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POLAND With 1,731 apartments sold in 2013 put, Robyg took the lead among Polish residential developers.

Record year for Polnord

POLAND Polnord sold a total of 101 apartments in December 2013 and closed last year with record high apartment sales of 1,096, 21 pct more than in 2012.

Investment & finance

Ideal Idea Park III sold for over EUR 14 mln

POLAND Ideal Idea Formad has sold the first stage of the Ideal Idea Park III office and warehouse complex to a subsidiary of the BPH TFI investment fund.

Three companies stay in Kolmet

POLAND eService, Eurest and Italmex have prolonged their lease agreements on a long term basis in the Kolmet office and warehouse building in Warsaw’s Wola district.

Cinema City takes control of Cineworld

EUROPE Cinema City International is to transfer its cinema operations to Cineworld in a cash and share deal worth GBP 503 mln (app. EUR 608 mln ).

SkyRes Warszawska under construction

POLAND Developres is developing the SkyRes Warszawska office building on ul. Warszawska in Rzeszów.

Construction

Permit for Bydgoszcz station

POLAND Polish State Railways (PKP) has obtained a permit to construct a new central railway station in Bydgoszcz.

Residential

Dom Development sells 1,605 apartments

POLAND Dom Development has published its preliminary financial results for 2013. Net sales over the year increased to 1,605 apartments, up by 169 apartments (app. 11.8 pct) on 2012 sales.

Investment & finance

This year “will be better” for Wikana

POLAND Lublin-based developer Wikana sold 162 apartments in 2013. The company is expecting better sales in 2014 due to the marketing of new projects.

Retail & leisure

Almost 4,000 sqm leased in Sukcesja

POLAND Sports Direct and H&M are to open stores in the Sukcesja shopping centre, which is under construction in Łódź.

Retail & leisure

Galeria Malta keeps four tenants

POLAND Four brands are to stay for longer in Galeria Malta in Poznań, which is owned by Neinver Polska.

Overview of the Polish office map

POLAND Mature markets (Kraków, Wrocław, Poznań, the TriCity, Katowice and Łódź) account for 83 pct of the total volume of modern office space outside Warsaw in Poland, while developed markets (Szczecin, Lublin, Kielce and Bydgoszcz) make up 12 pct of the total, according to Knight Frank’s ‘Office Markets in Medium-Sized Cities’ report.

Lviv secures EUR 11 mln for infrastructure

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

UKRAINE Lviv city council has been provided with financing for the modernisation of its road and public transport network.

Medhotel to open in Esztergom

HUNGARY A four-star medical hotel is under construction in the town of Esztergom near Budapest in an investment of HUF 1.2 bln (app. EUR 4 mln).

P&G stays in Iride

ROMANIA Procter & Gamble has renewed its office lease for a further five years in Iride Business Park in northern Bucharest and has also extended its premises to 6,000 sqm in building ‘2’.

Etalon beats personal best

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

RUSSIA Russian residential developer Etalon Group delivered 467,000 sqm of net sellable area (NSA) in 2013 – the best result in the company’s 26-year history.

LeasingTeam for Marynarska Business Park

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

POLAND Recruitment, outsourcing and HR consulting company LeasingTeam has taken up more than 1,000 sqm of office space in the Marynarska Business Park in Warsaw’s Służewiec district.

Warehouse & industrial

Iron Mountain enters Europolis Park Błonie

Property and Facility Management

POLAND Information management and data protection company Iron Mountain Polska has leased 7,200 sqm of warehouse space and an office area of 250 sqm in Europolis Park Blonie.

JLL to manage Aerodom

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

RUSSIA Jones Lang LaSalle has been contracted for the property and facility management of the construction stage of the Aerodom business centre on Leningradskiy Prospekt in northern Moscow.

Two industrial parks to be privatised