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Constructor accused of bribery

schedule 11 October 2013

ROMANIA Dan Șova, the Minister for Infrastructure Projects of National Interest and Foreign Investment, has filed a complaint with the country’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) alleging that a senior manager of a Romanian construction company attempted to bribe him in Beijing in order to win a motorway construction contract.

Retail supply falling, but growing in Moscow

schedule 11 October 2013
Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

RUSSIA In the first three quarters of this year the completions of quality Russian retail premises amounted to 721,000 sqm, 30 pct less than the 1 mln sqm recorded in Q1–Q3 2012 – according to a report by Jones Lang LaSalle.

Office & mixed-use development

SimCity comes to Gdańsk

schedule 11 October 2013
Nathan North
deputy editor

POLAND French computer game and apps company Playsoft has leased 800 sqm of office space in the Olivia Four building of the Olivia Business Centre in Gdańsk.

Investment & finance

TPG Capital reported close to P3 takeover

schedule 11 October 2013
Nathan North
deputy editor

EUROPE Speculation is mounting that US private equity firm TPG Capital is close to finalising a deal to buy out PointPark Properties’ warehousing portfolio.

Retail & leisure

Novel store at Targówek Park Handlowy

schedule 10 October 2013
Aneta Cichla

POLAND Wooden floor, panel and door retailer RuckZuck has opened a store in the Targówek Park Handlowy retail park.

Polnord officially buys half of Aquasfera

schedule 10 October 2013
Aneta Cichla

POLAND Polnord has purchased a 50 pct stake in the Aquasfera residential project, which is under development in Reda near Gdańsk, from Semeko Grupa Inwestycyjna.

Debt collector visits Polimex again

schedule 10 October 2013
Aneta Cichla

POLAND Polimex-Mostostal has been receiving a number of visits by the debt collector recently.

Construction

Two contracts for Skanska

schedule 10 October 2013
Ewa Andrzejewska

POLAND A cultural and recreational centre is to be built for the Museum of Masovian Countryside in Sierpc by Skanska for a net price of app. PLN 43 mln.

Hotels

Fourth Best Western in Masovia

schedule 10 October 2013
Ewa Andrzejewska

POLAND The Top Hotel Airport Modlin in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki has become the fourth Best Western in the Masovian province.

Construction

Erbud wins Vantage contracts

schedule 10 October 2013
Ewa Andrzejewska

POLAND Erbud has been contracted by subsidiaries of Vantage Development to construct a residential building and an office building in Wrocław.

Brembo leases 8,000 sqm more in CTPark Ostrava

schedule 10 October 2013
Nathan North
deputy editor

CZECH REPUBLIC Italian automotive brake systems producer Brembo has leased an additional 8,000 sqm in CTPark Ostrava.

Office & mixed-use development

OVB to open BC140 office

schedule 10 October 2013
Nathan North
deputy editor

HUNGARY Financial advisory OVB has leased 582 sqm in the BC140 office building in Budapest.

Retail & leisure

Respublika to open in Q4 2014

schedule 10 October 2013
Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

UKRAINE The Respublika multi-functional centre in Kyiv is now 50 pct completed, with the date of its opening provisionally set for the fourth quarter of 2014.

Office & mixed-use development

Lords begins asset sales

schedule 10 October 2013

LITHUANIA Lords LB Baltic Fund I has sold a class ‘A’ office building on Saltoniškių street in Vilnius to Danhaus for LTL 55.9 mln (EUR 16.2 mln).

Moscow office supply 50 pct higher

schedule 10 October 2013
Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

RUSSIA The supply of new office space for the whole of this year in Moscow may amount to 800,000–850,000 sqm – 50 pct more than in 2012, according to Colliers International.

Residential

Matexi buys Wola site

schedule 10 October 2013
Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

POLAND Matexi Polska has acquired a site for a 600-apartment project on ul. Kolska in Warsaw’s Wola district.

Construction

Work begins on second A4 Business Park building

schedule 10 October 2013

POLAND Echo Investment started the construction of the second stage of the A4 Business Park office complex in Katowice

Office & mixed-use development

ČSOB chooses Balabenka

schedule 10 October 2013
Nathan North
deputy editor

CZECH REPUBLIC ČSOB has leased 3,544 sqm of office space in the Balabenka office building in Libeň (Prague 9).

Warehousing moving away from Moscow

schedule 10 October 2013
Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

RUSSIA Warehouse developers in Moscow region move further away from the city boundaries due to a lack of good sites with reasonable pricing, according to the ‘New Locations for I&L Properties Development’ report by CBRE.

Hotels

Fabryka Biznesu cancels Sukcesja hotel project

schedule 09 October 2013
Aneta Cichla

POLAND A hotel planned to be built alongside the Sukcesja shopping and entertainment centre in Łódź will now not be built after all.

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