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POLAND Investika and Bud buy Tensor
Czech fund Investika realitní fond and Luxembourg-based private investment company Bud Holdings have acquired Tensor Office Park in Gdynia for more than CZK 1 bln (app. EUR 40.5 mln or PLN 187 mln).
Investment & finance
Poland 7R sells Polish project portfolio to CTP
Polish industrial developer 7R has finalised the sale of a portfolio of projects across Poland to its Czech counterpart CTP Group. The portfolio includes sites with projects in both the development and pre-development phases. Around 1.2 mln sqm gla could potentially be developed on the acquired sites.
Investment & finance
CENTRAL EUROPE S Immo comes to takeover terms with CPI
Austrian real estate investor S Immo and its Czech counterpart CPI Property Group have reached an agreement on the latter’s intended takeover of S Immo, involving the removal of the voting cap required by CPI to launch a mandatory offer.
Investment & finance
POLAND Paref picks up Browar Lubicz
Paris-based asset manager Paref Gestion, on behalf of its SCPI Interpierre Europe Centrale fund, has acquired the Browar Lubicz office complex in Kraków from Balmoral Properties for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
POLAND Eastnine enters Poland and buys Nowy Rynek D
Skanska has sold the Nowy Rynek D office building in Poznań to Swedish real estate company Eastnine AB for EUR 120.6 mln.
Investment & finance
Czech Republic Czech Investment rises
Around EUR 898 mln worth of investments were traded in the Czech Republic in Q1 2022, demonstrating a 210 pct year-on-year increase according to the latest research by Savills.
Investment & finance
CEE region CEE region survives first shock of war in Ukraine
Despite the war in Ukraine, inflation uncertainty, increasing construction costs, and fast-changing interest rates, the real estate market has nevertheless proven resilient, with several large transactions in the first quarter of 2022, states Cushman & Wakefield.
Investment & finance
Poland Apollo invests in Apsys
Apsys has announced that funds managed by Apollo, as part of its European Principal Finance business, have agreed to subscribe to undated subordinated notes for EUR150 mln.
Investment & finance
Romania OTP grants Scallier EUR 8 mln loan
OTP Bank Romania has granted an EUR 8 mln loan to Polish developer Scallier to finance the construction of the Funshop Park Turda retail park.
Investment & finance
Germany CTP to complete DIG takeover
Czech industrial developer CTP has acquired an 80.9 pct stake in Deutsche Industrie Grundbesitz.
Investment & finance
EMEA region Investment strengthens in Europe despite war in Ukraine
Despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, investor interest in commercial real estate across the EMEA region continued to recover in Q1 from the pandemic, with many investors seeing property as a hedge against rising inflation, claims Colliers in its latest ‘Capital Markets Q1 2022 Snapshot’ report.
Investment & finance
EUROPE Aareal provides Pradera with EUR 360 mln facility
Pradera has obtained a EUR 360 mln senior loan facility from Aareal Bank to refinance its pan-European retail park investment vehicle.
Investment & finance
CENTRAL EUROPE CPI edges towards S Immo takeover
Viennese real estate company S Immo has received a request from shareholder Prague-based CPI Property Group, to convene an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, the motion of which is to remove S Immo’s 15 pct maximum voting rights ceiling and thus allow CPI to proceed with a takeover bid.
Investment & finance
ROMANIA S Immo snaps up Expo Business Park
Austrian real estate company S Immo has acquired the Expo Business Park office complex in Bucharest from Portland Trust, Bluehouse Capital and Ares Management for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
CEE REGION EBRD sets up EUR 50 mln vehicle with Adventum
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has entered into a joint investment with Adventum related to the recent acquisition of Sky Tower in Wrocław and a chain of 18 retail parks anchored by Tesco in Hungary and the Czech Republic, along with potential future investments in Slovakia and other CEE markets.
Investment & finance
POLAND REICO fund acquires Kraków R&D centre
REICO ČS Long Lease fund has acquired BWI’s R&D centre in Kraków’s Balice district from Polish industrial developer 7R and US investor InSite Real Estate for EUR 27.3 mln.
Investment & finance
Lithuania KS Holding exits two Baltic DIY stores
KS Holding has completed the sale of two Kesko-Senukai DIY stores in Vilnius in Lithuania and Daugavpils in Latvia to Finnish investment fund Titanium Baltic Real Estate.
Investment & finance
POLAND Wood & Co buys Astrum Business Park
The Wood & Company Real Estate Fund is to enter the Polish market with the acquisition of Astrum Business Park in Warsaw from Prochem and the LFI 1 FIZAN investment fund for an undisclosed sum.
Investment & finance
Romania Globalworth moves into warehousing with Catted
Globalworth has announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Catted to develop light industrial and warehouse space.
Investment & finance
Poland Echo posts profits for 2021
Echo Investment has reported a net profit of PLN 189 mln for 2021. This is mainly due to 1,622 apartment handovers by Echo and a further 1,128 by its Wrocław subsidiary Archicom, as well as an increase in the value of its office properties and a stronger performance by the Libero shopping centre.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
Poznań with a green Aura
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Construction
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
Strabag to build The Arc
Digitalisation to the rescue
Coronavirus
Vaccination centre provided by Globalworth
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Employers in no rush to return to workplaces
Catella sees hope and chances for real estate after Covid-19
Corporate social responsibility
Not only for horses
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Panattoni sticks to the fairway
Colliers ends operations in Russia, Belarus
E-commerce
This is the end
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 ...
Wildberries now growing in Ukraine
Wildberries growing in April
ESG
Logicor opens Serenity Park in Mysłowice
Logicor has officially opened the first public park in the grounds of a logistics centre in Poland. Logicor’s Serenity Park in Mysłowice comprises 4 h ...
City Gate Office awarded latest LEED
Outstanding awarded to CTP
Eurobuild Awards
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
Call for nominations and jury members!
Let's live this again!
Eurobuild FM
The power of community
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
EurobuildCEE
The October issue is now out!
In the latest issue of the magazine, we take a closer look at retail parks, data centres and the PBSA market. We also ask whether, after a slowdown, i ...
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
Events
The Accessibility Forum is just around the corner
On November 17–18, Poznań will, for the third time, bring together experts, decision-makers, designers, entrepreneurs, and representatives of public a ...
Last day to register
PBSA enters the mainstream
Exclusive
More than machines
Adrian Winiarek, Partner and Development Director at MDC2, shares his expert insights on how technology and infrastructure come together in modern war ...
The voice of the younger generation
EGLS enters the scene
Eye to eye
Eye to eye… with Władysław Grochowski
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.
Eye to eye… with Paweł Sapek
Eye to eye with… Daniel Bienias
For Ukraine
Nansen Refugee Award goes to Poland!
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 ...
Build Europe supports refugees and appeals to European Commission
Former Russian building to house Ukrainian refugees
Green projects
EIB grants CTP solar-powered €200m loan
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 ...
Cromwell granted €66m green loan for Janki
Pad Res to build 2 PV farms in Pomerania
Hotels
Tourism set to boom around the Med
According to the report, Mediterranean and Southern European markets accounted for 44 pct of all inbound overnight tourist arrivals to Europe last yea ...
Novotel comes to Croatia
Staycity to open first Aparthotel in Warsaw
Human resources
ULI announces new chairs
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Five new board members at JLL
Infrastructure
Nepi Rockcastle launches solar farm
Shopping centre operator and developer NEPI Rockcastle has opened Romania’s biggest industrial-scale solar farm in Chișineu-Criș in western Romania.
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
Interior design
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
Centrum Południe sold
Skanska has sold the second stage of its Centrum Południe development in Wrocław for EUR 62 mln to a joint venture of Investika Real Estate Fund and B ...
DL Invest moves into data centres
Brain Park Building C sold
Land acquisitions
Panattoni enlarges its Swedish portfolio
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
CTP purchases land in Kragujevac
CTP secures major brownfield site
Material partner
Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics
With a proven track record across Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and Germany, Peakside Capital is emerging as one of the most influential players ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
One now full
CA Immo has leased the last remaining offices in the One building in Frankfurt to law firm Kallan Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft and TMF Deutschland, who n ...
Aon stays for longer
Office investment set to reach 1.4 bln
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
AFI starts work on Home V Korytech
AFI Czech Republic has begun work on its AFI Home V Korytech project in the Strašnice district of Prague. The PRS development will comprise 519 apartm ...
Student Depot extended in Poznań
StudentSpace comes to Warsaw
Retail & leisure
Rock Park Tarnobrzeg to open December 15th
Construction of the Rock Park Tarnobrzeg retail and service complex, under development by Rock Capital, is entering its final stages with the opening ...
Westfield Černý Most now new and improved
Retail continues to grow
Technology
Velis has a new name
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum
Warehouse & industrial
Cornerstone laid for Media Expert
Media Expert and Panattoni have laid the cornerstone for a distribution centre in Łódź. The new logistics hub will supply a network of over 600 brick- ...
