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Anna Pakulniewicz

What stage has your network of chemist shops now reached? Anna Wierzbicka, president of the board, Dayli: We are most developed in the southwest of the country. We are not present in the north and east of Poland.

Auchan to open another Lviv store

UKRAINE Auchan Ukraine is planning to open its second hypermarket in Lviv by the end of this year.

Investment & finance

BGK to rent out Gdańsk flats

Aneta Cichla

POLAND Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), through BGK Nieruchomości, has purchased its second project for its Apartments for Rent Fund. The building is located on ul. Kilińskiego in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz and constitutes the second stage of the Browar Gdański project, which is being carried out by Przedsiębiorstwo Budowlane Górski.

Investment & finance

Warimpex has ambitious plans despite losses

Office & mixed-use development

CEE REGION Warimpex registered losses of EUR 35.3 mln in 2014. However, the company is planning new projects.

Port Praski to spread its wings

POLAND The Port Praski company has been given permission by the courts to build flood protection for its project in Praga on Warsaw’s eastern bank.

Interior design

JLL buys Neo-Świat to fit into Tétris

POLAND JLL has acquired Polish company Neo-Świat to become part of its Tétris design and fit-out business.

Warehouse & industrial

Lindab fills up Karlovarská Business Park

Office & mixed-use development

CZECH REPUBLIC Swedish simplified construction products company Lindab has leased 2,368 sqm in Karlovarská Business Park close to Václav Havel Airport Prague in Ruzyně (Prague-West), moving from smaller premises nearby.

Three land in Meteor

CZECH REPUBLIC Three new tenants are to move into building ‘C’ of the Meteor Centre Office Park near the Křižíková metro station in Karlín (Prague 8) in June and July.

Kyiv malls postponed as vacancy rises

UKRAINE In the first quarter of the year, no modern shopping space was completed on the Kyiv market – and none of the projected new stock of 361,200 sqm in 2015 could now be opened this year, according to JLL’s latest Kyiv retail market report.

Investment & finance

Qataris and Swiss buy two Warsaw estates

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND Aventicum Capital Management – a JV established by the Credit Suisse bank and the Qatar Holding investment fund – has bought two SPV companies involved in building residential estates in Warsaw.

Echo Investment resumes Łódź project

POLAND Echo Investment has started preparations to resume the construction of an office project at al. Piłsudskiego 86 in Łódź.

Residential

Isomeg to build in Siewierz Jeziorna

Aneta Cichla

POLAND Isomeg has become the third developer to begin projects within the Siewierz Jeziorna sustainable residential district outside Katowice. The company has purchased four construction plots on the site from Chmielowskie – a subsidiary of Alta.

Warehouse & industrial

Prologis adds 22,300 sqm to Bratislava park

SLOVAKIA Prologis has today announced that it has begun the development of two speculative buildings totalling 22,300 sqm in Prologis Park Bratislava.

Sochi ski resorts still below expectations

RUSSIA The occupancy of guest rooms in ski resorts in the Sochi region (Krasnaya Polyana) in Q1 this year reached 61 pct, compared to only 47 pct last year, according to a report by STR Global.

Warehouse & industrial

FM Logistic expands in P3 Piotrków Park

POLAND French logistics company FM Logistic has signed a lease for 37,000 sqm in P3 Piotrków Park in Piotrków Trybunalski, southeast of Łódź in central Poland.

Retail & leisure

Google Campus to open in Praga Koneser Center

POLAND Google has leased 1,600 sqm in the refurbished Kordegarda (guardhouse) building in the Praga Koneser Center mixed-use project in Warsaw’s Praga district.

Local tourists boost St Petersburg hotel sector

RUSSIA In the first quarter of this year St Petersburg hotels managed to increase their revenue per available room by 16 pct y-o-y, according to a report by JLL.

CBRE pleased with Q1 results

Property and Facility Management

WORLD CBRE has recorded USD 2.1 bln in revenue for the first quarter of this year, which signifies a 10 pct increase (15 pct in local currency) from USD 1.9 bln in the corresponding quarter last year.

Asbud chooses JLL

POLAND JLL has been selected as property manager of the Karolkowa Business Park office building in Warsaw.

Hochtief to work for NewCold