UK property company Hammerson has continued to reduce its exposure to Germany with the sale of two shopping centres
German open-ended fund CS Euroreal has bought City Center shopping centre in Essen for 115.5m from Hammerson and Dutch pension fund ABP. Hammerson will also receive 2.7m from the sale of PHV, which runs City Center’s car parks.
In Darmstadt, Hammerson has also completed the sale of Luisencenter to German open-ended fund Difa for 102.2m.
John Richards, chief executive of Hammerson, said; “The completion of these transactions will reduce the group’s exposure in Germany to 5% of the portfolio.”
Hammerson was advised by Jones Lang LaSalle for the City Center sale with FPDSavills advising CS Euroreal.