POLAND Marvipol Development subsidiary Joki has finalised the acquisition of a 2.6 ha plot on ul. Bokserska in Warsaw’s Służewiec district.
WORLD The European Commission has approved the acquisition of one of the world’s largest auction houses, Sotheby’s of the US, by Next Alt of Luxembourg.
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POLAND Commercial land prices in Poland have been stable over the first half of 2019, while prices for residential sites are continuing their rising trend but at a slower pace, according to Colliers International.
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POLAND Bank Pekao has put up for sale a listed tenement building at the junction of the Rynek Główny main square and ul. Szewska in Kraków’s Old Town.
EUROPE Warimpex Finanz-und Beteiligungs recorded a EUR 17.9 mln profit in H1, compared to a EUR 4.3 mln loss a year earlier. As the company explains, this can be attributed primarily to property sales, valuation gains and exchange rate gains.
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HUNGARY PBB Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has provided a EUR 52 mln investment and VAT loan to an open-ended special alternative fund managed by Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate for the purchase of the White House office building in Budapest.
CZECH REPUBLIC The commercial real estate investment volume in the Czech Republic could exceed EUR 3 bln this year, according to Cushman & Wakefield. After a good H1, when EUR 1.74 bln in real estate was transacted, the market in the second half of the year is also expected to thrive.
POLAND Bulgarian civil engineering company Patisha AD has sold 90 pct of its shares to Zavodski Stroeji PS Pazardzhik, the oldest construction company in Pazardzhik region.
ROMANIA The Romanian real estate market has recorded good results for H1 2019, with more dynamic activity in the office and investment segments than in some of its neighbours in the CEE region, according to Colliers International Romania.
POLAND Bank Pekao has granted Echo Investment a EUR 65 mln loan for the construction of the Face2Face Business Campus office complex in Katowice.
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EUROPE EP Global Commerce, the Czech-Slovak holding controlled by Daniel Křetínský, has failed to reach the minimum acceptance threshold of 67.5 pct of its voluntary takeover offer for German retailer Metro AG.
EUROPE The Eurostat’s first estimate for the volume of exports from the euro area (EA19) to the rest of the world in June 2019 was EUR 189.9 bln, down 4.7 pct y-o-y.
CEE REGION Investment manager Letko Brosseau & Associates has declared its intention to vote against Gazit Globe’s buyout of Atrium European Real Estate, in which it controls a 2.4 pct stake making it the second largest shareholder in the company.
RUSSIA Etalon Group has completed the purhcase of the remaining 49 pct stake in residential developer Leader-Invest from Sistema for RUB 14.6 bln.
EUROPE Tallinn based Baltic Horizon Fund has increased its net asset value per unit to EUR 1.3451. As of the end of July the value increased by 0.52 pct m-o-m.
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EUROPE Office, retail and logistics rents increased in the second quarter of 2019 across the CEE region, according to the DNA of Real Estate report by Cushman & Wakefield.
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POLAND Immofinanz has sold a section of its Empark office development in Warsaw's Służewiec business district to Echo Investment. Prior to the deal, the Austrian investor had drawn up a concept design for a number of the buildings on the 1.17 ha plot to be pulled down to make way for a new residential development.
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POLAND Skanska has sold the second building that it is developing in its Nowy Rynek office complex in Poznań to Corum Asset Management for EUR 36 mln.
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CZECH REPUBLIC Wood & Company has acquired the Centrum Krakov mall in Prague. The sellers were the Syner Group as well as private investors Petr Syrovátko and Karel Zetka.
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HUNGARY The competition authorities (GVH) have approved the acquisition by Indotek of a number of shopping centres owned by the Klépierre group.
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.
On the occasion of Easter, we extend our warmest wishes to all our Readers for peace, good health, and the joy that comes from spending time with love ...
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 ...
Central and Eastern Europe entered 2026 with continued investor engagement, demonstrating resilience even as headline investment volumes moderated, wi ...
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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The total office stock in Bratislava comes to 1.75 mln sqm. Of this, 22 pct comprises A+ standard offices, 38 pct A standard, and the remaining 40 pct ...
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 ...
The commercialisation of the BIG Konstantynów centre, developed by Acteeum Group and BIG Poland, is drawing to a close. One of the latest tenants to b ...
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 ...
Rohlig SUUS Logistics is opening a new logistics centre in Szczecin, combining warehousing facilities with a cross-dock terminal. The operator is to c ...