News

Four new tenants have leased a total of more than 700 sqm in a new health and beauty zone on the first level of the Plater building of the Norblin Factory complex in Warsaw.

Retail & leisure

SERBIA All Serbian Stop Shops BREEAMed up

27 July 2022

Immofinanz has obtained BREEAM-In-Use sustainability certificates for all 14 of its Stop Shop retail parks in Serbia, with ratings ranging from the top grade of ‘Excellent’ to at least ‘Very Good’.

POLAND Panattoni delivers Neonet centre near Łódź

27 July 2022

Panattoni has completed a 44,000 sqm central warehouse for Polish electronic goods store chain Neonet in Panattoni Park Łódź-Pabianice on the southwestern outskirts of the city.

Investment & finance

CZECH REPUBLIC Wood & Company buys Green Point

27 July 2022

A sub-fund of Wood & Company has acquired the Green Point in Prague’s Smíchov district for an undisclosed sum. The building, which has 7,500 sqm of leasable office space, is the tenth office building and the third in Prague to be added to the sub-fund’s portfolio.

POLAND E-commerce now 30 pct of Poland's industrial stock – C&W

Poland now has 7.35 mln sqm of warehouse space dedicated to online fulfilment, accounting for 30.7 pct of the country’s total industrial stock, according to research by Cushman & Wakefield.

POLAND Record Warsaw office take-up in H1 – Savills

In H1 2022, office take-up in Warsaw hit a record high of 479,400 sqm, representing an increase of 94 pct y-o-y, according to Savills.

INDIA Panattoni expands into India

Warsaw-based industrial developer Panattoni has entered the Asian market by establishing operations in India. Its headquarters in the country are located in Bengaluru, the largest city in southwestern state of Karnataka.

POLAND Anegis chooses Centrum Południe

British digital business optimisation company Anegis has leased 750 sqm of office space in the first stage of Centrum Południe – an office complex that is being developed by Skanska in Wrocław.

POLAND Langowski leases more in Łódź

Polish freight forwarding company Langowski Logistics has leased an additional 4,500 sqm of warehouse space in the Central European Logistics Hub in Łódź, bringing its total area in the park up to around 8,000 sqm.

ROMANIA Death knell for Cathedral Plaza

Nathan North
deputy editor

Nicușor Dan, the Mayor of Bucharest, has announced that he has signed an order for the demolition of the controversial Cathedral Plaza building, which is situated just behind the city’s St Joseph Roman Catholic cathedral.

POLAND Double the leasing fun for MLP

Polish industrial developer MLP Group enjoyed record high leasing levels in H1 2022. Over the period, leases were signed for almost 214,000 sqm of space – almost double the last year’s figure, with the largest activity seen at MLP Poznań West.

POLAND Two new faces for Wola Center

Property and Facility Management

The Hines European Value Fund (HEVF 1) has secured two more long-term leases for app. 770 sqm office space in Wola Center in Warsaw district. The new tenants are IT firm JIT Team companies and Mytaxi Polska.

POLAND Colliers to manage Stena buildings

Colliers has been commissioned to manage two Polish office buildings owned by Stena Fastigheter – the first stage of Centrum Południe in Wrocław and the third stage of High5ive in Kraków.

Land acquisitions

POLAND Fifty acres bought west of Warsaw

22 July 2022

A parcel of plots amounting to more than 50 ha in Wiskitki close to Żyrardów (about 50 km west of central Warsaw) has been acquired by an undisclosed commercial real estate developer, according to JLL, which handled the transaction.

Retail & leisure

POLAND Shoppers return to malls – C&W

22 July 2022

Poland’s total retail stock now amounts to 15.6 mln sqm following the addition of almost 100,000 sqm n Q2 2022, according to research by Cushman & Wakefield.

Nathan North
deputy editor

POLAND HB Reavis partners with Polsat for Port Praski

22 July 2022

Polsat Plus Group has signed a joint venture agreement with Slovak developer HB Reavis, which involves the latter acquiring 50 pct stakes in the Port Praski City II and Port Praski Medical Center projects in Warsaw for app. EUR 24.3 mln.

Hotels

ROMANIA InterContinental returns to Bucharest

Nathan North
deputy editor

IHG is to reintroduce its InterContinental Hotels & Resorts brand to Romania after a year’s break with the opening of the InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest in early 2023.

POLAND Art deco showcased at Globis Wrocław

Boutique furniture and homeware studio BowArte Home is to open a 256 sqm showroom in the Globis Wrocław office building, which is owned by trusted Globe Trade Centre.

POLAND Primavera Parfum breezes into Panattoni Warsaw North II

Polish perfume and cosmetics distributor Primavera Parfum has leased more than 5,000 sqm of customised warehouse space in Panattoni Park Warsaw North II.

POLAND Lidl leases in 7R Poznań West