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Eiffage bids to buy out Mitex shares The French construction firm Eiffage has announced its intention to buy out 227,365 shares in the Polish builder Mitex, in which it already owns a 98.89 stake.The Polish brokerage house CDM Pekao will mediate the transaction, which will take place between August 14th and September 15th. Eiffage will withdraw Mitex shares from the stock exchange once the buy out has been concluded. Pricoa goes shopping in Prague and Budapest A British fund managed by Pricoa Investment Management Ltd. has purchased four retail warehouses from Skanska, two of which are in Prague and the remaining two in Budapest. The bill came to EUR 51.6 mln and Skanska was represented by Cushman & Wakefield H&B in negotiations.The total 36,000 sqm has been leased out and Electro World, a wholly owned subsidiary of leading UK electrical retailer Dixons Group plc, accounts for around 70 per cent of the rental income. Skanska was represented by Cushman & Wakefie