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Waterman Completes Due Diligence Advice on Sale of Grand Central Birmingham
The exchange of contracts with Birmingham City Council was announced on Friday the 22 January by Hammerson. The Grand Central shopping centre, which took five years to complete, opened in September 2015 . The centre provides 435,000 sq ft of high-quality prime retail space with 66 news shops, department stores - including the largest John Lewis store outside of London at 250,000 sq ft - fashion retailers, restaurants, and a multi-storey car park. The scheme was developed by Network Rail and Birmingham City Council as part of the £750 million New Street Station regeneration project.
David Atkins , CEO of Hammerson, said;
Nick Taylor , CEO of Waterman Group, commented;
This latest announcement follows Waterman's advice to Hammerson Plc and Allianz Real Estate on their recent EUR 1.85bn (£1.34bn) acquisition of a portfolio of market-leading retail assets in Dublin from Ireland's National Asset Management Agency ("NAMA").
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