Investment & finance
Eika Real Estate Fund has acquired the BIG office in Poland, in the central part of Kraków, which is let to State Street Bank. The fund plans to further expand its investments in logistics, offices and retail parks in Poland.
Investment & finance
Logistics platform Trademarc has sold a warehouse in Teresin, near Warsaw. The area of the BTS facility is almost 37,600 sqm.
Investment & finance
Cushman & Wakefield estimates that the commercial real estate investment volume in Poland for H1 2024 was EUR 1.76 bln, representing an almost 80 pct increase compared to the same period in 2023. The investment market is experiencing a revival in the activity of investment funds, including Polish investors, with this year’s total investment volume likely to hit EUR 4 bln.
Investment & finance
Develia has signed a preliminary agreement for the sale of the property in Wrocław with a subsidiary of Afi Europe. The sale price was set at PLN 50.5 mln. The transaction is expected to be finalised by the end of 2024.
Investment & finance
Afi Europe has acquired the myhive Victoriei building on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest, from Austrian commercial real estate group Immofinanz. The transaction was valued at around EUR 27 mln and is part of Immofinanz's strategy to optimise its portfolio.
Investment & finance
Bellemonde has secured a EUR 21 mln financing agreement from Libra Internet Bank to develop a new residential project in northern Bucharest. The project will feature 164 housing units.
Investment & finance
VGP and Deka Immobilien announced the signing of the third and final closing of their 50:50 joint venture, RED. This transaction includes a logistics building located in VGP Park Magdeburg, fully leased to Rhenus.
Investment & finance
The investment and asset manager KGAL has acquired the Platinum office building in Wiesbaden, developed by Frankfurt-based project developer OFB, with around 5,300 sqm of rental space for one of its institutional real estate funds.
Investment & finance
Brno-based investment platform DRFG has acquired a 100 pct stake in Hungarian developer Trigranit from Revetas Capital.
Investment & finance
Roomies, an investor in private student housing, has announced the closing of a transaction with 6B47 Real Estate Investors AG. The company is acquiring two projects with building permits in Warsaw and Wroclaw.
Investment & finance
According to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, Romania recorded a 131 pct y-o-y growth of the real estate transaction volume during H1 2024, reaching a level of EUR 418 mln, corresponding to the highest growth rate in the CEE. This significant evolution places Romania third in the region, following Poland and Czechia, surpassing Hungary and Slovakia.
Investment & finance
Investment company Tewox, managed by the Lords LB asset management company from Lithuania, has announced the acquisition of two additional retail parks in the cities of Łódź and Radom. The seller is an investor, developer and asset manager Capital Park Group.
Investment & finance
Q2 2024 showed the signs of the market acceleration, which allow to look to the future with greater optimism, and the market finally noticed decline of interest rates. Avison Young's experts point out that's a signal for the return of more affordable financing, which is likely to stimulate investor activity.
Investment & finance
Equilis and Acteeum have sold the Silwana retail park in Gorzów Wielkopolski. The facility was bought and taken over for management by Big Polska. The park was sold for EUR 40 mln, it is one of the highest transactions on the Polish commercial property market this year.
Investment & finance
H1 2024 saw CEE investment volumes increase by circa 29 pct y-o-y. According to preliminary results, this is contrary to European and global results, where activity is still subdued. 2024 volumes could reach up to circa EUR 5.5 bln, around half of the 10-year average, expect experts from Colliers in its latest “H1 2024 Investment Scene” report.
Investment & finance
A consortium of Santander Bank Polska (credit agent) and Bank Pekao (accounting agent and security agent) granted the investors of the Office House in Warsaw a construction and investment loan of EUR 103.4 mln and a VAT loan of PLN 20 mln.
Investment & finance
The Alma office building, located on ul. Marynarska in Warsaw, has changed hands. The 8,000 sqm building has been sold by the Astrea company. The purchaser is a private Polish investor.
Investment & finance
Europe Fund III SCSp Invesco Real Estate has completed its first mezzanine lending deal in Central Europe on behalf of Invesco Real Estate Europe Fund III – SCSp (Europe III), the third European value-add strategy in succession for the firm.
Investment & finance
WDP has acquired a portfolio in Romania comprising properties with a leasable area of app. 136,000 sqm and a large plot for a future development with a total potential of more than 300,000 sqm gla. The value of the transaction comes to app. EUR 110 mln.
Investment & finance
S Immo has completed the sale of the HOTO Business Tower in Zagreb. The office building is located on the south-western edge of the central business district of the Croatian capital and comprises a total leasable area of around 15,500 sqm.
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 ...
Kempinski Hotels has acquired the Augustine Hotel in Prague. This is the first acquisition for the hospitality group in over 50 years, since it bought ...
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 ...
The value of retail real estate transactions finalised by the end of March 2026 reached EUR 318 mln. This figure was almost 56 pct higher compared to ...
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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Czech engineering firm Sterplan has moved into new offices in the Port7 complex in Holešovice. Colliers was responsible for both the design and fit ou ...
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 ...
The Napollo Group has appointed Kalter as the general contractor for a residential project. In the first stage of the Mono estate, two buildings are t ...
Half Price is entering the expanded Sekunda retail park in Jędrzejów, with a 1,500 sqm store in the new section to open in H1 2027. Ochnik and Worldbo ...
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 ...
The first quarter of 2026 brought a stable, albeit slightly weaker year-on-year start to the Czech industrial and logistics market, according to data ...