Ikar rejuvenated
Hotelsschedule 31 October 2017
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POLAND After the renovation of the lobby and reception areas, more changes are expected in the three-star Ikar hotel in Bydgoszcz.
Office & mixed-use development
Law firm CMS has renewed its lease for 10 years for 10,200 sqm of office space at MainTor Panorama building in Frankfurt.
Investment & finance
Martley Capital has completed the sale of two Polish warehouse assets from their Polish value add fund, known as POLAF. The assets are located in Długołęka and in Oleśnica, both in the Wroclaw Industrial Hub.
Retail & leisure
Cushman &Wakefield has summarised the situation on the Polish retail market. Over half a mln sqm of new retail space came on stream last year, marking the highest new supply level in Poland since 2015. This robust development activity occurred amid rising demand from new retailers and improving consumer sentiment which boosted retail sales.
Investment & finance
We talk with W. P. Carey, the US-based sale and leaseback specialist and Christopher Mertlitz, the company’s Head of European Investments, explains the company’s strategy in Poland and why he believes ample opportunities for this kind of financing still exist.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni has completed the construction of a new logistics centre for Rossmann in Üllő. The area of the facility is 28,000 sqm.
Residential
Only 11 pct of students in Poland can be accommodated in student houses, both public and private. PRS At a Glance: Institutional Rental Market Poland. Student Housing 2024, a report by BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland, indicates that investor interest in the PBSA segment will grow in the coming years.
Office & mixed-use development
The occupancy level of Wola Center has reached 90 per cent. The latest contract for the lease of 2,000 sqm was concluded by Hines with the Warsaw Court of Appeal. In addition to office space, the long-term contract includes parking spaces.
Investment & finance
Forestay Group, in strategic partnership with Recorde Asset Management, announced the acquisition of Váci Utca 81, a 10,200 sqm office building situated in Budapest.
Investment & finance
Rus Savitar, a furniture and chipboard manufacturer in Romania, has sold its factory in Dudeștii Noi, Timiș County, to UE Furniture, a global producer of chairs, armchairs, and sofas. The transaction encompasses a total area of 120,000 sqm of land and 60,000 sqm of buildings.
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Investment & finance
The Myslbek office and retail complex on Prague’s centrally located Na Příkopě street has been purchased by Max Realitní Fund. The property was acquired from Anatol Invest Holding.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni and Valmet Automotive, a supplier to the automotive industry, have officially inaugurated the expansion of the factory in Żary. On 21 January, the foundation stone was laid for the construction of an 8,800 sqm BTS facility.
Warehouse & industrial
TVH, a global supplier of parts and accessories for material handling, industrial, construction and agricultural machines, has leased nearly 17,000 sqm of space at Prologis Park Ruda Śląska.
Office & mixed-use development
Timber Factory – the building complex by UBM Development and ARE Austrian Real Estate – will be Munich’s first commercial campus in a timber hybrid design, with approx. 59,500 sqm of GFA. Building is scheduled to begin in the Q3 of 2025.
Office & mixed-use development
The law firm of attorneys and legal advisers Studnicki, Płeszka, Ćwiąkalski, Górski has joined the group of tenants in Wrocław's Infinity office building. The firm has leased over 350 sqm of space. The opening of the new branch of the SPCG law firm is scheduled for August 2025.
Investment & finance
Invesco Real Estate has acquired a post-industrial site in Bruchsal for Invesco Real Estate Europe Fund III. The 80,000 sqm site will be revitalised in cooperation with Propel Industrial.
Warehouse & industrial
MDC², which is developing the MDC² Park Kraków South warehouse complex in Skawina near Kraków with investor Generali Real Estate, has signed four leases for a total of nearly 16,000 sqm. The companies have taken warehouse and office space.
Office & mixed-use development
Atlas Ward appointed as general contractor for the redevelopment of V Tower. The green modernization of the office building at ul. Chmielna in Warsaw has entered its decisive phase. The work began in January and is scheduled to be completed by the end of August.
Warehouse & industrial
MLP Group has signed a lease agreement with a company operating a network of padel centers in Poland. InterPadel will occupy approx. 2,800 sqm of space at MLP Business Park Poznań. The facility is scheduled for handover in December 2025.
Warehouse & industrial
Garbe Industrial Real Estate has concluded a rental agreement with Bravobike in Kabelsketal (Saale district, Saxony-Anhalt). The company will use a total area of approx. 23,500 sqm.
Mövenpick has made its debut in Poland with the opening of two hotels – Mövenpick Grand Hotel Wrocław and Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karpacz. The brand has plans for further expansion in Europe.
The first The Cloud One Hotel in Warsaw is set to open in the Upper One complex, offering over 360 rooms.
The Spark by Hilton brand is entering the Polish market with two new hotels. Spark by Hilton Pobierowo and Spark by Hilton Krynica Morska will open within the next six months.
Boutique brand Accor is making its debut in Germany with the opening of a hotel in Düsseldorf. The company also announces plans to open its first property in Croatia in 2026.
The Art Nouveau hotel Grand Hotel Evropa in Prague has started operating under the W Hotels banner as W Prague. This is the first property of this Marriott Bonvoy-owned brand in the Czech capital.
The Sofitel Grand Sopot has changed hands. The Polish company Sinfam Investments became the new owner of the hotel. The seller was AccorInvest, which includes the Orbis group. Sofitel will remain the managing operator of the hotel.
The St. Regis Belgrade hotel, the brand's first property in Serbia, has begun operating in Belgrade. It is located in the 42-storey high-rise Belgrade Tower (Kula Beograd), built at the meeting point of the Sava and Danube rivers.
Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego has granted a loan of up to EUR 40 mln to the Hungarian company from the Puro Group. The financing will be used for the construction of a four-star premium hotel in the centre of Budapest.
Mercure, a brand of the Accor Group, announces the opening of its first hotel in Bulgaria. The new property is located in one of Sofia's most prestigious districts, Manastirski Livadi, with easy access to the National History Museum and Vitosha National Park.
S Immo has successfully completed a sale of the Juliš Hotel in Prague, with a total leasable area of around 6,700 sqm.
The Moxy Hotels brand has announced the expansion of its European portfolio to 100 hotels by the end of 2025. 17 more hotels are to open by the end of next year, including Moxy Warsaw City.
According to data from Cushman & Wakefield, the Bucharest hotel market is experiencing the highest supply growth among the CEE capitals between 2024 and 2026. The demand in the first half of the year compared to the same period of 2023 experienced an increase of 3 pct, however, it remained below the 2019 level.
B&B Hotels Polska has signed a 20-year lease for the facility at ul. Kosmatki in Warsaw. B&B Hotel Warsaw East will start receiving guests in September this year. The new four-star hotel will be the second facility of the B&B Hotels chain in Warsaw and the 15th in Poland.
Hotel Opatija, Curio Collection by Hilton celebrates its opening. The 54-room facility debuts as the first in Croatia and the brand’s 40th trading country.
Cloud IX, Budapest’s latest panoramic skybar, has been opened in the ibis & Tribe Budapest Stadium Hotel in the WING Liberty building. Opened last December in Budapest’s District IX, the hotel complex boasts a total of 332 rooms and a wide range of services.
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Novum Hospitality announced a long-term agreement that will double IHG’s presence in Germany to more than 200 hotels in almost 100 cities through Holiday Inn – the niu brand collaboration and European debuts for IHG’s Garner and Candlewood Suites.
CPI Property Group has sold a 50 pct stake in a subsidiary that owns eight hotel properties in the Czech Republic to Bratislava-based Best Hotel Properties (BHP), with whom it has also signed a JV agreement for the continued management of the hotels.
Radisson RED Belgrade has opened its doors as a new upscale lifestyle hotel, marking the debut of the Radisson RED brand in Southeast Europe.
The hotel market in Bucharest has experienced a moderate annual average growth in new offerings, at 0.9 pct between 2019 and 2023. This modest trend was primarily influenced by the cancellation of Urban Zoning Plans. Between 2024 and 2025, an estimated average annual growth rate of 4.1 pct in the number of rooms is expected, according to data from the real estate consulting company Cushman & Wakefield.
According to Cushman & Wakefield analysis, after a period when the Prague hotel market was lagging behind other European cities in terms of recovery from the impacts of the covid pandemics, all of its performance indicators increased significantly in 2023. The Prague hotel market proves its resilience and attractivity.
In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The f ...
Strabag Romania has been selected by the developer and investor PPF Real Estate as the general contractor for the construction of its new office prope ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Shopee is ending its operations in Poland. The Asian e-commerce platform, which debuted in Poland in 2021, intends to focus on operations in other reg ...
Two buildings completed as part of the first phase of Good Point V, an investment by Real Management, have received the final BREEAM International New ...
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
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Today, we bring you another brief recording from Expo Real 2024. Tune to listen to our experts' opinions. and immerse yourself in the event's atmosphe ...
The 13th JLL Real Estate Beach Volleyball Charity Tournament, which took place earlier this month, has raised over PLN 800,000 to build the third Rona ...
After a long break, we invite you to hot episode of the "Eye to eye" podcast! Today we talk with Władysław Grochowski, the head and founder of Arche.
The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...
Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...
Mövenpick has made its debut in Poland with the opening of two hotels – Mövenpick Grand Hotel Wrocław and Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karpacz. The brand ha ...
Jarosław Szanajca plans to resign from the position of president of the management board of Dom Development at the end of the year and join the superv ...
The Warsaw - Łódź stretch will be the first section of the High Speed Railway in Poland. It is on this route that a new station will be built in Brzez ...
Viterra has moved into its new 1,500 sqm offices in Olivia Prime, part of the Olivia Centre business complex in Gdańsk. The Design Anatomy studio is ...
Martley Capital has completed the sale of two Polish warehouse assets from their Polish value add fund, known as POLAF. The assets are located in Dług ...
CTP has strengthened its presence in Serbia with the acquisition of a significant parcel of land which will provide 50,000 sqm of lettable space in Kr ...
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Law firm CMS has renewed its lease for 10 years for 10,200 sqm of office space at MainTor Panorama building in Frankfurt.
Colliers has taken over the management of the Studio B office building located in the Warsaw Wola district. The property is owned by Stena Real Estate ...
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
Only 11 pct of students in Poland can be accommodated in student houses, both public and private. PRS At a Glance: Institutional Rental Market Poland. ...
Cushman &Wakefield has summarised the situation on the Polish retail market. Over half a mln sqm of new retail space came on stream last year, marking ...
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Panattoni has completed the construction of a new logistics centre for Rossmann in Üllő. The area of the facility is 28,000 sqm.
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