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Poland Upturn in offices and retail sector
According to JLL, the Polish investment market saw a significant increase in activity in H1 2024. Despite continuing challenges related to the cost of capital, a return of large transactions was recorded, suggesting a potential end to the slowdown phase.
Investment & finance
Poland Greykite debuts in Poland
European Real Estate Fund has commenced its deployment programme with the acquisition of a logistics portfolio in Poland. Three multi-tenanted properties will form the initial investment in a EUR 300 million joint venture with White Star Real Estate.
Investment & finance
Germany Garbe buys huge Lower Saxony brownfield
Garbe, in a joint venture with a fund managed by BlackRock, has acquired a brownfield site of almost 200,000 sqm in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. The joint venture wants to create large-scale logistics on the site. The construction of the property with a total floor area of 70,000 sqm is scheduled to start in Q1 2025 and to be completed in 2026.
Investment & finance
Austria KGAL goes shopping in Vienna
KGAL has acquired the ViE office building in the Austrian capital with a total rental area of 14,100 sqm for one of its property funds. The seller is CA Immobilien Anlagen AG. The building in a central location in Vienna is fully let.
Investment & finance
Germany Green transition in Berlin
Empira Group has successfully completed the acquisition of six multi-family buildings as well as residential and commercial properties in the Neukölln, Kreuzberg and Wedding districts of Berlin. The purchase encompasses around 400 residential and commercial units.
Investment & finance
Poland CTP grows in Pomerania
CTP has purchased a 140,000 sqm plot of land located within the Pomeranian Investment Centre - an industrial park located in the vicinity of the largest container terminal on the Baltic Sea. The land acquired from the Gdańsk Economic Development Agency will be used to construct the next stage of the CTPark Gdańsk Port industrial and logistics complex.
Investment & finance
Poland Panattoni borrows from Santander
Panattoni has been issued financing for the construction of City Logistics Warsaw Airport IV. The EUR 17.25 mln loan was granted by Santander Bank Polska.
Investment & finance
Poland EREF buys BIG in Kraków
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
Poland BTS Warsaw West in new hands
Logistics platform Trademarc has sold a warehouse in Teresin, near Warsaw. The area of the BTS facility is almost 37,600 sqm.
Investment & finance
Poland CRE investment volume exceeds EUR 1.7 bln
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
Poland Afi buys from Develia in Wrocław
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
Romania Afi Europe picks up Myhive Victoriei
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
Romania Libra funds new residential project in Pipera
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
Germany Final closing of VGP and Deka JV
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
Germany KGAL knocks on wood
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
CEE REGION Trigranit taken over by DRFG
Brno-based investment platform DRFG has acquired a 100 pct stake in Hungarian developer Trigranit from Revetas Capital.
Investment & finance
Poland Roomies' Polish debut
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
Romania Romanian transaction volume registers the highest growth rate
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
Poland Tewox buys two retail parks
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
Poland Shift into second gear
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.
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
LightOn with Outstanding design
LightOn – the latest office project being developed by CPI Property Group at ul. Prosta 69 in central Warsaw – has been awarded BREEAM design stage ce ...
Gold for Polona 68
Six buildings certified
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
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The latest issue of Eurobuild is now out – and, as always, it’s packed with timely analysis, expert forecasts, industry commentary... and a good dose ...
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
Time to read Eurobuild's spring issue!
Events
CPK arises
We invite you to join us on June 10th in Łódź at our conference entitled ‘CPK - A new era for Poland and the commercial real estate market’ where we s ...
Back to the Future Conference
Race to the top
Exclusive
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
We’ve asked Susanna Graziano, the business development manager of ASK4, who is actively engaged in the evolving Polish PBSA and flex-living markets, t ...
More than 15 minutes of fame
Capitalising on the landlord's market
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
Romanian hotel market continues to recover
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone ...
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Marriott plans to expand Four Points by Flex portfolio
Human resources
Five new board members at JLL
Five new members are joining JLL's management board, and will take on their new roles from the beginning of July.
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Changes at the helm of Dom Development
Infrastructure
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
The Polish and Danish governments have entered preliminary discussions for the construction of a tunnel between Szczecin and Copenhagen underneath the ...
Grand station in little Brzeziny
Ghelamco gets go-ahead for Gdańska
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
Sale and leaseback for Cavatina Hall
Cavatina Holding has signed a sale and leaseback agreement with BPS Leasing for over EUR 22 mln for the Cavatina Hall, building A in Bielsko-Biała.
Budapest Marriott sold
City2 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
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Excellent Fern at Off Piotrkowska
Office & mixed-use development
Equilibrium 2 awarded WiredScore Platinum certification
Skanska’s Equilibrium 2 building in Bucharest has been awarded the highest-level WiredScore certification for an operational building.
PZU stays in Konstruktorska
Office sizes growing
Property and Facility Management
Studio B under new management
Colliers has taken over the management of the Studio B office building located in the Warsaw Wola district. The property is owned by Stena Real Estate ...
Cushman feels the Vibe
CBRE will rule in Skyliner II
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
Noli Studios Gdansk Old Town unveiled
Noli Studios is to open its latest project in the Tricity in July. The Czerwone Koszary barracks has been transformed into a PRS project with hotel se ...
Heimstaden starts apartment sales
EBRD supports Resi4Rent
Retail & leisure
M Park opens in Ropczyce
M Core subsidiary LCP Poland has officially opened M Park Ropczyce 35 km from Rzeszów.
Sixteen brands enter the market
Karuzela 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
Work begins on Westside Szczecin Neo by LemonTree
LemonTree has launched Westside Szczecin Neo by LemonTree, its second project in Szczecin. The centre will provide 34,000 sqm of warehouse and office ...
