Here it is at last! The latest issue of Eurobuild is out fresh from the printers, and in it, as always, there's plenty of market news, expert opinions and information about personnel changes.
Czech asset manager Arete Investment Group has entered the Polish market with the acquisition from Panattoni of a 65,000 sqm warehousing park in Zgorzelec in Lower Silesia.
DB Schenker has leased more than 17,000 sqm at the Hillwood Rawicz warehouse centre. The logistics operator will service a customer producing optical products and sports accessories in its new space.
Nepi Rockcastle has acquired the 100,000 sqm Magnolia Park shopping centre in Wrocław from Union Investment in an off-market transaction. The sale price amounts to EUR 373 mln. Union Investment acquired Magnolia Park in 2017 for the portfolio of the UniImmo: Europa open-ended real estate fund.
Ghelamco has renewed its partnership with Polish railway operator PKP SA and its real estate division Xcity Investment related to the redevelopment of the Warszawa Gdańska train station in Warsaw.
German department store chain Woolworth has signed a lease agreement for almost 1,000 sqm in the Galeria Słoneczna shopping centre in Radom.
Law firm KBZ Żuradzki Barczyk & Partners Advocates and Attorneys-at-Law LP has leased 400 sqm of office space in Global Office Park in Katowice.
Terg, the owner of the Media Expert chain of electronic goods stores, has renewed its lease of 1,800 sqm in Gdańsk Logistic I.
Hungarian warehouse developer Faedra Group is to launch two new developments in South Buda (Budapest XII) this autumn.
Toyota Material Handling CZ has leased 13,614 sqm for its new headquarters in Panattoni Park Zdice in Central Bohemia.
Demand for industrial space is stabilising across Europe, as indicated by the recent European Logistic Update report by Cushman & Wakefield. In the Czech Republic, the situation is now returning to pre-pandemic levels.
Skanska has entered into a partnership with the WasteTracker startup. The smart waste counter will help monitor and report on waste streams, supporting the process of responsible building management. The system will operate across Skanska's current portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe.
The Moxy Hotels brand has announced the expansion of its European portfolio to 100 hotels by the end of 2025. 17 more hotels are to open by the end of next year, including Moxy Warsaw City.
Prague-based warehouse developer P3 Group has issued a 7.6-year EUR 500 mln Green Bond. With this, P3 will have signed over EUR 6 bln in new debt since the implementation of its most recent funding strategy in December 2021.
Indian medical device producer Meril has leased 300 sqm for five years in the Oxygen Park office complex in Warsaw.
Karimpol Polska has secured EUR 50 mln in financing from Bank Pekao for the second phase of the Skyliner II development on Rondo Daszyńskiego in Warsaw. The bank also financed the construction of the first tower of the complex.
ECE Real Estate Partners is expanding its investment activities and has raised further circa EUR 100 mln of capital for its ECE Progressive Income Growth Fund that invests in high quality shopping centres in Europe and holds a portfolio of seven centres with a total market value of more than EUR 2.2 bln.
Savills has summarised H1 in the Kraków office market. Despite the challenges of rising vacancy rates and a significant drop in activity on the part of developers, Kraków's office market is showing signs of stabilisation and is looking ahead to further growth.
Panattoni has launched a pan-European fund that will invest in modern, sustainable, income-producing logistics properties. The Panattoni Income Fund is domiciled in Luxembourg with an open-ended, evergreen structure.
European Logistics Investment, a logistics platform owned by Redefine Properties, Madison International Realty, and Griffin Capital Partners, has completed the construction of two warehouses in Silesia.
DB Schenker has leased more than 17,000 sqm at the Hillwood Rawicz warehouse centre. The logistics operator will service a customer producing optical products and sports accessories in its new space.
Terg, the owner of the Media Expert chain of electronic goods stores, has renewed its lease of 1,800 sqm in Gdańsk Logistic I.
Hungarian warehouse developer Faedra Group is to launch two new developments in South Buda (Budapest XII) this autumn.
Toyota Material Handling CZ has leased 13,614 sqm for its new headquarters in Panattoni Park Zdice in Central Bohemia.
Demand for industrial space is stabilising across Europe, as indicated by the recent European Logistic Update report by Cushman & Wakefield. In the Czech Republic, the situation is now returning to pre-pandemic levels.
European Logistics Investment, a logistics platform owned by Redefine Properties, Madison International Realty, and Griffin Capital Partners, has completed the construction of two warehouses in Silesia.
VAT Romania broke ground for its new factory located in VGP Park Arad, a strategic logistics hub adjacent to the A1 motorway and key European routes.
United Distribution Holding, a distributor of global brands of beer and food products in Poland, decided to add more than 2,300 sqm of industrial space to its existing agreement at the Warsaw West Park-Pruszków distribution centre.
Garbe Industrial Real Estate has re-let around two thirds of the space in its property in Kelsterbach, near Frankfurt am Main. A wholesaler will be using the facility to store and distribute building materials.
Panattoni has fully commercialised City Logistics Kraków Airport II, its latest project in Małopolska. The second tenant for the development will occupy 20,050 sqm.
Chefs Culinar has become the first tenant at MLP Business Park Łódź. The company has leased over 1,600 sqm of warehouse and office space.
Amazon has launched its third logistics centre in the Silesian Voivodeship, after Sosnowiec and Gliwice. The facility in Gorzyczki features 211,000 sqm of space.
Industrial Park Poland by Hillwood has gained access to the A2 motorway. Hillwood Poland has obtained an occupancy permit for the extended and upgraded access roads that connect the emerging industrial and logistics park to the motorway.
The Polish industrial and logistics market continues its strong growth momentum, reveals BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland in its latest report “At A Glance – Industrial and Logistics Market in Poland” for the Q2 of 2024.
Panattoni is planning to extend its operations to all three Baltic states but is to concentrate particularly on Lithuania. As part of the new strategy the company intends to unify its cross border services, which will allow its clients to take advantage of BTS solutions both in Poland and the Baltic states.
MDC2 and Fortress Real Estate Investments have finalised the lease of around 25,000 sqm within MDC2 Park Łódź South. The tenant, Oriflame Holding, owner of the Oriflame cosmetics brand, will start operations at the new location in Q1 2025.
According to the 2024 Savills Nearshoring Index study, the Czech Republic is the second most attractive location for industrial occupiers looking to ‘nearshore’ supply chains. Portugal ranks first, Poland in third place, Sweden being fourth, and Japan rounding out the top five.
VGP in Hungary has handed over its new premises to Linde + Wieman. The German automotive parts manufacturer occupies 16,000 sqm at VGP Park Kecskemét, in the central part of the country.
Panattoni has purchased a land plot where it is to build Panattoni Park Kraków East V. The construction work for a 30,000 sqm hall is scheduled to launch in October 2024.
MLP Group has signed a long-term lease agreement with a Chinese manufacturer of automotive parts, which, as part of its global nearshoring strategy, will lease 23,000 sqm of warehouse and office space at the MLP Poznań West logistics centre.
In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The f ...
Strabag Romania has been selected by the developer and investor PPF Real Estate as the general contractor for the construction of its new office prope ...
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 ...
Skanska has entered into a partnership with the WasteTracker startup. The smart waste counter will help monitor and report on waste streams, supportin ...
The Eurobuild Awards Gala, the premier event for the region’s real estate market, is to take place this year on November 26th at the DoubleTree by Hil ...
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