Office & mixed-use development
Colliers has been chosen to be the exclusive commercialisation agent for University Business Park in Łódź, which is owned by Globe Trade Centre.
Architecture and urban planning
Dutch studios Benthem Crouwel Architekten and West 8 have won the competition to design a new central railway station for Brno, in what was the largest architectural competition in the history of the Czech Republic.
Green projects
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has provided a provides a EUR 73 mln green loan to NE Property BV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEPI Rockcastle, for the development of sustainable real estate in Romania.
Office & mixed-use development
At the end of Q2 2021, the total modern office stock in Warsaw amounted to almost 6.1 mln sqm, according to the latest figures from PINK (the Polish Chamber of Commercial Properties). The vacancy rate was up by 1.1 pp q-o-q and by 4.6 pp y-o-y to 12.5 pct.
Office & mixed-use development
A museum dedicated to Apple products is to open in the Norblin Factory complex in the autumn with 1,500 exhibits related to the development and evolution of the company’s technology.
Infrastructure
Warbud is to rebuild a road bridge over the river Warta in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, close to the Polish-German border.
Retail & leisure
Patria has bought two retail parks from Czech developer KPD – in Ovčáry just outside in Kolín in central Bohemia and in Mohelnice in the Olomouc district of Moravia.
Public buildings
In Q2 2021, the value of the apartments sold in the exclusive Złota 44 residential tower in Warsaw was 28 pct higher than the previous highest figure recorded in Q4 2020.
Office & mixed-use development
Warsaw city council has leased 12,000 sqm in the newly completed Widok Towers in the centre of the capital.
Office & mixed-use development
Industrial and office agency Axi Immo has renewed the leases for its premises on the top floor of Spektrum Tower in Warsaw’s CBD as well as in Muchowiec Active Park in Katowice.
Office & mixed-use development
RTL Services, the business services company for Magyar RTL Televízió, has signed a long-term lease for space in the Liget Center and the Liget Auditórium office buildings in Budapest, which are owned by Wing.
Retail & leisure
Polish developer Scallier has acquired a retail park development from Oasis Retail & Development Consulting in Timişoara for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
Almost EUR 300 mln was invested in Romanian real estate in H1 2021, according to figures provided by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. A large contribution to the volume was provided by the increased activity of Austrian office investors.
Retail & leisure
Spar Hungary has recently opened two new supermarkets and reopened two refurbished stores in an investment of EUR 5.3 mln in its Hungarian store network.
Warehouse & industrial
MLP Group has contracted Poznań-based W.P.I.P. to expand its MLP Poznań West project in Dąbrówka on the city’s western outskirts. The general contractor is to build more than 43,000 sqm of new space, with the construction work due to begin by the end of this month.
Infrastructure
Skanska has been awarded a contract worth more than CZK 1.95 bln (app. EUR 77 mln) from the Czech highway authority to build a section of the D55 motorway in the area of Staré Město in Moravia.
Investment & finance
Fresh from its successful EUR 500 mln green bond issue, its disposal of its Serbian portfolio and a number of acquisitions in Budapest, Eurobuild CEE asked Globe Trade Centre’s president, Yovav Carmi, and CFO Ariel Ferstman, about the company’s post-pandemic plans
Warehouse & industrial
Logistics operator Raben Logistics Polska has leased 7,560 sqm of warehouse space in Panattoni Park Gdańsk Airport.
Warehouse & industrial
Czech industrial real estate investor and developer Accolade has acquired two sites in Szczecin’s Załom-Kasztanowe district for the development of 73,000 sqm gla of warehousing.
Office & mixed-use development
Deutsche Bahn Cargo Romania, the Romanian subsidiary of Europe’s largest railway carrier, is to relocate its headquarters to One Cotroceni Park, close to Bucharest city centre.
Poland and the Czech Republic lead the way in the development of the PRS market in the CEE region, according to ‘The Private Rental Sector: Has it found a home in the CEE?' report published by Colliers in collaboration with Greenberg Traurig and Kinstellar.
In the first half of 2021, Echo Investment sold 907 apartments, improving its sales by almost 40 pct on the same period last year.
Polish people are increasingly choosing to rent because home prices have reached sky-high levels, claims Cushman & Wakefield based on a survey by SW Research.
Echo Investment is to deliver two six-storey residential building on ul. Wodna in Łódź.
Trei Real Estate has recently launched two residential projects.
Danish real estate investor NREP, following its takeover of Biuro Inwestycji Kapitalowych (BIK) and its Polish logistics portfolio, has now made its first residential transaction in the country with the purchase of more than 1,000 new apartments in Warsaw from YIT.
Echo Investment is to demolish a shopping centre in the Łódź district of Widzew to build its Zenit residential estate.
Around 18 pct of the inhabitants of Poland’s largest cities are renting a flat or a house, according to a Cushman & Wakefield’s survey carried out by SW Research, revealing that the rental market is larger than official figures suggest.
Swedish rental residential investor Heimstaden Bostad has added to its Czech portfolio with its first project in Prague.
Rental apartment platform Resi4Rent has opened its seventh building with 301 units on ul. Kołobrzeska in Gdańsk.
Equilis Poland, the Polish division of Belgian group Equilis, has finalised the purchase of a site in Warsaw’s Ursus district for the development of more than 1,000 apartments.
Polish private equity firm Cornerstone Partners and Czech developer and investor Crestyl have finalised the PLN 1.51 bln acquisition of Polish residential developer Budimex Nieruchomości.
Swedish rental housing specialists Heimstaden Bostad have bought 13 projects to build 2,496 homes in Poland from Polish residential developer Budimex for around PLN 1.37 bln.
Asbud has announced that the construction of Towarowa Towers, with a height of 95m near, has begun near the Daszyńskiego roundabout in Warsaw.
Echo Investment has finalised its acquisition of a majority stake in Archicom, thus becoming the largest residential developer in Poland as the Echo-Archicom group.
In the first quarter of this year, Resi4Rent marketed 600 rental apartments. The company now has almost 300 pct more apartments on offer than it had at the end of Q1 2020.
Swedish rental housing specialist Heimstaden has announced that it plans to invest CZK 1.5 bln (app. EUR 58 mln) in its Czech portfolio this year.
Echo Investment has presented its concept for a primary school for 300 pupils in Warsaw’s Służewiec district.
The total stock of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Prague stands at more than 28,400 beds.
Echo Investment plans to equip all its apartments with voice-controlled smart home systems that use the Amazon Dot speaker.
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Small talkReal estate investment management company MNK Partners recently made its first Polish acquisition. We spoke to investment director Małgorzata Cieślak-Belgy about what and where its ...
Small talkAfter twelve years at RedNet, where she climbed all the way to the top, Anna Franus has now joined a competitor in the residential development services field, Kup i Mieszkaj, as ma ...
Dutch studios Benthem Crouwel Architekten and West 8 have won the competition to design a new central railway station for Brno, in what was the larges ...
Skanska is to build the Innovation Centre for Food Sciences for the Warsaw University of Life Sciences [SGGW].
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Robyg Group has turned to JLL to advise it on drawing up a comprehensive environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) strategy.
Russia’s largest online retailer Wildberries has entered the Ukrainian market.
As pandemic and its related restrictions have unfortunately twice forced us to postpone the event, a third date has now been set for the annual Eurobu ...
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Béranger Dumont, the CEO of BPI Real Estate Poland, speaks to Eurobuild FM about recent purchases of large plots in Wrocław and Poznań, coping with th ...
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has provided a provides a EUR 73 mln green loan to NE Property BV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEPI Rockc ...
The H2 Hotel Budapest, Trademark Collection by Wyndham has opened.
Monika Rajska-Wolińska has been promoted from managing partner for Poland to the position of CEO of Colliers in Central and Eastern Europe, which now ...
Warbud is to rebuild a road bridge over the river Warta in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, close to the Polish-German border.
Globe Trade Centre has started the modernization of one the Aeropark Business Center in Warsaw.
Almost EUR 300 mln was invested in Romanian real estate in H1 2021, according to figures provided by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. A large contributio ...
Slovakian real estate group HB Reavis has sold the site of the now demolished Transgas complex in central Prague to Czech developer PSN for CZK 870 ml ...
Colliers has been chosen to be the exclusive commercialisation agent for University Business Park in Łódź, which is owned by Globe Trade Centre.
Real estate services company Robertson Hungary has acquired BNP Paribas Real Estate Hungary, with which it has been in a cooperation agreement since 2 ...
In Q2 2021, the value of the apartments sold in the exclusive Złota 44 residential tower in Warsaw was 28 pct higher than the previous highest figure ...
Poland and the Czech Republic lead the way in the development of the PRS market in the CEE region, according to ‘The Private Rental Sector: Has it fou ...
Patria has bought two retail parks from Czech developer KPD – in Ovčáry just outside in Kolín in central Bohemia and in Mohelnice in the Olomouc distr ...
Atrium Poland Real Estate Management is to work with Pergamin, a Polish startup that allows contracts to be signed with digital signatures. In this wa ...
MLP Group has contracted Poznań-based W.P.I.P. to expand its MLP Poznań West project in Dąbrówka on the city’s western outskirts. The general contract ...
