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Orbis to issue bonds

schedule 17 June 2015
Aneta Cichla

POLAND Orbis has launched the subscriptions for a bond issue.

Retail & leisure

Jula opens in Kielce

schedule 18 June 2015
Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

POLAND Swedish DIY chain Jula has opened a 3,000 sqm store in Galeria Echo in Kielce.

Investment & finance

ING to refinance Blue City

schedule 17 June 2015
Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND ING Bank NV and ING Bank Śląski have provided a loan for the refinancing of the Blue City retail and office complex in Warsaw.

Comarch chooses contractor for Łódź office building

schedule 17 June 2015
Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND Bonus Development, a subsidiary of Comarch, has chosen Skanska to be the general contractor for an office project in Łódź.

Residential

FB Antczak to build apartments for Budromex

schedule 17 June 2015
Aneta Cichla

POLAND FB Antczak has been commissioned by Budromex to construct a residential building on ul. Harfowa in Warsaw’s Ochota district.

Hotels

Ibis Poznań Północ to be completed in early 2016

schedule 18 June 2015
Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND The new Ibis Poznań Północ is now being developed in Suchy Las on the outskirts of Poznań.

Office & mixed-use development

Brama Miasta in Łódź changes hands

schedule 17 June 2015
Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND A subsidiary of Skanska Property Poland has acquired a plot in Łódź, where the Brama Miasta mixed-use project is to be built.

Savills partners up with Chinese investors

schedule 17 June 2015
Agata Kłapeć

WORLD Savills Group’s investment management company, Savills Investment Management, has entered into a joint venture with China Minsheng Investment Capital (CMIC), a part of the Chinese private investment company China Minsheng Investment, to invest in property assets through “a series of funds and investment vehicles” worldwide.

Investment & finance

Colliers spins itself into two

schedule 17 June 2015
Nathan North
deputy editor

WORLD Colliers International Group has announced the completion its separation into two independent, publicly traded companies: Colliers International Group Inc. (Colliers) and FirstService Corporation.

Won’t you buy me, Mercedes-Benz Plaza?

schedule 17 June 2015
Nathan North
deputy editor

RUSSIA Mercedes-Benz Plaza on Leningradskiy Prospect in Moscow has been acquired by the Region Group of Companies.

Retail & leisure

Bricomarché in Galeria Raj

schedule 17 June 2015
Aneta Cichla

POLAND The 115th Bricomarché market is to open in Dębice.

Invalda INVL increases assets under management

schedule 17 June 2015
Anna Pakulniewicz

LITHUANIA Invalda INVL now manages equity worth EUR 300 mln.

Office & mixed-use development

Novatek climbs K1

schedule 17 June 2015
Nathan North
deputy editor

POLAND Liquefied petroleum gas distributor Novatek Polska has leased 300 sqm on the top floor of K1 (formerly “Błękitek”), the tallest office building in Kraków.

Retail & leisure

Unibail-Rodamco develops EUR 220 mln project

schedule 16 June 2015
Aneta Cichla

POLAND Unibail-Rodamco has presented the architectural design of its Wroclavia retail and office complex on ul. Sucha in Wrocław. The project assumes the construction of 71,000 sqm of leasable space, which is set to be completed in the autumn of 2017.

Retail & leisure

H&M sells more and more

schedule 16 June 2015
Anna Pakulniewicz

WORLD In May, the sales of the H&M Group in local currencies increased by 10 pct y-o-y. H&M said that the sales could have risen 3 pp more but the calendar had a negative effect on the results.

Investment & finance

Hines to buy “five or six” more Polish properties

schedule 16 June 2015
Agata Kłapeć

POLAND US property company Hines has closed its Luxembourg-based Hines Poland Sustainable Income Fund (HPSIF) at EUR 155 mln. The fund, whose portfolio currently includes three Warsaw office buildings, is aimed at acquiring five or six other properties in Poland.

Technology

Japanese giant invests in omni-channel customer service

schedule 16 June 2015
Eurobuild CEE

WORLD Japanese-based retail group Fast Retailing, which owns such brands as Uniqlo, GU, Theory, Comptoir des Cotonniers and Princesse, has partnered up with Accenture to fully digitalize customer services across its sales channels.

Gap to close down 175 stores

schedule 16 June 2015
Agata Kłapeć

WORLD US-based fashion retailer Gap, which owns such brands as Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy, plans on closing down 140 Gap-branded US stores by the end of its 2015 fiscal year. At least 35 more locations will close within the next few years.

Crowdfunding catching on

schedule 15 June 2015
Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND The Mzuri group has launched another SPV company, Mzuri CFI 2, which is to buy a portfolio of apartments for rent under the crowdfunding model.

Residential

TDJ starts second stage of Katowice project

schedule 15 June 2015
Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND The first building of Osiedle Franciszkańskie in Katowice has been completed by TDJ Estate, which is responsible for the construction of the project and is now starting work on the second stage.

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