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Catering products supplier Bidfood Farutex has become the first tenant of Prologis’ largest ever speculative building, having leased 9,795 sqm at Prologis Park Wrocław III.
In 2022, the demand for offices in Warsaw exceeded 860,000 sqm. The highest tenant activity could be seen in Q1 and Q4 of the previous year. Traditionally, most Warsaw offices were contracted by companies from the financial sector, business services and the IT industry.
In January 2023, Sierra Balmain commenced cooperation in the field of lease management and the provision of financial and corporate accounting services for the Forum Gdańsk shopping centre, owned by NEPI Rockcastle.
The Dawna Fabryka retail park is to be built on the site of the former ZREMB Foundry near the centre of Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland.
Czech industrial real estate investor and developer Arete is to receive more than EUR 100 mln (CZK 2.5 bln) in financing for its portfolio from a consortium of banks made up of Česká spořitelna and Slovenská sporiteľňa.
German residential and retail developer and asset manager Trei Real Estate has obtained EUR 40 mln in debt funding from Berlin Hyp.
Logistics provider Orbico Hungary has leased 1,253 sqm of office space in the first phase of H2Offices complex in Budapest.
The investment volume of 2022 was shaped by five large deals, which accounted for 40 pct of the total result. Market liquidity fell by 27 pct, from a record 166 transactions in 2021 to 122 completed in 2022, according to experts at Avison Young.
Panattoni has purchased a 35 ha plot for the development of Panattoni Park Poznań A2. Construction work on the complex, which has a target area of almost 150,000 sqm, is to start as early as February.
Develia has signed a preliminary agreement for the sale of Wola Retro office building in Warsaw. The buyer is WR Office, owned by an investment fund managed by Adventum Group. The sale price was set at EUR 69.8 mln, or app. PLN 328.6 mln.
Szczecin is putting up for sale the building of a historic oil mill, which could be transformed into an interesting mix-use project. The property can be purchased with a 99 pct. discount on the net sale price.
LPP has leased a 65,000 sqm facility at CTPark Bucharest West distribution and logistics centre. The deal represents the first partnership between Poland’s LPP and CTP in Europe.
Panattoni Park Poznań West Gate is nearing full commercialization - the developer has already leased around 58,000 sqm in the facility, which has a total area of 61,000 sqm. Nearly 10,500 sqm is used by DFDS, a company offering transport and logistics services.
Garbe is to start work on Garbe Park České Budějovice near the South Bohemian city, following the conclusion of a deal with German hydronic heating specialist Taconova to lease almost 10,500 sqm of space in the park. Another 9,500 sqm of logistics space is at the same time to be developed speculatively.
Senior and disabled persons home care provider Aterima Group has prolonged and extended its lease in Bonarka for Business in Kraków.
Schneider Electric Polska renegotiated the contract and extended its lease of 8,500 sqm of office space in Park Rozwoju in Warsaw’s Służewiec business district.
Logistics company Dirks Consumer Slovakia has leased 43,320 sqm in the first phase of VGP Park Bratislava.
Cable and wire manufacturer and distributor TKD Polska has leased about 2,800 sqm at the MLP Pruszków II logistics park on Warsaw’s western outskirts.
Second closing has been sealed for the Duodev 2 fund initiated by the Mestdagh and Mulliez families, proposing to invest in European real estate projects developed by Equilis. Six months after the approval of the first closing, the Duodev 2 fund continues its success.
Panattoni has purchased 4 ha of land and is soon to start construction on Panattoni Park Warsaw South III Piaseczno, where it will develop around 20,000 sqm.
Czech industrial real estate investor and developer Arete is to receive more than EUR 100 mln (CZK 2.5 bln) in financing for its portfolio from a consortium of banks made up of Česká spořitelna and Slovenská sporiteľňa.
German residential and retail developer and asset manager Trei Real Estate has obtained EUR 40 mln in debt funding from Berlin Hyp.
The investment volume of 2022 was shaped by five large deals, which accounted for 40 pct of the total result. Market liquidity fell by 27 pct, from a record 166 transactions in 2021 to 122 completed in 2022, according to experts at Avison Young.
Develia has signed a preliminary agreement for the sale of Wola Retro office building in Warsaw. The buyer is WR Office, owned by an investment fund managed by Adventum Group. The sale price was set at EUR 69.8 mln, or app. PLN 328.6 mln.
Szczecin is putting up for sale the building of a historic oil mill, which could be transformed into an interesting mix-use project. The property can be purchased with a 99 pct. discount on the net sale price.
Second closing has been sealed for the Duodev 2 fund initiated by the Mestdagh and Mulliez families, proposing to invest in European real estate projects developed by Equilis. Six months after the approval of the first closing, the Duodev 2 fund continues its success.
Austrian real estate companies S Immo and Immofinanz have signed a framework agreement to establish a joint process to review the further alignment, coordination, merger or other forms of integration across the two groups.
AT Capital Group has finalised the acquisition of a plot at the junction of ul. Grzybowska and ul. Żelazna in central Warsaw from Golub GetHouse, which was planning to develop the Liberty Tower hotel and residential development on the site.
FLE SICAV FIS has acquired its fifth office property in Poland – the Kopernik Office Buildings complex in Warsaw from DWS for an undisclosed sum.
Bluehouse Capital has sold the Olympia Tower office building in Bucharest to Gibraltar-based investor Yellow Tree for an undisclosed sum.
According to Colliers, rising energy prices, construction costs and rents, the crisis of restaurants, pressure for ESG compliance and changes in the Prague high street are the main trends that will affect the Czech real estate market in 2023.
7R, a warehouse developer, and DWS, a global real estate manager, have closed a transaction for the transfer of ownership of 7R Park Poznań East II, a warehouse park with a gross leasable area of over 51,000 sqm.
Adventum Group has signed an agreement to buy the @Expo office complex in Bucharest from its developer Atenor for an undisclosed sum.
Berlin Hyp has issued its first dual tranche of Social Pfandbrief and Green Pfandbrief bonds with a combined value of EUR 1 bln, Orders for the bonds are more than 3.5 times oversubscribed.
CEE office investor Globalworth has secured two financing facilities for a combined EUR 160 mln from Erste Group.
S Immo has completed the purchase of a 124,000 sqm office portfolio in Budapest from Immofinanz for EUR 244.1 mln.
Echo Investment has sold the Face2Face Business Campus in Katowice for over EUR 100 mln to Investika and Bud Holdings.
One United Properties has acquired for EUR 3.73 mln three historic buildings in the centre of Bucharest, which it now plans to redevelop.
Hamburg-based Union Investment has sold the Maraton office building in Poznań to a subsidiary of Austrian company Uniqa Real Estate for an undisclosed sum.
Savills has presented its Investment Management Outlook for real estate investment markets in 2023. Urban Industrial and logistics, essential retail, affordable housing, and real estate debt likely to be safest havens in the coming year.
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Catering products supplier Bidfood Farutex has become the first tenant of Prologis’ largest ever speculative building, having leased 9,795 sqm at Prol ...