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Office & mixed-use development

Skanska embraces Generation X

POLAND Skanska Property Poland has launched the construction of its biggest office development in the CEE region: the Generation Park office complex in Warsaw’s Wola district.

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Industrial take-up in Russia set for record

RUSSIA In 2015, despite the country's current economic difficulties, take-up activity in the industrial and logistics sector is set to exceed its record figure of 2013, when 1.23 mln sqm was leased, according to CBRE.

Orbis buys two Budapest hotels

HUNGARY Orbis, together with its Hungarian company Accor-Pannonia Hotels, has signed a conditional purchase agreement for two hotels in Budapest: the 139-room ibis Budapest Heroes Square and the 227-room Mercure Budapest City Center.

Polish retail investment volumes to break record

POLAND Following the recent EUR 290 mln sale of the Stary Browar shopping centre in Poznań to Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, Polish retail investment volumes are likely to set a new record by surpassing the EUR 1.3 bln registered in 2013, says Cushman & Wakefield.

Warimpex completes Zeppelin

RUSSIA ZAO Avielen, a joint venture between Warimpex (a 55-pct stake), CA Immo Group (a 35 pct stake) and UBM (a 10 pct stake), has completed the Zeppelin office tower in St Petersburg.

Boco expands in Pardubice

CZECH REPUBLIC Plastics and rubber manufacturing provider Boco Pardubice has leased 1,500 sqm of production and office space in TechnoPark Pardubice.

Warsaw high street retail uncovered

POLAND Not large chains but small retail tenants (76 pct) tend to dominate Warsaw high streets, says Colliers International in its latest report.

Office & mixed-use development

New office building to be developed in Poznań

POLAND Constructa Plus is set to build a small office building at the junction of ul. Ogrodowa and ul. Krysiewicza in Poznań.

Forum Lviv now 97-pct leased

UKRAINE Multi Ukraine’s Forum Lviv shopping centre is currently leased out in 97 pct.

Residential

Polnord carries on Gdynia project

POLAND Polnord has started the construction and sale of apartments in the second and third stages of the Brama Sopocka residential estate in Gdynia.

Office & mixed-use development

Google Campus opens in Warsaw

POLAND Google has launched its Warsaw Campus innovation centre in the Centrum Praskie Koneser in the Praga Północ district.

Green projects

Adgar Plaza gets gold

POLAND Three office buildings that form the Adgar Plaza complex in Warsaw have received LEED sustainability certificates at the Gold level.

Retail & leisure

To get customers, invest in aesthetics

POLAND Customers increasingly expect shopping centres to provide them not only with entertainment, a wide range of services and a comprehensive tenant mix, but also some aesthetic value, point outs C&W in its report on the tendencies on the retail market.

Brand new INVL Baltic

LITHUANIA INVL Baltic Real Estate has been taken over by its subsidiary Invaldos Nekilnojamojo Turto Fondas.

Hugo Boss to buy out franchise stores in Russia

RUSSIA German fashion retailer Hugo Boss is planning to acquire its franchise stores in Russia.

Office & mixed-use development

Midland Plaza to be sold

RUSSIA Victor Haritonin, the main shareholder of the Russian pharmaceutical company Pharmstandard, is interested in acquiring the Midland Plaza office building in Moscow, the Vedomosti daily reports.

Hotels

Five stars to shine even brighter

SLOVENIA A five-star hotel located in the suburbs of Maribor will be renovated and refurbished, ‘Eurobuild CEE’ has found.

Office & mixed-use development

Leasing marathon started

POLAND Maraton office building in Poznań has signed up its first tenant.