Investment &amp; finance

Anna Pakulniewicz

WORLD CBRE Global Investors completed EUR 7.8 bln transactions in EMEA during 2016. This includes EUR 4.9 bln acquisitions and EUR 2.9 bln disposals on behalf of the direct business and CBRE Global Investment Partners.

Saller shops in Olsztynek

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND The Saller group purchased a retail park on ul. Mrongowiusza in Olsztynek.

Two hotels change owner

POLAND Orbis has found a party interested in the purchase of Mercure Jelenia Góra which is located at ul. Sudecka 63 in Jelenia Góra and Mercure Karpacz Resort located at ul. Obrońców Pokoju 5 in Karpacz.

Loan for skyscraper in Szczecin

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND Alior Bank is to provide a loan for the construction of Hanza Tower in Szczecin. The loan of PLN 138.8 mln (plus PLN 3 mln for VAT) will be used to finance and refinance the expenditure related to the project.

Skanska to build 12,000 sqm project in Karlín

CZECH REPUBLIC Skanska Property is planning to build the Praga Studios office building in Prague's former industrial district of Karlín.

Vilnius will longer look for PPP partners for national sport venue

Anna Pakulniewicz

LITHUANIA City of Vilnius is preparing construction of Multifunctional Health, Education, Culture and Business Support Centre. It will be created as PPP project. The deadline for the tender bids has been postponed to Mar 1, 2017.

Apartments in Jaśkowa Dolina

POLAND A Murapol subsidiary has purchased land in Gdańsk for a residential project.

Nuvalu becoming stronger

POLAND Consulting company Nuwalu has announced its 2016 results and plans to greatly extned its services over the next few months.

Alta sells plot in Siewierz

POLAND Alta affiliate Chmielowskie has signed a letter of intent to sell 4 ha site in Siewierz.

Abadon in Awbud

POLAND Murapol subsidiary Abadon Real Estate has bought a 9.47 pct stake (370,000 shares) in Awbud for PLN 2.77 mln.

South Africans take 40 pct of Polish investment

POLAND South African investors dominated the real estate market in 2016 with EUR 1.8 bln invested, accounting for 40 pct of the overall investment volume, according to the Colliers International’s Market Insights 2016 report.

Forum Lviv adds more women’s fashion

13 February 2017

UKRAINE Ukrainian fashion retailer and manufacturer Vovk has leased 180 sqm in the Forum Lviv shopping centre.

Two Warsaw buildings change hands

13 February 2017

POLAND CBRE Global Investors (CBRE GI), on behalf of the Property Fund Central Eastern Europe (PFCEE), has sold Trinity Office Park II in Warsaw’s Służewiec district and Prosta Office Centre in Wola district.

Gniezno to ask how best to use former railway land

10 February 2017

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

POLAND Polish State Railways [PKP] affiliate Xcity Investment has signed a deal with the town of Gniezno to redevelop 25 ha of former railway land, including a former depot, in the centre of the town.

Polnord shopping at the seaside

09 February 2017

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND Polnord has signed a preliminary contract for the purchase of the perpetual usufruct of a parcel on the seaside strip in Gdańsk.

Victoria Dom issues more bonds

09 February 2017

POLAND Victoria Dom sold PLN 6.1 mln of four-year corporate bonds to investors in its first public bond issue and is now preparing another, much larger flotation, of app. PLN 50 mln of debt securities.

Largest spa in Vilnius in old basements

07 February 2017

LITHUANIA Taurapolis has acquired from Aludariu Development the 7,000 sqm former Tauras brewery complex on Aludariu street in Vilnius.

CBRE to sell five-storey Ramenki building

07 February 2017

RUSSIA Russian telecom operator Megafon has appointed CBRE exclusive marketing agent for the sale of a 4,560 sqm office building at Michurinskiy Prospekt 27/5 in Moscow’s Ramenki district.