Wereldhave acquires shopping centre Vier Meren in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
Wereldhave has reached agreement with Unibail-Rodamco on the acquisition of shopping centre Vier Meren in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands. The total purchase price amounts to € 147.5m, including transaction costs, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.8%. Vier Meren is a regionally dominant shopping centre in the city centre of Hoofddorp, approximately 20 km south-west of Amsterdam. The shopping centre was first opened in 2005 and forms part of a larger 74,000m2 inner city retail offer, serving a growing catchment area of 144,000 people - with an above-average income profile - within a ten minutes’ drive.
Visitor numbers are rising and currently stand at around 6 million annually. The shopping centre is fully occupied. Vier Meren provides 27,000 m2 n.l.a. retail, 3,700 m2 of office space and a 71% stake in an underground parking garage of 1,037 spaces.
The centre contains over 60 shops, including a.o. C&A, Saturn, WE, Esprit, Mango, Blokker, Miss Etam, Douglas, ICI Paris XL, and an Albert Heijn XL hypermarket. The offices are fully let to the Municipality.
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