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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Warehouse & industrial

Poland City Park expands to 45,000 sqm

schedule 01 August 2025
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Construction work has begun on a new 10,000 sqm building in City Park Warsaw, which will comprise SBUs with office and warehousing space. Upon completion, the park will have a gla of 45,000 sqm.

Material partner

Poland Atlas Estates secures major loan from Bank Pekao

schedule 20 July 2025
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Atlas Estates is pleased to announce the successful securing of a significant loan facility from Bank Pekao SA, one of Poland’s leading financial institutions. This financing marks a continued vote of confidence in Atlas Estates Group’s business model, strategic direction, and longstanding partnership with Bank Pekao SA.

Investment & finance

Poland Bank Millenium finances solar farms

schedule 01 August 2025
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Pad Res, a Polish developer and investor in renewable energy, has secured a PLN 107.1 mln loan from Bank Millennium. The funds will be used for the operational financing of 13 operating solar farms with a total capacity of 60.45 MW.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Obi stays on in Łódź

schedule 01 August 2025
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The Obi DIY chain has extended its lease for 50,500 sqm in P3 Łódź I Park.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland ECSI comes to 7R City Flex Kraków Airport

schedule 31 July 2025
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Transport company ECSI Spedycja has leased 3,330 sqm of warehouse and office space at 7R City Flex Kraków Airport. The tenant was advised by real estate advisory firm Newmark Polska.

Investment & finance

Poland GCP granted EUR 322 mln loan

schedule 31 July 2025
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GLP Capital Partners (GCP) has been granted a EUR 322 mln loan from Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb) to finance its logistics portfolios in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania Global Vision builds factory for Diehl

schedule 31 July 2025
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Global Vision is constructing a production plant for Diehl Aviation in Craiova Business Park. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 30th.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania Logistics operator comes to MLP Bucharest West

schedule 31 July 2025
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A Romanian logistics company has leased space in MLP Bucharest West. As of September, the company will occupy over 5,200 sqm.

Property and Facility Management

Poland Balmain takes on Adventum

schedule 30 July 2025
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The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 185,000 sqm, are fully leased to a single, long-term tenant under a triple-net lease agreement.

ESG

Poland B10 takes WiredScore Platinum

schedule 30 July 2025
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The B10 office building in Wrocław, owned by Vastint Poland, has been certified with a WiredScore Platinum rating. The certification is an assessment of such factors as the resilience and diversity of the telecommunications systems, the quality of the internet access, the use of the latest technology and the user experience.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Panattoni completes Szczecin BTS distribution centre

schedule 30 July 2025
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Panattoni has completed the construction of a major logistics project in Szczecin. The new BTS centre will serve as a distribution centre for an international chain of discount stores.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Office market in Warsaw remains stable

schedule 30 July 2025
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In the first half of 2025, 85,000 sqm was added to the Warsaw office market, of which 93 pct was delivered to the central zones mainly due to prestigious projects such as The Bridge (51,800 sqm) and Office House (27,800 sqm), according to the latest report from Axi Immo, titled 'The office market in Warsaw in H1 2025'. At the same time, the vacancy rate remains stable (10.8 pct), with 140,000 sqm under construction at the end of June 2025.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Shiji stays on in Silesia Business Park

schedule 29 July 2025
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Shiji, a company specialising in IT solutions for the hospitality, retail, and leisure industries, has extended its lease of 2,000 sqm in Silesia Business Park in Katowice.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Supply remains limited across the regions

schedule 29 July 2025
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At the end of H1 modern office stock across Poland's regional cities came to 6.75 mln sqm, according to data from Avison Young. New supply came to 2,400 sqm with 200,000 sqm under construction, while demand stood at 387,000 sqm. Quarter on quarter the vacancy rate remained stable at 17.5 pct.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland MS Galleon enters Diuna

schedule 29 July 2025
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The MS Galleon Capital Group has leased 3,000 sqm of office space in Warsaw's Diuna complex with an additional 700 sqm to be used as a showroom for the Cersanit bathroom ceramics brand and the Barlinek wooden flooring brand.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Blitz takes 37,000 sqm

schedule 29 July 2025
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Blitz Distribution has leased around 37,000 sqm of warehouse space and around 1,000 sqm of offices and social space at the Garbe Industrial centre in Werne, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Largest Warsaw lease of 2025

schedule 28 July 2025
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An undisclosed food processing company has leased 10,000 sqm of warehouse space in City Point Targówek. This is the largest lease in Warsaw so far in 2025.

Investment & finance

Germany Panattoni buys former paint factory

schedule 28 July 2025
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Panattoni has acquired the former Alfred Clouth Lackfabrik paint factory in Offenbach am Main. A logistics park with flexible space suitable for light manufacturing, city logistics and e-commerce is to be built on the 1.5 ha site.

Investment & finance

Slovakia Mitiska REIM acquires OC Cassovia

schedule 28 July 2025
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Mitiska REIM has acquired the OC Cassovia retail centre in Košice. The transaction was completed on behalf of the MEREP 3 fund, in partnership with local partner Asset Services, and with a co-investment from the EBRD.

ESG

Poland Moderna Office goes Platinum

schedule 25 July 2025

Moderna's Warsaw office in the Warsaw Unit office building has been awarded Well v2 certification with the highest possible rating of ‘Platinum’. 

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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