Office & mixed-use development
GTC has presented an analysis of its achievements in Poland during the first half of 2024. Over 35,400 sqm of office space was leased across ten buildings in Poland's largest cities. GTC’s properties attracted 14 new partners, and 18 companies chose to extend their leases.
Material partner
Colliers, in partnership with Illyrian Land Funds, is announcing an exclusive auction for a prime development land site in Istria, Croatia. This property, covering 1,603,903 sqm, is ideal for a mixed-use resort development near Vodnjan, a charming town in Istria, Croatia's top tourist region. The site is just a 15-minute drive from the seafront
Office & mixed-use development
CitySpace, an operator of flexible office space in Poland, will launch its fifth location in Warsaw in October. The new centre is being created in the Nowogrodzka Square office building and will operate under the name CitySpace Novo.
Warehouse & industrial
Industrial Research Forum has announced industrial market figures for Q2 2024. The total amount of projects currently under construction increased to 969,800 sqm at the end of Q2 2024, out of which around 32 pct was already pre-leased. With over 117,000 sqm completed, the modern industrial stock in the Czech Republic reached the milestone of 12 mln sqm.
Office & mixed-use development
Metal prints specialist Displate has extended its lease of 1,700 sqm in the Atlas Tower office building in central Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
Twenty brands debuted on the Czech retail market between January and the end of June, the highest ever recorded in the first six months of a year. The biggest categories were Health and Beauty and F&B. All but one of the new brands opened in Prague, the other setting up shop in an outlet centre in the Moravian town of Hatě.
Office & mixed-use development
Kion has extended its lease agreement in Bonarka for Business office complex. Kion leases a total of 3,900 sqm office space in buildings E & F. The Kion Business Services Polska team in Kraków focuses on finance and accounting processes, IT services, and direct procurement tasks.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni has begun the final construction stage of its City Logistics Kraków I warehouse park in the city’s Nowa Huta district. A total of 11,300 sqm is to be built with the park, which will expand to its final target size to 36,500 sqm.
Warehouse & industrial
LPP, a fashion retailer, is moving into a new e-commerce facility at CTPark Bucharest West. Together with CTP, the fashion brand is extending its current building to support the delivery of the new facility. This will take LPP’s total footprint at the park to around 90,000 sqm with the new facility comprising around 40,000 sqm.
Warehouse & industrial
Garbe Industrial Real Estate and Logicenters have started work on one of the largest logistics properties made out of pure timber in the port town of Hafen Straubing-Sand in Bavaria. The project aims to set new standards in sustainable construction.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni has begun construction work on a new BTO centre for the E.G.O., a supplier for household manufacturers. The construction of the manufacturing plant is to start in July this year and the completion is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2025.
Warehouse & industrial
The company, which operates in the plastics industry, is a new tenant in Multipark Bydgoszcz, where it took 1,450 sqm of warehouse and office space.
Office & mixed-use development
TechnipFMC has renewed its lease for office space at the Podium Park office building in Kraków. As a result of the renegotiated agreement, the tenant will continue to lease almost 7,000 sqm in the Globalworth-managed complex.
Investment & finance
The Alma office building, located on ul. Marynarska in Warsaw, has changed hands. The 8,000 sqm building has been sold by the Astrea company. The purchaser is a private Polish investor.
Investment & finance
Europe Fund III SCSp Invesco Real Estate has completed its first mezzanine lending deal in Central Europe on behalf of Invesco Real Estate Europe Fund III – SCSp (Europe III), the third European value-add strategy in succession for the firm.
Investment & finance
WDP has acquired a portfolio in Romania comprising properties with a leasable area of app. 136,000 sqm and a large plot for a future development with a total potential of more than 300,000 sqm gla. The value of the transaction comes to app. EUR 110 mln.
Eurobuild CEE
The summer (July-August) issue of 'Eurobuild' has now been published. The magazine is, as usual, full of interesting articles and expert analyses, and should help to further fuel the confidence of the entire real estate sector!
Public buildings
In Gdynia, in the historic location of the South Pier and by the yacht harbour, Ghelamco, together with the Polish Yachting Association (PZŻ), will build a multifunctional building with a sailing centre.
ESG
AEW has achieved the BREEAM New Construction ‘Outstanding’ rating with a score of 88.1 pct for its recently completed 36,400 sqm brownfield logistics development The Platform in Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Warehouse & industrial
DHL Express will open a new logistics centre in VGP Park Bucharest North, located in the immediate vicinity of Bucharest, in the town of Ștefănești. The new centre, with an area of 4,100 sqm, will be used for sorting and processing the shipments arriving by air.
The Alma office building, located on ul. Marynarska in Warsaw, has changed hands. The 8,000 sqm building has been sold by the Astrea company. The purchaser is a private Polish investor.
Europe Fund III SCSp Invesco Real Estate has completed its first mezzanine lending deal in Central Europe on behalf of Invesco Real Estate Europe Fund III – SCSp (Europe III), the third European value-add strategy in succession for the firm.
WDP has acquired a portfolio in Romania comprising properties with a leasable area of app. 136,000 sqm and a large plot for a future development with a total potential of more than 300,000 sqm gla. The value of the transaction comes to app. EUR 110 mln.
S Immo has completed the sale of the HOTO Business Tower in Zagreb. The office building is located on the south-western edge of the central business district of the Croatian capital and comprises a total leasable area of around 15,500 sqm.
Revetas Capital announces the disposal of the office park The Landmark in Bucharest to Vectr Holdings, through its subsidiary Vectr Realty. Developed in 2017, the complex offers 23,700 sqm of office space.
Precordia Capital and Septyma have become holders of 66 pct of shares in the convenience retail park Street Mall Vis à Vis Wilanów. They acquired the shares from Capital Park.
LifeSpot, owned by funds managed by Ares Management and Griffin Capital Partners, has secured access to further capital from both parties. The investment will be used to support the development of rental housing and expand the platform’s presence within Poland’s private rental sector.
On behalf of private investors, together with CA Ventures and Golub & Co., Savills has completed the sale of LivinnX, a PBSA building in Kraków. The buyer is Xior.
Accolade has become the first issuer of green bonds in the Czech currency. Initially, the planned issue of CZK 1.5 billion was sold out within a week, which is why the company decided to double the volume.
BPI Real Estate Poland, in cooperation with Acteeum Group, has sold a plot of land in Warsaw to Romanian-Belgian developer Speedwell. The transaction inaugurates Speedwell's activities on the Polish real estate market. The company will develop its first private student house in Poland.
The City of Prague has purchased the historic building at Václavské náměstí 42 for more than CZK 3.3 bln (EUR 131 mln). Prague intends to move several hundred of its officials from various locations into the office building. The seller was Komerční banka.
Two more retail parks, Pasaż Kępiński and Pasaż Grodziski, have passed into the hands of investment fund Falcon Investment Management. Earlier, the fund acquired Pasaż Golubsko-Dobrzyński in 2022. The total value of the transaction amounts to more than PLN 150 mln.
SCPI Transitions Europe managed by Arkéa Real Estate Investment Management has acquired Lastadia Office, a fully let office building located on an island by the western bank of the Oder River in Szczecin. The vendor was Greenstone Asset Management.
Panattoni has been granted EUR 16.5 mln in financing from Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego for the development of its Panattoni Park Ruda Śląska IV project. Construction work was launched in March on 34,000 sqm of warehousing space.
CTP has purchased an 85,000 sqm investment plot in the Wiskitki municipality near Warsaw. The purchase of the land will allow the company to expand the CTPark Warsaw West complex by an additional 36,000 sqm.
Resi Capital has acquired a plot of land at the junction of Grzybowska and Żelazna Streets in Warsaw. According to the preliminary concept presented, Liberty Residence is to be a high-rise project and will deliver around 500 flats.
Panattoni has been granted bank financing for Panattoni Park Zgierz. The EUR 23.3 mln loan was issued by PKO Bank Polski.
Immofinanz has finalised the sale of the three Empark office buildings in Warsaw's Mokotów district to Archicom for EUR 28.5 mln.
Skanska has sold the Nowy Rynek E office building for over EUR 79 mln. The buyer is Eastnine AB, a Swedish real estate company focused on office premises at selected markets in the Baltics and Poland.
Mitiska REIM has secured a EUR 40 million refinancing with mBank for a portfolio of four Polish food-anchored retail parks. Representing a combined GLA of nearly 34,000 sqm, the convenience centers are located in the cities of Września, Turek, Lubliniec and Wodzisław Śląski.
In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The f ...
In Berlin Hyp’s most recent Trendbarometer, more than 200 real estate professionals expressed their opinions on opportunities and risks in the real e ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
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 ...
AEW has achieved the BREEAM New Construction ‘Outstanding’ rating with a score of 88.1 pct for its recently completed 36,400 sqm brownfield logistics ...
Eurobuild Awards 2023 is behind us, but if you haven't yet gotten your hands on the special "Eurobuild" supplement prepared for the Gala evening, you ...
The summer (July-August) issue of 'Eurobuild' has now been published. The magazine is, as usual, full of interesting articles and expert analyses, and ...
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This year's edition of the JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament will take place on 1 August at the Monta Beach Volley Club in Warsaw. Funds raised ...
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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 ...
Hotel Opatija, Curio Collection by Hilton celebrates its opening. The 54-room facility debuts as the first in Croatia and the brand’s 40th trading cou ...
Kamil Kowa has become the new CEO of Savills in Poland. He is a member of the management board of the company, and for the past nine years has held th ...
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 ...
The Alma office building, located on ul. Marynarska in Warsaw, has changed hands. The 8,000 sqm building has been sold by the Astrea company. The purc ...
CTP has expanded its Polish land bank by nearly half a million sqm. The company has purchased investment land in four locations that provide the oppor ...
Colliers, in partnership with Illyrian Land Funds, is announcing an exclusive auction for a prime development land site in Istria, Croatia. This prope ...
GTC has presented an analysis of its achievements in Poland during the first half of 2024. Over 35,400 sqm of office space was leased across ten build ...
Karimpol Polska is expanding its cooperation with CBRE. Starting in June 2024, the consultancy will be acting as the exclusive letting agent of Skylin ...
In Gdynia, in the historic location of the South Pier and by the yacht harbour, Ghelamco, together with the Polish Yachting Association (PZŻ), will bu ...
The Collegia Group is launching another investment in the Tricity. A complex that will combine the functions of a student house, hotel and service spa ...
Twenty brands debuted on the Czech retail market between January and the end of June, the highest ever recorded in the first six months of a year. The ...
The Symbiosy smart building platform developed in-house by Slovakian developer HB Reavis has been acquired by Massachusetts-based real estate experien ...
Industrial Research Forum has announced industrial market figures for Q2 2024. The total amount of projects currently under construction increased to ...
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