Art-Invest Real Estate has acquired a data centre in Gutleutstraße 310 in Frankfurt as part of an asset deal. The data centre is rented by a prestigious operator; the purchase price was not disclosed. The real estate team of King & Wood Mallesons LLP (KWM) provided legal and tax advice to the purchaser.

The property has a land area of 20,000 m². The seller is the MELF Monti I S.à r.l., which was advised by K&L Gates LLP.

Wolf Theiss Warsaw has advised Consolidated Precision Products Corp. on its successful acquisition of two casting facilities located in Rzeszow, Poland from a business unit of Pratt & Whitney Canada, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation. The transaction closed for an undisclosed amount on 30 June 2016. The acquired casting facilities specialize in aerospace engine components, with enhanced technology for superior manufacturing and cost-efficient processes.

International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised McColl's on its acquisition of 298 convenience stores from the Co-operative Group Limited for an aggregate consideration of £117m in cash.

The firm has been advising McColl's, a leading neighbourhood convenience retailer, on real estate matters in connection with the sixty stores situated in Scotland and a number of stores located in Northern Ireland.

Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client McColl’s Retail Group plc, the convenience store group, on its acquisition of a portfolio of 298 convenience stores from the Co-operative Group for £117m. Travers Smith has advised McColl’s since 2005 and advised it on its IPO in 2014.

McColl’s will fund the deal through a placing of shares to raise approximately £13.1m and an extension of the current debt facility it has secured from its existing lenders.

International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has advised IHS Holding Limited (IHS) in relation to its recently completed acquisition of over 1,200 telecommunications tower sites in Nigeria from HTN Towers plc.
 

Clifford Chance has advised Blackstone Real Estate Part-ners Europe IV (“Blackstone”) and Quantum Capital GmbH & Co. KG (“Quantum“) on the acquisition of the office building An den Treptowers 3 (“Treptowers”) in Berlin from Deutsche Office AG.

Treptowers is a high-quality 90,000 square metres office building in Mediaspree, a fast growing sub-market in Berlin. The building was originally developed in 1998 and is currently fully let to Allianz. Blackstone and Quantum shall oversee the management of the property.

Dentons advised German fund Catella Real Estate AG on the acquisition of 72 residential units in Zlota 44 in Warsaw, Poland, from Amstar, a private equity fund and BBI Development.

192 meters high, with 54 floors and 251 luxury apartments, Zlota 44 is the tallest residential tower in the European Union. It was designed by the acclaimed Polish-born American architect Daniel Libeskind, and is located in the central business district of Warsaw, right next to the Palace of Culture, the Intercontinental Hotel, as well as the Rondo I and Warsaw Financial Center office towers.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Beijing Capital Juda Limited on its RMB2,372 million acquisition of three outlet projects in Beijing, Kunshan and Huzhou in China from its parent company, Beijing Capital Land Ltd. The acquisition will enable Capital Juda to become one of the largest nationwide outlets developer and operator in China.

Nabarro has advised Bupa UK on the acquisition of The Regent Building in Salford Quays, Greater Manchester. 

Currently under construction, The Regent Building will provide 145,000 sq ft of offices. Bupa pre-let the MediaCityUK office building last year, signing a 15-year lease for the entire scheme in February 2015.

Clifford Chance has advised Investa Capital Management on the acquisition of the retail centre "Allee Center" in Leipzig from a foreign investor.