The Crown Estate has continued its push into the shopping centre sector, exchanging contracts with Capital Shopping Centres to buy the Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford

St Modwen Investments has exchanged contracts to sell its Catford shopping centre in south-east London to Lewisham Council. A new regeneration body is to be set up to take over the running of the centre.

Liberty International, parent company of Capital Shopping Centres and Capital & Counties, has confirmed that it is considering floating the two as separate businesses.

Northern Ireland's Environment Minister, Edwin Poots, has approved plans for a major redevelopment of the Dairy Farm Shopping Centre in Dunmurry, near Lisburn.

Food operator Nandos has chosen the recently extended St Enoch Centre to open its first Glasgow-based restaurant. Fashion retailer Xile and designer jeweller Ortak are also taking units at the 765,000-sq ft scheme.

Multi-brand fashion retailer Republic has announced plans to open a further 12 stores in 2010, including a strategic move into the Irish market, as part of a strategy to double turnover in the next three years.

Multi Development's groundbreaking city-centre regeneration project has been awarded the Silver Jubilee Cup, the Royal Town Planning Institute’s top planning prize, in a ceremony celebrating the best planning projects across the UK and Ireland.

Savills has appointed retail director Larry Brennan as chairman of its Irish business.

Land Securities' retail-led development at One New Change, opposite St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, has won a major architectural prize before it even opens. The scheme was selected as the overall winner of the Architectural Review/Mipim Future Projects Awards.