 1.1 percent, bringing it to 1,152 million euros. While the group’s EBITDA also rose 1.6 percent to 1,157 million euros, its recurring net result increased 6.5 percent to 757 million euros....
28 Jul 2023
Real estate company Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has announced the appointment of two new members to its management board as it looks to “harness future growth”. Effective May 2, Anne-Sophie Sancerre will be stepping up from her current position of chief operating officer for Southern Europe to the group’s chief customer and retail officer....
24 Apr 2023
Retail park conglomerate Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has completed the sale of its San Fernando Valley location The Village to the Kroenke Organisation, owner of NFL team the Rams. The Los Angeles-based retail park sold for a price of 325 million dollars, reflecting an initial yield of 5.6 percent on the in-place net operating income, and a...
2 Jan 2023
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has unveiled an array of development plans for its Westfield Old Orchard site in Skokie, Illinois. The company said the North Shore destination will be “unlike anything else in Chicagoland”, with a park, event space and various amenities to be added to the modernised retail centre. The multi-phase plan already...
8 Dec 2022
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has sold Westfield Santa Anita for 537.5 million dollars to a real estate investor who operates retail assets in Southern California. The sale was funded by the buyer through the combination of equity and new debt, reflecting a sub-six percent net initial yield and a 10.7 percent discount to the latest unaffected...
26 Aug 2022
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has announced it will be furthering the roll out of its Westfield brand into Spain, Sweden and Poland. In autumn, the retail group will be rebranding three of its centres into Westfield flagship stores, including Parquesur in Madrid, Taby Centrum in Stockholm and Galeria Mokotow in Warsaw. It comes as part of URW’...
20 May 2022
The owner of London’s Westfield shopping centre has reported improving sales in the third quarter of the year driven by the reopening of its locations in continental Europe. Property giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) said Thursday that tenant sales at its continental European centres were up 6 percent compared to a year ago, and 92 percent...
28 Oct 2021
The owner of London’s Westfield shopping centre has announced a 1.25 billion euro two-tranche bond placement to help it strength its liquidity position and extend its debt maturity. It includes a 650 million euro bond with a 7-year and 5-month maturity and a 0.75 percent fixed coupon, and a 600 million euro bond with a 12-year maturity and a...
18 May 2021
