WORLD In 2012 the value of global property investments increased by 6 pct to USD 929 bln (EUR 714 bln), according to the ‘International Investment Atlas’ by Cushman & Wakefield.
POLAND The European Commission has handed over the responsibility for approving the takeover of Real by Auchan to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK).
CEE REGION Investment activity in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania increased significantly in Q4 2012 to EUR1,826 mln, almost matching 2007 levels, and ahead of the EUR 536 mln invested in Q3 2012, according to figures from Cushman and Wakefield.
WORLD Globally, total returns on property shares and other assets came to 29.8 pct in local currencies and 26.6 pct when measured in euros, according to figures from the Global Property Research In Europe the same figure came to 29.5 pct measured in euros.
CZECH REPUBLIC ECM has sold its shares in Epoque-Lancaster and Epoque Hotel, two SPV companies that were established to develop skyscrapers in Pankrác plateau. Raiffeisenbank, which was financing the project, has been repaid.
On January 10th liquidators RVA Insolvency Specialists is to auction off a shopping centre that is under construction as well as a supermarket. Both properties are in Focşani and owned by bankrupt investor Omnium Invest.
POLAND The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has fined the Metrohouse & Partnerzy and Bracia Strzelczyk real estate agencies a combined total of nearly PLN 90,000.
POLAND In accordance with the debt restructuring agreement agreed with its creditors, Redan has issued 57,422 three-month D-series bonds with a value of just over PLN 5.74 mln to bondholders in exchange for their A-series bonds worth over PLN 5.5 mln.
POLAND A court of Warsaw has granted the petition of Bank Millennium for the bankruptcy and liquidation of Euromark Polska and has appointed administrators.
POLAND Rank Progress together with a partner has won a public tender to buy a 22,500 sqm plot of land in the centre bordered by ul. Sienkiewicza, ul. Wałowa, ul. Srebrny Potok, and ul. Św. Jana for PLN 7 mln net.
RUSSIA The State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) has purchased the Gallery Actor mixed-use office and retail complex at 16 Tverskaya ulitsa in Moscow for USD 133 mln.
CEE REGION Investment volumes for the CEE region in 2012 reached EUR 7.4 bln, according to figures from CBRE, representing a 35 pct decrease y-o-y.
CZECH REPUBLIC Immofinanz Group has sold the BB Centrum Building ‘C’ in Prague to the VIG fund for an undisclosed price.
POLAND LPP, the owner of clothing brands Reserved, House, Mohito and Cropp Town has recorded sales revenue for 2012 of PLN 3.2 bln, a 29 pct increase on 2011.
POLAND The health centres in Świnoujście and Kołobrzeg have been taken over by local government authorities using a new government regulation allowing for the transfer of ownership of those centres excluded from the recent privatisation process.
ROMANIA The Grand Arena Mall in Bucharest has been declared insolvent after three construction companies (Arcon Constructions, Climatehnic and CZ & C) petitioned the courts for repayment of debts, according to local media.
POLAND Blackstone, the owner of the Galeria Twierdza shopping centre in Kłodzko, has bought the freestanding Broaster Chicken restaurant building, which has recently been built adjacent to the mall, for EUR 1.3 mln from Rank Progress.
POLAND Polnord has bought a land plot from developer Dolcan on ul. Powstańców in Ząbki just outside Warsaw.
POLAND The Bank Ochrony Środowiska Group has leased the entire Feniks office building in Warsaw.
POLAND Makrum has sold the perpetual usufruct of two plots on ul. Gdańska within the seaport in Szczecin.
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 ...
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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 ...
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