Interex pulls the plug
Retail & leisureschedule 11 September 2012
ROMANIA French retailer Interex, which is owned by Groupement des Mousquetaires-Intermarché, is to close all its stores and exit Romania, according to local media reports.
Warehouse & industrial
7R and EQT Exeter will jointly develop a modern logistics park near Prague. The 56,000 sqm investment will consist of two buildings located along the D8 highway, which serves the Greater Prague area.
Retail & leisure
According to Trends Radar. Real Estate: From Stabilisation To Optimism, the latest report from Cushman & Wakefield, in 2024, Poland came second in Europe in terms of new retail supply, surpassed only by France.
Office & mixed-use development
The Małopolska Centre of Entrepreneurship will move into the GTC Newton building, which is part of the Korona Office Complex. The institution will occupy an area of over 3,000 sqm.
Retail & leisure
According to BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland latest report “At a Glance: Modern Retail Market in Poland, Q3 2024”, predictions of the imminent decline of shopping centres in Poland have proven premature. In Q3 2024, the Polish retail market expanded by another 116,000 sqm.
Hotels
The St. Regis Belgrade hotel, the brand's first property in Serbia, has begun operating in Belgrade. It is located in the 42-storey high-rise Belgrade Tower (Kula Beograd), built at the meeting point of the Sava and Danube rivers.
Warehouse & industrial
According to Savills' analysis of the industrial real estate market in the Czech Republic, lease renegotiations, or the extension of older lease agreements in existing premises, have become a significant part of the warehouse and manufacturing real estate market.
Investment & finance
Panattoni has secured a EUR 75 mln loan from Citibank (London Branch). The funds are intended to finance the Panattoni Park Sulechów III investment.
Infrastructure
The Warsaw - Łódź stretch will be the first section of the High Speed Railway in Poland. It is on this route that a new station will be built in Brzeziny, a district town hitherto deprived of any access to rail transport.
Warehouse & industrial
Lynka, a European supplier of branded apparel, has extended its lease of 9,000 sqm of warehouse, manufacturing, office and social space in Panattoni Park Kraków IV.
Investment & finance
Fond Českého Bydlení (the Czech Housing Fund) has successfully completed the acquisition of two apartment buildings located in Beroun and Chomutov. This transaction adds 313 fully rented apartments to the company's portfolio.
Eurobuild CEE
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Hotels
Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego has granted a loan of up to EUR 40 mln to the Hungarian company from the Puro Group. The financing will be used for the construction of a four-star premium hotel in the centre of Budapest.
Public buildings
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculties of Journalism, Information and Bibliology and Economic Sciences, as well as the Academic Campus Radio. Construction work will begin at the end of November.
Investment & finance
Savills IM has let the last vacant rental space of the European Logistics Fund 2 (ELF 2) in a logistics property in Konotopa, Poland, on a long-term lease.
Investment & finance
Panattoni has been awarded a pioneering green loan from Berlin Hyp worth EUR 74.34 mln. The financing is for a logistics center in Bydgoszcz developed for an e-commerce firm.
Residential
YIT continues to grow in line with its strategy in the CEE countries. The company is expanding its operations in the Czech Republic and establishes a joint venture with the Czech investor group RSJ Investments.
Investment & finance
Vantage Development's Polish subsidiaries have secured a EUR 100 mln loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The TAG Immobilien-owned developer and operator will use the funds raised to expand its PRS investments in Poland.
Hotels
Mercure, a brand of the Accor Group, announces the opening of its first hotel in Bulgaria. The new property is located in one of Sofia's most prestigious districts, Manastirski Livadi, with easy access to the National History Museum and Vitosha National Park.
Warehouse & industrial
The two Łódź logistics centres - Hillwood Łódź Chocianowice and Hillwood Łódź Górna - have been fully leased. The latest agreement has been concluded at the second facility, with a client from the electronics industry.
Warehouse & industrial
P3 Logistic Parks and Orlen have signed a lease agreement for nearly 24,000 sqm of space in the P3 Piotrków park. The facility will serve as a warehouse for supplying the corporation's fuel stations.
According to Trends Radar. Real Estate: From Stabilisation To Optimism, the latest report from Cushman & Wakefield, in 2024, Poland came second in Europe in terms of new retail supply, surpassed only by France.
According to BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland latest report “At a Glance: Modern Retail Market in Poland, Q3 2024”, predictions of the imminent decline of shopping centres in Poland have proven premature. In Q3 2024, the Polish retail market expanded by another 116,000 sqm.
The results of the CBRE European Retail Occupier Survey 2024 suggest the retail sector and regional economy overall approach the end of a challenging period. The study includes responses from over 60 global retailers with a store network of over 130,000 locations, and shows that 71 pct of retailers planning to increase their number of physical stores intend to do so in markets where they are already present.
Mitiska REIM has announced the opening of a new retail park in the Romanian city of Pitesti, one of four new development projects planned to open by Mitiska REIM in the Romanian market over the next two years.
German department store chain Woolworth has signed a lease agreement for almost 1,000 sqm in the Galeria Słoneczna shopping centre in Radom.
Refield is starting the development of the first retail park in Środa Wielkopolska. Pasaż Średzki is expected to open in 2026.
Newgate Investment has acquired a completed retail park in Zgorzelec with over 5,400 sqm GLA. The seller was Smart Park Poland.
One United Properties is carrying out restoration works on the former Ford Hall in Bucharest, which will be modernized into a mixed-use space. In addition to offices and a food market concept, One Gallery will feature a museum area, as well as a multifunctional hall.
San Park Piaseczno, a retail park developed by Ed San III Sancak, has been officially opened. The complex offers a total of more than 40 shops and service outlets.
According to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, retail projects totalling more than 87,000 sqm were delivered throughout H1 2024, corresponding to a sharp increase when compared with the 30,000 sqm new supply from the same period of 2023. This year’s evolution was mainly fuelled by Q2 completions.
San Park Piaseczno, the largest retail park currently under construction in the Mazovia voivodship, will open on 4 September. The retail park, offering a total of nearly 40 shops of brands from many sectors, was fully commercialised a few weeks before the opening.
The Big Gorzów retail park opened a month ahead of schedule. The park was built on an 8 ha site in the north-eastern part of Gorzów Wielkopolski. It will serve 160,000 buyers from the city and the region. On the day of the opening, around 10,000 visitors had visited by 2 pm.
According to Colliers "Luxury Retail Brands in CEE-6” report, key factors attracting luxury brands to Central and Eastern Europe include local wealth, the growing desire among customers for a Western standard of living, and the potential of cities to attract large numbers of tourists and visitors.
Mitiska REIM has announced on behalf of the Merep 3 fund a joint venture partnership with Park Lane Developments to develop retail parks in Bulgaria.
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.
Cushman & Wakefield has summarised the situation on the Polish retail market in Q2 2024. There were eight new retail completions with the development pipeline comprising app. 400,000 sqm. This indicates healthy supply levels amid unwavering occupier demand and strong retail sales, shopping centre footfall and turnover figures.
One United Properties announced the lease of a retail space with a GLA of 3,600 sqm on the ground floor of One Gallery building, including terraces and storage spaces. The contract has been signed with Tomcat Hospitality.
Romanians spent EUR 36 bln in large retail chains, an amount 11 pct higher compared with 2022, out of which the FMCG spending accounted for EUR 22.5 bln (more than 60 pct share), according to the Romania Retail Snapshot 2024 performed by the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, based on the financial results of 116 companies from 12 different retail segments.
Romanians spent EUR 63 mln in cinemas last year, an amount 25 pct higher compared with 2022, as ticket prices also recorded a 8.2 pct y-o-y increase, according to the data offered by the Romanian Film Center and analyzed by the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
CBRE Romania has announced its exclusive involvement in the leasing strategy of H Știrbei Palace, a historical monument located in the heart of Bucharest. After the completion of the renovation works, Știrbei Palace aims to become a landmark shopping gallery for luxury brands in South-Eastern Europe.
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 ...
Warsaw's Studio B building has been awarded SmartScore and WiredScore certificates. Skanska has thus become the first company in Poland to receive the ...
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