Unibail Rodamco Westfield is increasing disposals, but wants to turn malls into media assets

While speeding up debt reduction, the property company sees retail media as a strategic asset. Two years after the creation of a dedicated advertising network called Westfield Rise, due to generate a €75-million margin in 2024, the group launched a tech innovation to measure drive-to-store traffic.

Through Sophie Baqué. Published on 10 January 2025 à 15h40 - Update on 24 July 2025 à 10h35

On January 6, 2025, Unibail Rodamco Westfield (71 malls, 9M 2024 sales: €2.84 billion up 2%) announced the sale of a 15% stake in the Paris-based Forum des Halles mall (77,600 sq.m) to CDC Investissement Immobilier (100% subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôt, €10 billion in assets) for €235 million. This completes the €1.5 billion worth of transactions,…

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