Hammerson

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Hammerson plc

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legal form Public Limited Company
ISIN GB0004065016
founding 1942
Seat London , UK
management David Atkins, Chief Executive Officer
Number of employees 533
sales 292 400 000 GBP
Branch Real estate industry
Website www.hammerson.co.uk
As of December 31, 2018

Hammerson plc is a real estate and investment company from Great Britain , which was listed on the London Stock Exchange in the leading index FTSE 100 . The company is headquartered in London at 10 Grosvenor Street.

In August 2016, Hammerson announced that its shares would also be listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange . The market capitalization on the London Stock Exchange was the beginning of August 2016 about 4.3 billion pounds sterling .

history

The company was founded by Lewis Hammerson who invested in real estate and converted houses into apartments in 1942. His company LW Hammerson & Co expanded into commercial real estate in 1948 and became a public company in 1954. The first steps outside the UK in the 1960s were in Australia , New Zealand and the United States . In the 1970s, the group moved back to the continent in Great Britain. Brent Cross shopping center in London was developed, the first large indoor shopping center in the country. In the nineties, the activities outside Europe were sold and additional properties in Europe were acquired. In 2003 the Bullring shopping center opened in Birmingham , one of the UK's largest retail centers.

activities

As of May 2017, Hammerson managed 21 shopping centers , 18 specialty shopping centers and 19 factory outlet centers in Europe with a sales area of 2.2 million square meters. The portfolio is valued at £ 10 billion.

Brent Cross Shopping Center in London

The breakdown by country is as follows:

  • 34% UK shopping malls
  • 21% France
  • 17% factory outlet center
  • 13% UK retail parks
  • 9% Ireland
  • 6% development projects and others

The most important objects are:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Hammerson plc: Annual Report 2018 (PDF) Retrieved 23 August 2019 .
  2. ^ Tapan Panchal: Hammerson to list on Johannesburg Stock Exchange. In: MarketWatch. September 16, 2016, accessed November 23, 2016 .
  3. Amilia Stone: Hammerson plc 5.4% Potential Decrease Indicated by Exane BNP Paribas. In: DirectorsTalk. August 1, 2016, archived from the original on November 24, 2016 ; accessed on November 23, 2016 .
  4. history. www.hammerson.com, archived from the original on June 1, 2017 ; accessed on May 30, 2017 .
  5. company overview. www.hammerson.com, accessed May 30, 2017 .
  6. property. www.hammerson.com, accessed May 31, 2017 .