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Welcome to a special episode of Eurobuild FM! Next Monday, the May issue of the "Eurobuild CEE" monthly will be released, and today we have a preview of the cover topic in the form of a podcast.
Material partner
Intensive commercialization of the multifunctional Fern building under construction at Off Piotrkowska Center has begun. A modern building, the construction of which will start at the turn of 2024/2025, offers 4,700 sqm of service space and 2,700 sqm of office space.
Warehouse & industrial
Medivet, a provider of veterinary services and products, has leased more than 6,500 sqm of warehouse and office space at Fortress Logistics Park Bydgoszcz. The company will occupy circa 6,600 sqm in the facility.
Residential
In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The façade of the building with its organic architecture will be covered with 140,000 plants.
Office & mixed-use development
Saint-Gobain Group has signed a 10-year lease for office space at Varso Tower. The company will occupy nearly 1,400 sqm on the 28th floor of the building.
Investment & finance
The property map of ZDR Investments funds expanded, thanks to the acquisition of three retail parks in the towns of Prevalje, Ravne, and Slovenj Gradec in the northern part of Slovenia.
Events
On 24 May 2024, we will inaugurate a new event in the real estate community - Eurobuild's Annual Running Tournament! Participants will run through the green surroundings of the First Warsaw Golf & Country Club in Rajszew. Run along with us!
Office & mixed-use development
The technology company Spyrosoft has extended its lease in the Nowy Targ office building in Wrocław. Employees have at their disposal roughly 2,800 sqm of office space.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni has delivered new space within Panattoni Park Tricity East III. Alfa Warehouses, a company specialising in warehouse logistics, is commencing its operations in the Gdańsk investment.
Office & mixed-use development
Bechtel has chosen Equator IV in Warsaw, an office building in CPI Property Group’s portfolio, to be the location of the head office of its Polish branch. The American company is to build the first nuclear power plant in Poland in Choczewo, Pomerania.
Warehouse & industrial
Maxprint, a wholesaler of office machinery and equipment, has renewed its lease at MLP Pruszków II logistics centre. The tenant currently occupies almost 3,200 sqm of warehouse space in the complex.
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Warehouse & industrial
CTP signed a contract with Scan Global Logistics for almost 13,000 sqm of space in CTPark Budapest East’s ULL2 Hall In December 2023. The logistics provider has already taken an additional 7,800 sqm of leased space in Q1 2024 in the ULL3 building, which is currently undergoing BREEAM certification.
Retail & leisure
The Cepelia pavilion at the junction of Al. Jerozolimskie and ul. Marszałkowska in Warsaw is undergoing renovation. A three-storey Empik store with a total area of 1,300 sqm will open in the building.
Investment & finance
Euro Real Estate, a member company of the Wilhelm von Finck Group, acquired the City Tower Vienna from Immofinanz. With a purchase price of more than EUR 150 mln, this sale is the largest transaction in the office segment of Austria’s real estate market to date in 2024.
Construction
In Berlin Hyp’s most recent Trendbarometer, more than 200 real estate professionals expressed their opinions on opportunities and risks in the real estate industry at the moment. In addition, the expert survey focused on the effects of megatrends such as demographic developments, digitalisation and urbanisation.
Residential
135 of the 650 residences have already been sold in the pre-sale phase of JTRE’s new Downtown Yards project. The mixed-use neighbourhood in Bratislava is currently under construction.
Investment & finance
CPI Property Group has signed a commitment agreement with British company Sona Asset Management regarding a proposed equity investment of EUR 250 mln in Poland.
Material partner
Last week, Nordbygg, Northern Europe’s biggest trade fair for professionals in construction and real estate industry, took place at Stockholmsmässan in Ävsjö, Sweden. 35,000 visitors attended which, combined with the 5,000 people on the stands, gives a total of 40,000 participants. New features for Nordbygg 2024 included the strong involvement of the City of Stockholm and a popular online app.
Warehouse & industrial
According to data from Colliers, a trend called Shell & Core is gaining momentum in the Czech Republic. This is a strategy where developers construct and build out industrial buildings to the stage of providing basic structures and infrastructure and wait for buyers.
The property map of ZDR Investments funds expanded, thanks to the acquisition of three retail parks in the towns of Prevalje, Ravne, and Slovenj Gradec in the northern part of Slovenia.
Euro Real Estate, a member company of the Wilhelm von Finck Group, acquired the City Tower Vienna from Immofinanz. With a purchase price of more than EUR 150 mln, this sale is the largest transaction in the office segment of Austria’s real estate market to date in 2024.
CPI Property Group has signed a commitment agreement with British company Sona Asset Management regarding a proposed equity investment of EUR 250 mln in Poland.
Redkom has announced that it has finalised the sale of a retail park under construction in Bielsko-Biała to Newgate Investment. The 17,000 sqm retail park is scheduled to open in November this year.
Experts gathered at ULI Poland's annual Game Changers in the Real Estate World conference agreed that current market conditions are creating a window of opportunity for real estate investors willing to act quickly and thoughtfully. Smaller transactions by regional players dominate for the time being, but there is hope for a gradual return of major international players to the Polish property market.
Helaba will act as lead manager for its long-standing client Hines in conjunction with the three savings banks in North Rhine-Westphalia, Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf, Sparkasse KölnBonn and Kreissparkasse Köln, to finance the construction of the 'Le Coeur' project in Dusseldorf. The project has a total lending volume of EUR 270 mln.
The first fund investing in REITs, Mount Globalnego Rynku Nieruchomości FIZ, made its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Panattoni has completed a sales transaction in Germany. Clarion Partners Europe has acquired a prime logistics hub for EUR 75 mln near Duisburg.
One United Properties has unveiled its strategy for the coming years. It plans to triple its residential offer by 2030, expand its commercial sector and build hotels in Bucharest in partnership with global brands.
Baltisse and Straco Real Estate acquire majority stake in Speedwell, expanding reach into Romania and entering Polish market. Speedwell wants to spend at least EUR 1.5 bln on acquisitions in Poland in the coming years.
According to the special research report Romania Retail Destinations 2024, released by CBRE Romania, by the end of 2024 the stock of modern retail spaces in the country will overpass 4.5 mln sqm. It will set a new record for Romania.
Mitiska REIM has sold a 6.7ha land plot to Momentum Leisure to develop a theme and water park which will further reinforce the offering of the Europa Centralna retail center, located in Gliwice.
Hillwood has increased its loan with Millennium Bank to EUR 29 mln for the construction of phase II of the Park Hillwood Zgierz I project, located in Central Poland, 2.5 km from the A2 motorway entrance and 15.5 km from the A1 motorway junction.
EPP and Echo Investment have successfully secured a loan worth EUR 145.2 mln for the new financing of the Galeria Młociny shopping centre in Warsaw.
Hillwood Polska has signed a loan agreement with mBank worth more than EUR 28.4 mln for the construction of a warehouse in Dobrzykowice near Wrocław. The building will be part of the Hillwood Wrocław East project being developed together with LCube.
Dubai-headquartered investment platform Solida Capital has acquired the G5 office building at ul. Grójecka 5 in central Warsaw from Cromwell European REIT for EUR 15.86 mln. The property is to undergo a refurbishment following the change of ownership and will be rebranded as G5 Prime Offices.
Panattoni has gotten financing to develop a factory for global lighting expert Trilux, a company that specialises in environmentally-friendly B2B solutions. The loan of EUR 18,3 mln was granted by Alior Bank.
Hungarian real estate group Futureal Investment Partners has sold for an undisclosed sum two buildings of Lipowy Office Park in Warsaw to the 1AM CEE Student Housing Fund, which is managed by Vilnius-based 1 Asset Management.
ARA Europe and the Romanian investor Gheorghe Iaciu have sold the Expo Market Doraly shopping centre in Afumați on Bucharest’s north-eastern outskirts to Belgian warehousing group WDP for an undisclosed sum.
Hungarian developer Faedra Group has sold its 16,600 sqm Faedra22 warehouse development in southern Budapest to a German investor for an undisclosed sum.
Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects together with Czech architects OVA have won the competition to redesign a quarter of Vítězné náměstí (Victory ...
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 ...
Kreo, Ghelamco's Kraków office project, has achieved BREEAM certification at the Outstanding level. The building also has a WELL and Green Building St ...
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 next edition of our monthly magazine is now available both in paper and digital versions! Traditionally, the new issue was first sent to our confe ...
Welcome to a special episode of Eurobuild FM! Next Monday, the May issue of the "Eurobuild CEE" monthly will be released, and today we have a preview ...
On 24 May 2024, we will inaugurate a new event in the real estate community - Eurobuild's Annual Running Tournament! Participants will run through the ...
This latest episode of 'Eye to Eye' is hot out of the podcast oven and ready to listen to! Eurobuild’s guest today is Paweł Sapek, the head of Prologi ...
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 ...
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Novum Hospitality announced a long-term agreement that will double IHG’s presence in Germany to more than 200 hotels in almos ...
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 property map of ZDR Investments funds expanded, thanks to the acquisition of three retail parks in the towns of Prevalje, Ravne, and Slovenj Grade ...
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 ...
Last week, Nordbygg, Northern Europe’s biggest trade fair for professionals in construction and real estate industry, took place at Stockholmsmässan i ...
Saint-Gobain Group has signed a 10-year lease for office space at Varso Tower. The company will occupy nearly 1,400 sqm on the 28th floor of the build ...
EPP is taking over the management of nine M1 shopping centres and three Power Parks from Metro Properties Polska. Some of Metro Properties Polska's em ...
Echo Investment and its subsidiary Archicom have started the construction of a primary school for 450 pupils on ul. Konstruktorska in the Służewiec su ...
In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The f ...
The Cepelia pavilion at the junction of Al. Jerozolimskie and ul. Marszałkowska in Warsaw is undergoing renovation. A three-storey Empik store with a ...
The Symbiosy smart building platform developed in-house by Slovakian developer HB Reavis has been acquired by Massachusetts-based real estate experien ...
Medivet, a provider of veterinary services and products, has leased more than 6,500 sqm of warehouse and office space at Fortress Logistics Park Bydgo ...
An open door to redefining the commercial real estate market in Poland
An open door to redefining the commercial real estate market in Poland
Walter Herz
The investment slowdown in the commercial real estate sector that we have been observing in Poland for over a year is primarily the result of the tightening of monetary policy arou ...
The retail sector is not slowing down
The retail sector is not slowing down
Walter Herz
The pandemic, conflict in Ukraine as well as inflation and high interest rates that recent years have brought have reshaped the real estate market around the world. The global slow ...
Retail parks – current opportunities
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Avison Young
Over the last few years, retail parks in Poland were mostly developed in smaller formats, around 5,000 sqm, either adding to the existing retail landscape or introducing modern ret ...