Mall deal on the cards

Peter Evans, vice-president of Meyer Bergman: We’re in the process of acquiring another shopping centre in the Czech Republic, but I cannot yet say exactly where. We’re now finalising the sale and purchase agreement stage and we’ve got exclusivity on the deal. It’s a medium-sized shopping centre with extension opportunities. At the moment, you are present in Poland and the Czech Republic. Would you also be interested in acquiring retail assets in Slovakia and Hungary? We’re looking at a number of opportunities across the region. We have been monitoring Slovakia and Hungary, but have not bought anything there yet due to a number of factors such as liquidity, the availability of bank debt, pricing and the quality of assets we have been presented with. Hungary has been back on the radar for investors of late, hasn’t it? We have to look at Hungary in the context of opportunities across the CEE region and Western Europe and to date we have not seen an