Ivanhoé Cambridge appoints new VP Global Retail, Business Development

By

Jennifer Braun

Published
Aug 6, 2016

Ivanhoé Cambridge, a global real estate industry leader, announced on Friday the appointment of Nidae Abbas to the newly created position of Vice President, Global Retail, Business Development.
 

In this position, "Nidae's main focus will be to grow relationships with European and global retailers with a view to building a pipeline of new and prospective tenants for our retail business in Canada," explains Roman Drohomirecki, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Ivanhoé Cambridge Retail, in a news statement. "We believe this will facilitate new connections and promote our highly successful business unit in overseas markets."
 
Nidae has more than 20 years of experience in real estate, most of which is in retail leasing and development. She most recently served as Head of Development Leasing for Hammerson, the UK-based property development and investment REIT. Prior to joining Hammerson, she was responsible for leasing London Designer Outlet.

She will be based in London.
 
Ivanhoé Cambridge was founded in Quebec, Canada in 1953. The company holds interests in close to 500 properties, including close to 50 shopping centres across Canada, China, Brazil and more.