EUROPE/ CEE REGION In Q2 2014, European prime office rents have increased by 0.4 pct, slightly lower than at the beginning of the year when they hit 1.1 pct. Meanwhile, leasing volumes in Europe reached 2.8 mln sqm, a 19 pct quarter-over-quarter increase and an 11 pct year-over-year surge, according to the latest study by JLL.
CZECH REPUBLIC Orco Property Group has announced a date for the delisting of all its 114,507,629 ordinary shares from the Prague Stock Exchange: September 22nd.
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POLAND The Legnica-based developer Rank Progress has finalised the sales of Galeria Piła to Austrian property investor Immofinanz. The transaction was worth almost PLN 57.7 mln net.
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POLAND Automotive company and developer Marvipol generated a net profit of over PLN 29 mln in H1 – three times more than the figure for the same period in 2013 and the best semi-annual result in the group’s history.
POLAND Erbud group generated profits of PLN 8.3 mln in H1, a more than threefold growth on the same period last year.
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CEE REGION Globe Trade Centre (GTC) expects to receive a building permit for its Galeria Północna shopping centre development in Warsaw’s Białołęka district this autumn.
POLAND Dom Development is planning to buy plots up to a value of around PLN 100 mln in H2 2014, mostly in the Polish capital city.
POLAND Polnord is set to sell a 1,960 sqm plot on ul. Pereca in Warsaw.
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POLAND In the first half of the year, Polish clothing group LPP opened 168 new stores bringing the total operated under its brands up to 1,488.
POLAND The built and leased warehouse area owned by MLP Group increased to 345,900 sqm over the first six months of this year. In this period the company an area of 44,200 sqm was added to its portfolio.
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POLAND Orco Property Group has sold the Złota 44 residential skyscraper project in central Warsaw to a joint venture between Polish developer BBI Development and Denver-based investment manager Amstar for EUR 63 mln.
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POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC ING Bank Śląski has acted as the lead arranger for a EUR 174 mln term loan for LogiCor, Blackstone’s European logistics platform, to finance its recent acquisition of a logistics portfolio from Pramerica Real Estate Investors.
POLAND The turnover of retail group Redan, the owner of the Top Secret, Troll and Drywash brands as well as the TextilMarket discount chain, amounted to PLN 226.2 mln in the first six months of the year, a 7.3 pct y-o-y increase.
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POLAND Swiss investor Papag has obtained the approval of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKIK) for its acquisition of Praktiker Polska and Praktiker Real Estate Polska (originally reported in this publication in March).
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POLAND Clothing retailer Monnari Trade, the owner of the Monnari brand, is planning to open eleven stores in shopping centres in some of the largest cities in Poland in H2 2014.
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POLAND Nowe Powierzchnie has been given permission from the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) to acquire the Matras bookstore chain from the SEAF group.
POLAND Marvipol has issued 20,650 ordinary unsecured bonds with a value of PLN 20.65 mln. The money will be used to purchase land for residential development in Warsaw.
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CROATIA The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has arranged a EUR 30 mln loan for a Turkish developer to renovate two Croatian marinas and help increase nautical tourism in the country.
POLAND Warsaw has been ranked sixth in JLL’s global Investment Intensity Index as it outperformed such cities as Paris, New York and Tokyo, the company informed. The top five positions were taken by London, Oslo, Munich, Stockholm and Copenhagen.
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CZECH REPUBLIC PointPark Properties has agreed to buy eleven Czech logistics parks from Tristan Capital Partners and VGP for EUR 523 mln.
The Urban Land Institute Poland has published the ‘New Urban Poland’. Using 14 projects from Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Wrocław, the pu ...
According to the latest BauWatch crime report only 56 pct of building site managers across the EU believe crime to be rising, but in Poland this figur ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Shopee is ending its operations in Poland. The Asian e-commerce platform, which debuted in Poland in 2021, intends to focus on operations in other reg ...
City Point Okęcie Logistics Park, a joint venture between Partners Group and Peakside Capital Advisors, has achieved BREEAM Outstanding certification ...
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
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ULI Poland is to hold the 'Matrix of Real Estate' conference from April 15th -16th at the Norblin Factory in Warsaw to discuss the impact of geopoliti ...
With the opening of Data4’s second data centre in Jawczyce just outside Warsaw, we took the opportunity to catch up with Olivier Micheli, the presiden ...
After a long break, we invite you to hot episode of the "Eye to eye" podcast! Today we talk with Władysław Grochowski, the head and founder of Arche.
The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...
Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...
Bucharest’s hotel market recorded the strongest performances in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in 2025, with revenue per available room (RevPAR) inc ...
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
The Central Communication Port (CPK) has selected the general contract engineer for the new national airport as part of the Port Polska programme. The ...
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
BNP Paribas Bank Polska and Bank Pekao have granted a EUR 160 mln investment loan to refinance Mennica Towers. With the funds, Mennica Polska has now ...
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
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IAG GBS Poland, the shared services centre of the International Airlines Group, has extended its 2,2000 sqm office lease in the O3 Business Campus com ...
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
The city of Warsaw has allocated PLN 5 million for the construction of al. Centralna, a green passageway between the Warsaw Śródmieście railway statio ...
Capital Park Group is preparing to start construction work in Szczecin. Rezydencja Aleja Fontann, a late 19th-century townhouse, is to be renovated wi ...
LCP Poland, part of M Core, has opened the M Park Ozorków retail park with over 5,600 sqm gla and ten retail units.
Skanska CDE has become the first company in Poland to introduce a Neutral Host In-Building (NHIB) infrastructure model, based on the BTS hotel, in its ...
Röhlig Suus Logistics is opening a new logistics centre in Szczecin, combining warehousing facilities with a cross-dock terminal. The operator is to c ...