Investment &amp; finance

RUSSIA Residential developer PIK Group has signed a loan agreement with VTB Capital to receive a one-year loan of RUB 23.4 bln (app. EUR 500 mln) with an extension option of five years.

Robyg takes liking to Żoliborz

POLAND Robyg group has signed a contract for the purchase of the perpetual usufruct of a plot of almost 5,500 sqm on ul. Przasnyska in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district.

Traffic Club moves towards buying Matras stake

Aneta Cichla

POLAND The bookshop chain Matras has made the first step towards a change in ownership – a contract for the purchase of a minority stake in the company has just been signed between its current shareholders and an SPV company affiliated with the Traffic Club company.

Dexa in Rzeszów changes hands

POLAND The Dexa construction and furnishing centre in Rzeszów has been bought by businessman Jarosław Karczewki, who had previously wanted to buy the Millenium Hall mall in the city in 2010.

Eurocash to invest in chains

POLAND Eurocash is to buy a controlling stake in the Inmedio chain of newsagents and is investing in the 1minute concept.

Skanska sells Balabenka to CIB Group

16 June 2014

CZECH REPUBLIC Skanska Property Czech Republic has sold its Balabenka office building in Libeň (Prague 9) to CIB Group.

DTZ sold to TGP Capital

16 June 2014

WORLD UGL has entered into a binding agreement for the sale of real estate services company DTZ to a private equity consortium led by US group TPG Capital for AUD 1.215 bln.

Asseco takes over aqua park in Sopot from Prokom

14 June 2014

POLAND The Podkarpacki Fundusz Nieruchomości (PFN) real estate fund, which is managed by Asseco Poland, has bought an aqua park in Sopot from Prokom Investments.

CBRE GI fund buys Płock mall

12 June 2014

POLAND The CBRE European Shopping Centre Fund (ESCF), managed by CBRE Global Investors, has acquired the Galeria Mazovia Shopping Centre in Płock.

Orco sells quarter of Sunčani Hvar

12 June 2014

CROATIA Orco Property Group (OPG) has announced that on June 11th it entered into a transaction concerning the partial disposal of its stake in the Sunčani Hvar (SHH) resort on the Croatian island of Hvar

ČSOB to sell CZK 1 bln of properties

11 June 2014

CZECH REPUBLIC ČSOB is to restructure its real estate portfolio by selling four properties in Prague.

Colliers opens TriCity branch

11 June 2014

POLAND Colliers International has officially opened an office in Gdańsk.

Swan for sale a second time

10 June 2014

ROMANIA Swan Office & Technology Park in Bucharest’s Pipera district is to be put up for auction a second time.

KGHM i FIZAN looks for buyer for Interferie Medical Spa stake

10 June 2014

Aneta Cichla

POLAND The Interferie Medical Spa hotel in Świnoujście is looking for a buyer for the business.

Prokom to sell Polnord stake

05 June 2014

POLAND Polnord has announced that Prokom and its subsidiary Osiedle Wilanowskie intend to dispose of their entire stake in Polnord, representing 25.7 pct of the share capital of the company.

Hajdarowicz sells Kraków plots

05 June 2014

POLAND Bielsko-Biała based developer Murapol has signed a letter of internet with the Jupiter fund and entered negotiations to finalise the acquisition of app. 6 ha of land in Kraków.

Ronson buys Mokotów land

05 June 2014

POLAND Ronson Development, via its subsidiary Town, has concluded an agreement with private individuals for the purchase of undeveloped properties on ul. Jaśminowa in Warsaw’s Mokotów district.

PPF finalises City Tower acquisition

04 June 2014

CZECH REPUBLIC PPF Group, which is owned by Czech businessman Petr Kellner, has finalised the acquisition of the City Tower skyscraper in Pankrác (Prague 4), according to local media.

Unibail-Rodamco places EUR 600 mln bond

04 June 2014