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Retail property landlord Hammerson reported a record year of leasing, which contributed to an 11% uplift in adjusted earnings in annual results to 31 December 2023. The group completed 306 lettings, which generated £46m of headline rent up 23% on a like-for-like basis. Permanent deals signed were 37% above the previous passing rent and 12% above […]

Hammerson’s ongoing repositioning efforts have seen losses dramatically fall in full year results to the end of December 2021. The retail group said IFRS loss for the year was £429m against £1,735m the previous year. The loss was largely due to a £470m portfolio valuation fall. The group’s portfolio is now worth £5.4bn, down 7.9%. […]

Hammerson has continued its non-core asset sell off with the disposal of six properties for £92m. The group said the sales were in line with its strategy of reducing debt, simplifying the portfolio and generating capital for redeployment. It has exchanged contracts to sell its 50% stake in Silverburn, a 100,000 sqm shopping centre near Glasgow, […]

Hammerson has received just 32% of rent due for the first quarter of 2021, highlighting the significant struggles of the retail sector during lockdown. The group said it had so far collected £19.8m of the £61.5m billed for the first quarter. A further £12.9m has been deferred or is not yet due due to monthly […]

Hammerson has collected just 41% of rent due for the fourth quarter of 2020, as the retail sector continues to struggle. Broken down into countries, the group has received 38% from its UK portfolio, 33% in Ireland and 51% in France. It said the collection levels for this quarter are ahead of the same point […]

Hammerson rights issue – Hammerson has announced a proposed rights issue to raise gross proceeds of approximately £552m and the sale of substantially all of the company’s 50% interest in VIA Outlets to a mutual fund managed by APG Asset Management N.V. for estimated cash proceeds of approximately €301m (equivalent to approximately £274m), to raise a […]

Hammerson chief executive David Atkins has stepped down from the role. Atkins will remain in position until spring 2021 at the latest, while the board conducts a search for his successor, the company announced today. Hammerson, which owns a portfolio of shopping centres, retail parks and outlet centres across the UK and Europe, has suffered […]

Retail landlord Hammerson collected just 37% of its rent in the latest quarter but has vowed to help retailers through the covid-19 pandemic. The group, which owns shopping centres in the UK and France as well as outlet centres across Europe, has also suspended its final dividend of 14.8p per share in order to preserve […]

Hammerson will cut its dividend for 2020 by almost half to a “sustainable level” as retailer failings continues to impact its business. In full year results, the group said it is expecting the dividend for 2020 to be cut by 46%, from 25.9p in 2019 to 14p. At the end of December, net asset value […]

Hammerson has exchanged contracts to sell a portfolio of seven retail parks for £400m, as it continues its bid to strengthen its balance sheet. The portfolio sale, which has been acquired by Orion European Real Estate Fund V, and the separate sales of two other retail parks in Swansea and Belfast totalling £55m, represents a discount […]