Catella sees hope and chances for real estate after Covid-19

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WORLD Real estate could actually benefit from the Covid-19 pandemic in the long run due its perception as a safe haven for investors, according to a report just published on the implications of the epidemic for the market by Swedish property consulting and fund management specialists Catella.
According to Catella's latest 'Market Tracker' report, the short term impact of rent payment defaults are likely to lead to loss of earnings and revaluations across the market. While stressing that nothing can be predicted with any certainly right now, the report points out that the longer the lack of liquidity, interrupted cash flows and the additional costs due to the epidemic continue, the greater the negative effects will be. These include falling rents and increased risk premiums. In turn,
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Investment & finance

Poland Newgate searches for a partner

schedule 03 October 2025
Opr./edited by AH

Newgate Investment has begun searching for a joint venture partner for its existing portfolio of 28 retail parks across the country, as well as for further acquisitions planned for 2026-2030.

Material partner

Poland Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics

schedule 01 October 2025

With a proven track record across Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and Germany, Peakside Capital is emerging as one of the most influential players in the logistics real estate sector. The company combines an integrated one-stop-shop model with strong global partnerships, complementary logistics platforms and a deep commitment to sustainability.

Events

Germany We're heading to Expo!

schedule 03 October 2025
Eurobuild CEE

On October 7, during Expo Real 2025 in Munich, Eurobuild CEE will serve as the media partner for two discussion panels.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Urban Box under construction near Gliwice

schedule 03 October 2025
Opr./edited by AH

European industrial and logistics developer ILD has begun construction of UrbanBox Park Gliwice, a SBU-style warehouse and business complex.

EurobuildCEE

Central & Eastern Europe The October issue is now out!

schedule 03 October 2025
Eurobuild CEE

In the latest issue of the magazine, we take a closer look at retail parks, data centres and the PBSA market. We also ask whether, after a slowdown, investors in Poland are once again ready to think big.

Retail & leisure

Poland M Park to open in Ciechanów

schedule 02 October 2025
Opr./edited by AH

LCP Poland, part of M Core, is to open its second retail park project this year with developer Refield. M Park Ciechanów, formerly known as Pasaż Ciechanowski, comprises over 10,700 sqm gla.

Investment & finance

Poland Cavatina receives EUR 270 mln in refinancing

schedule 02 October 2025
Opr./edited by AH

Cavatina Holding has signed a EUR 270 mln loan agreement with a consortium of banks, including Erste Group Bank, based in Vienna, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, based in Stuttgart, and Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien, based in Vienna.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Panattoni to start building in Nürnberg

schedule 02 October 2025
Opr./edited by AH

In Q3 2027, the construction of Panattoni Park Nürnberg will be completed on the former site of Thyssenkrupp Materials Services in Nürnberg.

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Eurobuild FM

Poland The power of community

schedule 02 October 2025
Julia Cudowska

We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.

Investment & finance

Hungary Recorde Asset Management buys Science Park

schedule 01 October 2025
Opr./edited by AH

Recorde Asset Management, in partnership with Chapel Hill Capital, has acquired Science Park, a 30,700 sqm office complex situated in central Budapest. This marks one of the largest office transactions of the year in Hungary.

Investment & finance

Hungary DRFG comes to Budapest

schedule 01 October 2025
Opr./edited by AH

The DRFG Investment Group has completed its first commercial property acquisition in Hungary by purchasing the Bartók Ház office building from CA Immo.

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Poland The cost of going green

schedule 01 October 2025
Opr./edited by AH

We took the opportunity to talk to Katarzyna Chwalbińska-Kusek, the head of ESG and sustainability at Baker Tilly TPA, about the costs of going green.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Many tenants but less space

schedule 30 September 2025
Opr./edited by AH

Total warehouse stock now comes to more than 36 mln sqm says BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland in its ‘Review. Industrial and Logistics Market in Poland’ report This represents a 7.5 pct increase on Q2 of last year.

Investment & finance

Poland More money for Varso Place

schedule 30 September 2025
Opr./edited by AH

PKO Bank Polski and Erste Group Bank have joined the lenders refinancing Varso Place office complex in Warsaw. As a result, the credit limit has been raised by EUR 35 mln to EUR 510 mln with improved terms.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland P3 Błonie ready to expand

schedule 30 September 2025
Opr./edited by AH

P3 has acquired 8.8 ha of land adjacent to its P3 Blonie Park and is to construct a building with a leasable area of 41,000 sqm, of which 39,000 sqm will be warehouse space and almost 2,000 sqm will be offices.

Investment & finance

Germany Berlin Hyp extends loan for Hofstatt

schedule 29 September 2025
Opr./edited by AH

Berlin Hyp has extended its loan agreement with Quantum Immobilien KVG from 2020 for the financing of the Hofstatt complex by another five years. The loan is worth hundreds of millions of euros.

Office & mixed-use development

Czech Republic Allegro to move to Danube House

schedule 29 September 2025
Opr./edited by AH

Allegro has announced it is to relocate its Prague offices from the Holešovice district to the Danube House building. The building, which is part of the Riverside Karlín complex, is currently undergoing a major renovation.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland The golden age of warehousing

schedule 29 September 2025
Opr./edited by AH

Over the past 15 years, several factors have contributed to the expansion of the warehouse sector in Poland, including the development of road infrastructure, interest from foreign investors, and even the pandemic, according to JLL's latest report.

Events

Poland Accessibility Forum coming soon!

schedule 29 September 2025
Opr./edited by JC

This autumn, Poznań will welcome the third edition of Forum Dostępności (Accessibility Forum), an event dedicated to universal design, architectural accessibility, and inclusive solutions in public, private, and digital spaces. "Eurobuild CEE" is the official media partner of the event.

Investment & finance

Poland Łódź pulls in business

schedule 26 September 2025
Opr./edited by AH

Łódź continues to strengthen its business position as one of the key industrial and logistics hubs in Europe, according to the 'Łódź 2025. Industry | Innovation | Infrastructure' report by Savills Polska and Invest in Łódź.

Latest in Coronavirus

schedule 30 March 2021

Vaccination centre provided by Globalworth

The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.

schedule 24 June 2020

Employers in no rush to return to workplaces

Almost three quarters of employers plan to reintroduce their employees to their workplaces in phases rather than all at once, according to CBRE in its global survey on return-to-work strategies after the Covid-19 pandemic.

schedule 14 May 2020

Catella sees hope and chances for real estate after Covid-19

WORLD Real estate could actually benefit from the Covid-19 pandemic in the long run due its perception as a safe haven for investors, according to a report just published on the implications of the epidemic for the market by Swedish property consulting and fund management specialists Catella.

schedule 14 May 2020

Build Europe pushes post-coronavirus action plan

EUROPE Build Europe, an umbrella organisation for EU-based residential developers and constructors, has presented its recommendations for helping the sector in the EU emerge from the post-Covid19 economic crisis.

schedule 14 May 2020

Polish RE lends an even greater hand to fight the pandemic

POLAND More companies have joined # Property4Heroes - the commercial real estate market's initiative to support hospital staff and ambulance crews across Poland. Each day the initiative delivers 1,150 meals to physicians, nurses, paramedics and support personnel.

schedule 07 May 2020

Panattoni to provide PLN 0.5 bln worth of medical supplies

POLAND Warehouse developer Panattoni has allocated PLN 500,000 to buy medical supplies for three Polish hospitals.

schedule 14 April 2020

Landlords underwhelmed by emergency relief

CEE REGION Preliminary CEE investment volumes for Q1 2020 amounted to app. EUR 3.7 bln, despite the onset of Covid-19 in the region in early March – according to Colliers International’s latest research report.

schedule 14 April 2020

Toyota prepares to reopen Polish plants

EUROPE Toyota Motor Corporation has announced the partial resumption of operations in its European manufacturing plants, which have been closed due to the coronavirus epidemic.

schedule 08 April 2020

AFI Braşov now to open in the autumn

ROMANIA AFI Europe Romania has announced that it is rescheduling the opening of its AFI Braşov shopping and entertainment centre due to the pandemic.

schedule 08 April 2020

Aleja opening postponed

SLOVENIA The official opening of the Aleja shopping centre in Ljubljana’s Šiška district has been postponed.

schedule 07 April 2020

BPI opens virtual sales office

POLAND BPI Real Estate Polandis to introduce a virtual sales office for all of its Polish projects.

schedule 07 April 2020

Rent suspension in Sukcesja

POLAND Rent payments have been suspended for all tenants in the Sukcesja shopping centre in Łódź.

schedule 03 April 2020

Retailers join the fight

POLAND The Polish Trade and Distribution Organisation [POHiD], an association of retail chains, are to contribute PLN 15 mln to fight the coronavirus epidemic.

schedule 02 April 2020

Carrefour donates PLN 2 mln to fight pandemic

POLAND The Carrefour Foundation and Carrefour Polska are donating around PLN 2 mln to Polish hospitals for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

schedule 01 April 2020

Pay no rent in Sukcesja

POLAND The Sukcesja shopping centre owned by Fabryka Biznesu in Łódź has stopped collecting rents from its tenants.

schedule 31 March 2020

Government takes on board PRCH recommendations

POLAND The range of temporary trading restrictions in Polish retail buildings above 2,000 sqm imposed by the Ministry of Health has been clarified after consultations with the Polish Council of Shopping Centres [PRCH] and the Ministry of Development.

schedule 31 March 2020

Rent holiday for CCC and Ultro tenants

POLAND Dariusz Miłek, the president of footwear and accessories retailer CCC and Ultro Holding, the owner and manager of Cuprum Arena in Lubin and Korona in Kielce, has decided to cancel rent collections from tenants whose outlets have been forced to close during the Covid-19 emergency.

schedule 31 March 2020

Develia fears Covid-19 impact on business

POLAND Wrocław-based developer Develia (formerly LC Corp) has announced that the disruption caused by the pandemic could have a significant and potentially serious impact on the current operations of the company and its groups.

schedule 31 March 2020

Economies rebalance in wake of coronavirus

CEE REGION According to analysis by Colliers International all CEE economies this year are to decline or fall into recession as a result of the coronavirus.

schedule 30 March 2020

Movement and gatherings ban tightened further

POLAND The Polish government has introduced a new directive clarifying the restrictions on movement as part of its measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

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