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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.
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
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.
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.
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.
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.
POLAND Warehouse developer Panattoni has allocated PLN 500,000 to buy medical supplies for three Polish hospitals.
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.
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.
ROMANIA AFI Europe Romania has announced that it is rescheduling the opening of its AFI Braşov shopping and entertainment centre due to the pandemic.
SLOVENIA The official opening of the Aleja shopping centre in Ljubljana’s Šiška district has been postponed.
POLAND BPI Real Estate Polandis to introduce a virtual sales office for all of its Polish projects.
POLAND Rent payments have been suspended for all tenants in the Sukcesja shopping centre in Łódź.
POLAND The Polish Trade and Distribution Organisation [POHiD], an association of retail chains, are to contribute PLN 15 mln to fight the coronavirus epidemic.
POLAND The Carrefour Foundation and Carrefour Polska are donating around PLN 2 mln to Polish hospitals for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
POLAND The Sukcesja shopping centre owned by Fabryka Biznesu in Łódź has stopped collecting rents from its tenants.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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The NoVa Park centre in Gorzów Wielkopolski has been awarded BREEAM-In-Use for the eighth time.
Over 2020, RevPAR slid by 64 pct in Vilnius, 68 pct in Riga, and 72 pct in Tallinn according to figures from the Christie & Co consultancy.
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.
