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CEE REGION AFI Properties has registered a record profit of EUR 32 mln in 2013 as well as an 85 pct increase in its operating profit to EUR 96.5 mln and an 11 pct y-o-y increase in the company’s net operating income , which totalled EUR 73 mln in 2013.

Albert to join with Spar

CZECH REPUBLIC Ahold, the Dutch company which runs the Albert chain of supermarkets, has agreed to purchase the Czech operations of the Austrian-based grocery chain Spar for over CZK 5.2 bln (app. EUR 191 mln).

Warehouse & industrial

Goodman signs up Les Mousquetaires

POLAND Goodman is to develop a 73,872 sqm central warehouse and a two-storey 8,513 sqm office building for grocery and DIY retailer Les Mousquetaires in Swadzim, 15 km from the centre of Poznań.

HB Reavis sells, Tatra buys

Ewa Andrzejewska

SLOVAKIA HB Reavis has sold three buildings in the five-building City Business Center office complex in Bratislava.

New ownership for Złote Tarasy

POLAND Axa Real Estate Investment Managers France intends to take over the Złote Tarasy office and retail complex in Warsaw, which is valued at over PLN 2 bln. The proposed deal has already been referred to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK).

Peakside targets projects worth app. EUR 200 mln

POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC Peakside Capital finalised transactions worth EUR 220 mln in 2013. Currently, the group is preparing for more acquisitions and is reviewing properties with a total value app. EUR 200 mln in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. I

Students competition for Bielany retail park green area

POLAND The Bielany retail park in Wrocław, which is owned by Inter IKEA Centre Group Poland, together with the Wrocław University of Technology, the Academy of Fine Arts and Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczna in Wrocław are to hold the ‘Inspired by Wrocław’ competition for the design of a green area, which is to be created in the extended Bielany retail park.

Honey, who shrunk Warsaw?

POLAND Park Miniatur Województwa Mazowieckiego (PMWM) is planning to build a miniature town in Warsaw with 50 models of the capital’s buildings on a 3.5 ha plot.

Full steam ahead for Ferio

POLAND A ceremonial ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the opening of six new stores in the extended Ferio shopping centre in Stare Miasto near Konin.

Marvipol refinances Bielany estate

POLAND Marvipol has acquired a PLN 43 mln loan from Getin Noble Bank to refinance the Bielany Residence estate on ul. Sokratesa in Warsaw.

German chain in Galeria Goplana

POLAND The Rossmann drugstore chain is to open a 500 sqm store in Galeria Goplana in Leszno.

Extension of Rywal shopping mall delayed

POLAND Inbap, the investor behind the Rywal shopping centre in Biała Podlaska, has announced that the opening of the new extension to the centre has been postponed until Q3 2014 with the new opening date set for August later this year.

CCC and Avans go for My Box

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND A CCC footwear shop will occupy 400 sqm while an Avans electromarket will take up 450 sqm in the My Box retail park in Namysłów.

X, Y, Z in Gdynia

POLAND Eurostyl is to build the Tensor office complex at ul. Łużycka 8 in Gdynia Redłowo.

Leach & Lang advises on transactions worth PLN 40 mln in Kraków

POLAND Leach & Lang Property Consultants has recently advised on three transactions in Kraków with a combined value of PLN 40 mln.

CityFit debuts on market

POLAND The first Polish CityFit fitness club is to open in the Plaza Rzeszów shopping centre in May.

NC3 rises

POLAND Consteel is constructing the NC3 office building in Warsaw’s Służewiec district.

Hotels

Conference centre next to hotel

POLAND Lokaty Budowlane is planning to extend Hotel Święcice with an exhibition and conference centre on an adjacent 0.6 ha plot.

Karuzela comes to Żary

POLAND Boza Inwestycje is preparing a to build the Karuzela retail park in Żary in Poland’s Lubusz region.

Unidevelopment raises PLN 20 mln