Segro becomes part of Proptech Foundation
Technologyschedule 26 March 2021
Magdalena Szulc, managing director of Segro for Central Europe
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Segro has joined the Proptech Foundation.
Events
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Investment & finance
Developer One United Properties is to sell its shares on the main market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
Warehouse & industrial
Schumacher Packaging has taken up 5,670 sqm in Panattoni Park Wrocław West Gate.
Public buildings
Skanska has signed a deal with the National Archive in Kraków to build the country’s largest archive building in Nowy Sącz.
Office & mixed-use development
International personnel services group Trenkwalder is to take up 1,000 sqm of offices in Balance Building, which forms part of Balance Office Park in Budapest.
Events
The PRS market in Poland is still in its infancy, but a few pioneers have already laid solid foundations for its further development. In front of our very eyes, Poland is being turned into one of the PRS’s promised lands on the map of Europe.
Warehouse & industrial
Logistics company Uniq Logistic has leased almost 2,500 sqm of warehouse and office space in the Hillwood Kutno distribution centre in central Poland.
Land acquisitions
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 mln (app. EUR 72 mln), which it claims is a record sum for such transactions.
Investment & finance
UK investment group M7 Real Estate has acquired two urban logistics parks for its M7 CEREF II Fund in Silesia from Polish industrial developer 7R.
Office & mixed-use development
Provita Group has signed a 25-year lease to open an 11,000 sqm hospital in the Iride Park building in Bucharest, which is owned by Immofinanz.
Retail & leisure
Despite Covid having had a major impact on the retail market, the first quarter of 2021, with a preliminary investment volume estimate of around EUR 190 mln, was the second strongest first quarter of a year since 2015, writes JLL in its latest retail report
Retail & leisure
Spar Hungary has opened a new store in Budapest and modernised two supermarkets: one in East-Budapest and one in Eger as part of its ongoing expansion programme.
Office & mixed-use development
The topping out ceremony has taken place for the .KTW II office building in Katowice, which at 133m in height is now the tallest building in the Silesian conurbation.
Warehouse & industrial
Polish courier service InPost is to open more than a dozen logistics hubs in Poland this year. This will add 100,000 sqm to its present floorspace in the country.
Office & mixed-use development
Two new tenants have signed leases for space in the 4,500 sqm Mendeleev Office 5 office building in Bucharest.
Warehouse & industrial
Logistics operator DSV Solutions has renegotiated its lease in Panattoni Park Sosnowiec I and taken up an additional 2,750 sqm.
Office & mixed-use development
Transport and logistics firm Maersk Polska has leased 1,200 sqm in the 3T Office Park in Gdynia.
Warehouse & industrial
Interior design firm Vox has signed a lease for 7,700 sqm in Segro Logistics Park Poznań, Gądki.
Warehouse & industrial
Contera has started work on the Contera Park Ostrava D1 with the construction of a 90,000 sqm logistics complex for Czech sporting goods retailer Sportisimo.
Property and Facility Management
Colliers has been chosen to manage the Spark B office building in Warsaw’s Wola district by its Swedish owner Stena Fastigheter.
US company AI Clearing is to provide its fully automated construction progress tracking solution for Esoleo, which is building Poland’s largest solar farm on the site of a former brown coal mine in Brudzew in central Poland.
Segro has joined the Proptech Foundation.
AI Clearing, Inc. has raised USD 2 mln in seed funding to accelerate the development – at its R&D centre in Warsaw – of its artificial intelligence system for monitoring the progress of construction projects.
Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, has entered into a partnership with leading proptech advisor Future2.
The Norblin Factory complex in Warsaw being developed by Capital Park Group through the renovation and conversion of a former metal plating plant is to have an automated bicycle storage centre created by MA-Sistemas, a Spanish company active in Switzerland, Singapore and Israel.
Flex office operator has launched an app that allows its clients to make bookings, order additional services and also acts as a communication platform.
Echo Investment is to introduce the Blue Bolt app, created by Polish software developer NTT, to all its new residential projects.
Cushman & Wakefield has identified Berlin, Reykjavik, Oslo, Warsaw, Zurich, Milan, Vienna, Madrid and Prague as emerging European hotspots for data centre development.
The first Polish robot to use UV-C light for disinfection has been put to use in a hospital in Wrocław.
The first fully automated canteen in Poland is to open in Sky Tower in Wrocław.
HB Reavis has introduced its Symbiosy smart office system into petro-giant BP’s new global businesses services unit in the Agora building in Budapest.
As many as 88 pct of EMEA occupiers intend to invest more in technology designed specifically to aid home working, according to CBRE’s 2020 EMEA Occupier Flash Survey.
During the pandemic digitisation has become fundamental to business development and stability, according to the findings of the “Omnichannel – from evolution to revolution. A look at the pandemic” report by Colliers International.
POLAND Colliers International is to introduce the Dutch smart office system Office App to the office buildings it manages in Poland.
POLAND Polish warehouse developer7R is to introduce the Smart Roof system, developed by Sense Monitoring, to one of its parks.
POLAND Echo Investment has launched a virtual customer assistant, Aurelia, for residential consultations.
POLAND MW, a company that is 60 pct owned by M.B.B Logistics and 40 pct owned by Wing Sing Supply Chain, has created a robot management system, which uses machine learning to improve its order processing operations over time.
POLAND The Renteye sensory system has been launched on the market.
WORLD The global market for AI-based human emotion recognition systems is set to grow each year by 32.3 pct over the next four years, according to Deloitte in its ‘Tech Trends 2020’ report.
POLAND Kraków-based residential estate agent engine Obido.pl has received a PLN 1 mln EU subsidy for the development of an artificial intelligence laboratory.
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Robyg Group has turned to JLL to advise it on drawing up a comprehensive environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) strategy.
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Cushman & Wakefield has reorganised its CEE leadership by creating eight new senior positions.
Construction work on Warsaw’s southern bypass is nearing completion.
The MádiLáncos Studio has been commissioned to design the interiors of Arena Corner.
Developer One United Properties is to sell its shares on the main market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
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 ...
International personnel services group Trenkwalder is to take up 1,000 sqm of offices in Balance Building, which forms part of Balance Office Park in ...
Colliers has been chosen to manage the Spark B office building in Warsaw’s Wola district by its Swedish owner Stena Fastigheter.
Skanska has signed a deal with the National Archive in Kraków to build the country’s largest archive building in Nowy Sącz.
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.
Despite Covid having had a major impact on the retail market, the first quarter of 2021, with a preliminary investment volume estimate of around EUR 1 ...
US company AI Clearing is to provide its fully automated construction progress tracking solution for Esoleo, which is building Poland’s largest solar ...
Schumacher Packaging has taken up 5,670 sqm in Panattoni Park Wrocław West Gate.
