Hammerson will raise more than £800m to restore the shopping centre owner’s finances after Covid-19 caused the sums it collects through rents to plunge.
The owner of Birmingham’s Bullring plans to raise £551.7m through a rights issue, and a further £274m through the sale of its stake in VIA Outlets to Dutch pension fund giant APG. The sale of VIA will close in the fourth quarter if Hammerson has a successful rights issue.