Residential
In two years, Finnish developer YIT has built and handed over more than 500 rental units in Warsaw to the Nrep fund. The flats were built in three Warsaw districts - Ursynów, Bemowo and Mokotów.
ESG
The CMS law firm's headquarters, located in Varso Tower, has become the first office arrangement in Poland to be awarded WELL Platinum certification. Thus, CMS joins the ranks of four law firms worldwide that have an office that complies with the highest standards of occupant wellbeing.
Office & mixed-use development
Customer engagement specialist Concentrix has leased almost 5,200 sqm in Global Office Park in Katowice, which is owned by Cavatina. The deal is the largest office lease in the city in 2023.
Investment & finance
7R has obtained a development loan for the 7R City Flex Katowice I project. The financing of EUR 15.5 mln was provided by mBank.
Warehouse & industrial
Universal Express has extended its lease of the MLP Pruszków II park for another period. The company has been a tenant of the MLP logistics centre for almost 10 years.
Hotels
A new hotel is being built in Kraków. It will be the seventh facility of the AccorInvest/Orbis group in the capital of Malopolska under the Accor brand in the lifestyle segment. The hotel is scheduled to open in Q2 2025.
Investment & finance
A London-based European investment company has finalised the purchase of Galeria Tarnovia, which is one of the biggest transactions on the Polish retail property market this year. The Tarnów mall has about 17,000 sqm of leasable space (36,500 sqm of total space).
Infrastructure
The investment programme until 2030 worth more than PLN 1.5 bln has been approved for Katowice's Wojciech Korfanty Airport. The programme will include more than 20 projects, with the construction of a passenger terminal, a cargo terminal, a technical hangar, as well as taking into account changes to the airport's transport system.
For Ukraine
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 winner for Europe is a Polish couple, Lena and Władysław Grochowski.
Eurobuild FM
We invite you to listen to the next episode of Eurobuild FM! Edyta Chromiec, senior associate of the ESG department at Colliers, describes how Polish general contractors are prepared to implement ESG principles – not only environmental, but also social ones.
Warehouse & industrial
DHL Supply Chain, a member of the DHL Group, has leased 20,000 sqm in the largest stand-alone modern industrial building in the Budapest area, developed by HelloParks. The park has been prepared to enable zero-emissions operations.
Warehouse & industrial
Morska Agencja Gdynia, a Polish freight forwarding and logistics company, has leased more than 21,000 sqm of space in the CTPark Gdańsk Port complex. The company will integrate all its warehouse space in one location.
Warehouse & industrial
MLP Group is investing to develop a new logistics centre within the Katowice Special Economic Zone. The upcoming MLP Bieruń West, situated on recently acquired land, is set to provide approximately 55,000 sqm of warehouse space.
Office & mixed-use development
Warimpex has opened its third office building in Kraków, the Mogilska 35 Offices. The taxonomy-compliant property has 11,900 sqm of space, is located in the immediate vicinity of the city centre. The building is already almost half let.
Warehouse & industrial
The first Polish distribution centre of the KiK discount chain will open in Rabowice. The property has a warehouse space of 40,000 sqm.
Investment & finance
White Stone Development has sold two office buildings at Cybernetyki 7 Street. The Hol77 complex in Warsaw's Mokotów district has been purchased by Flora Development 22.
Warehouse & industrial
Real Management has signed an agreement with Bremer, entrusting it with the role of general contractor for the production and industrial park Good Point V.
Warehouse & industrial
Regesta will lease 21,700 sqm of warehouse space in Panattoni Park Zgierz. The central warehouse will support its four existing properties across Poland, with another two under construction.
Retail & leisure
In this year's 33rd edition of the Cushman & Wakefield Main Streets Across the World ranking, the Czech Pařížská street has been ranked 11th in Europe and the first in the CEE region. The survey compares nearly 50 countries around the world by the level of retail rents on the most expensive shopping street in each country.
Office & mixed-use development
Construction work has begun on Office House, the first stage of the Towarowa 22 multifunctional development in central Warsaw.
7R has obtained a development loan for the 7R City Flex Katowice I project. The financing of EUR 15.5 mln was provided by mBank.
A London-based European investment company has finalised the purchase of Galeria Tarnovia, which is one of the biggest transactions on the Polish retail property market this year. The Tarnów mall has about 17,000 sqm of leasable space (36,500 sqm of total space).
White Stone Development has sold two office buildings at Cybernetyki 7 Street. The Hol77 complex in Warsaw's Mokotów district has been purchased by Flora Development 22.
mBank has provided MLP Group with financing of nearly EUR 12 mln. The funds raised will be used to refinance the construction of a 32,000 sqm warehouse facility at the MLP Pruszków II logistics centre.
Panattoni is developing a manufacturing plant for the Fortaco Group in Knurów near Gliwice. The construction of the factory has been financed by a loan from Alior Bank of over EUR 24 million.
Globalworth has been granted funding in the form of a EUR 145 mln bank loan. The financing covers the Skylight and Lumen buildings on ul. Złota, as well as the Hala Koszyki.
Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has provided a EUR 113 mln investment loan facility to CTP, which will be drawn down in phases. CTP will utilise the proceeds for the refinancing of a logistics portfolio in the Czech Republic.
Nepi Rockcastle’s net operating income rose 23 pct in the first nine months of 2023 to EUR 365 million, versus the same period of 2022. The main drivers of the strong performance were a combination of tenant sales performance and the contribution of the acquisitions completed in 2022.
PBB Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has granted a 75 mln euro investment loan to a Polish company managed by Macquarie Asset Management. The loan will be used to refinance the Cedet office building in Warsaw.
According to the latest report from PwC and the Urban Land Institute, 75 pct of real estate leaders agree current valuations “do not accurately reflect” all the challenges and opportunities in real estate, as a wedge continues to be driven between market price expectations and book valuations.
Stokado, owned by Redefine Properties and Griffin Capital Partners, has acquired Top Box self-storage rental company. As a result, Stokado has added 4,500 sqm to its portfolio of operating assets and further 4,500 sqm to development pipeline.
Hillwood Poland has signed a loan agreement worth more than EUR 13 million with BNP Paribas Bank for the development of a logistics park in Syców, as well as an agreement worth more than EUR 35 million for the development of a park in Rawa Mazowiecka.
S Immo has signed a non-binding letter of intent with Czech Property Investments, a subsidiary of CPI Property Group, to acquire a property portfolio in the Czech Republic.
The pricing gap between buyers’ and sellers' expectations remains a significant barrier to seeing volumes return to the 5 and 10-year average levels of EUR 10-11 bln, however, lower levels of vacancy are being recorded and some good levels of rental growth in certain sectors have been noted, reveals Colliers in its latest “Q3 2023 CEE Investment Scene” report.
Crestyl has completed the acquisition of the remaining 50 pct stake in Spravia from Cornerstone Partners, giving it full control of the company.
Sonar Real Estate has secured an office property in Munich in a joint venture with a global institutional investor. The seller, Global Gate Capital, is an international investment firm that invests across alternative asset classes and public markets.
MidEuropa, a European private equity investor, has entered into an agreement to sell Romanian food retailer Profi Rom Food to Ahold Delhaize. The value of the enterprise was estimated at about EUR 1.3 bln pre-IFRS16 (EUR1.8 bln post-IFRS 16).
Octava Property Trust (OPT) has sold a 1.3 ha development site for an SBU warehouse project near Chopin Airport in Warsaw to an Austrian investment fund, which now plans to develop an 8,000 sqm small business unit facility on it.
Prague-based investment group BHM group has acquired the Trenčín Industrial Park logistics and production centre in western Slovakia, which has a leasable area of more than 120,000 sqm, for an undisclosed sum. The seller was Fond Nova Real Estate, a fund managed by Prague-based Redside investiční společnost.
Apcoa Parking Holdings and Strategic Value Partners, LLC and its affiliates (together, SVP), a global alternative investment firm with over USD 18 bln of assets under management, has announced that SVP-managed funds have entered into an agreement to acquire 100 pct of Apcoa, Europe’s leading parking infrastructure operator.
Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects together with Czech architects OVA have won the competition to redesign a quarter of Vítězné náměstí (Victory ...
Polish construction company Erbud has signed a cooperation agreement with South Korean giant Daewoo Engineering & Construction to jointly implement pr ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni has extended its sponsorship agreement with Poland’s premier golfer, Adrian Meronk. In the first year of Panattoni’s sponsorship, Meronk ach ...
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 ...
The CMS law firm's headquarters, located in Varso Tower, has become the first office arrangement in Poland to be awarded WELL Platinum certification. ...
The Eurobuild Award 2023 for Outstanding Contribution to Real Estate went to… Tomasz Lubowiecki, a founder and the chairman of the board at 7R
The grand finale of the 13th Eurobuild Awards is to take place tonight! Join us at the Gala at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel or follow the announceme ...
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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 ...
A new hotel is being built in Kraków. It will be the seventh facility of the AccorInvest/Orbis group in the capital of Malopolska under the Accor bran ...
Michał Masztakowski has taken up the position of the head of the retail agency in Poland at Cushman & Wakefield. He will be responsible for preparing ...
The investment programme until 2030 worth more than PLN 1.5 bln has been approved for Katowice's Wojciech Korfanty Airport. The programme will include ...
Designers from Colliers, under the supervision of architect Kateřina Štenclova, prepared the concept for the Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Prague. The ...
7R has obtained a development loan for the 7R City Flex Katowice I project. The financing of EUR 15.5 mln was provided by mBank.
Wrocław-based Satoia has acquired a 10 ha plot in Wolbórz from CPD for an undisclosed sum. The land has the potential for the development of an app. 4 ...
Michał Ptaszyński, Country Manager Poland, Logicor, tells us optimistically about the future of the logistics industry in Poland, the company's upcomi ...
Customer engagement specialist Concentrix has leased almost 5,200 sqm in Global Office Park in Katowice, which is owned by Cavatina. The deal is the ...
Savills is to manage Okam's F.S.O Park development in Warsaw's Żerań district, covering the operation of the existing warehouse and office space.
Construction of a new campus for the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Faculty of Charles University in Hradec Králové is now underway. The comp ...
In two years, Finnish developer YIT has built and handed over more than 500 rental units in Warsaw to the Nrep fund. The flats were built in three War ...
In this year's 33rd edition of the Cushman & Wakefield Main Streets Across the World ranking, the Czech Pařížská street has been ranked 11th in Europe ...
Bright Spaces has announced a partnership with CA Immo Hungary to digitally showcase five of the latter’s buildings.
Universal Express has extended its lease of the MLP Pruszków II park for another period. The company has been a tenant of the MLP logistics centre for ...
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