Polish warehouse property developer MLP Group is to build a 10,000 sqm facility for Hart Logistics in MLP Poznań West.
Office & mixed-use development
One United Properties has been loaned EUR 78 mln from a consortium of banks for its One Cotroceni Park office complex in Bucharest.
Warehouse & industrial
White Star Logistics, a new joint venture between White Star Real Estate and fellow US investor Bain Capital Credit, is to develop its first two logistics centres – in Nowy Konik and Raszyn, on Warsaw’s eastern and southwestern outskirts, respectively.
Warehouse & industrial
Austrian automation company Knapp has bought a 30,000 sqm industrial plant near Veszprém from lawnmower producer MTD Hungary for an undisclosed sum.
Infrastructure
Austrian construction firm Strabag has been awarded an EUR 111 mln contract to build a 19 km dual carriageway between Oradea and the A3 motorway.
Warehouse & industrial
Polish industrial developer 7R has brought into use the tenth warehouse building in 7R Park Kraków in Kokotów on the south-eastern outskirts of the city.
Office & mixed-use development
BBI Development and Liebrecht & Wood have started the process for selling their city-forming Centrum Praskie Koneser redevelopment project in Warsaw’s Praga district.
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.
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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Skanska is to build the Innovation Centre for Food Sciences for the Warsaw University of Life Sciences [SGGW].
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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.
Russia’s largest online retailer Wildberries has entered the Ukrainian market.
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Globe Trade Centre has started the modernization of one the Aeropark Business Center in Warsaw.
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Polish warehouse property developer MLP Group is to build a 10,000 sqm facility for Hart Logistics in MLP Poznań West.
