Experts gathered at ULI Poland's annual Game Changers in the Real Estate World conference agreed that current market conditions are creating a window of opportunity for real estate investors willing to act quickly and thoughtfully. Smaller transactions by regional players dominate for the time being, but there is hope for a gradual return of major international players to the Polish property market.
Intensive commercialization of the multifunctional Fern building under construction at Off Piotrkowska Center has begun. A modern building, the construction of which will start at the turn of 2024/2025, offers 4,700 sqm of service space and 2,700 sqm of office space.
CTP has signed a lease agreement with the logistics service provider for an additional 2,000 sqm, thus the company will occupy a total of 13,000 sqm at the facility.
Wood & Company is planning the final third tranche of its acquisition of a stake in the Aupark shopping centre in Bratislava. The facility is currently undergoing an extension, which will increase its space by 6,000 sqm. In the summer, a huge green façade will be built on the new part.
Slovakian developer JTRE is launching its first project in Germany. The Nordhafen Living & Office multifunctional project will be built in the Europacity area in Berlin's Berlin-Mitte district.
Helaba will act as lead manager for its long-standing client Hines in conjunction with the three savings banks in North Rhine-Westphalia, Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf, Sparkasse KölnBonn and Kreissparkasse Köln, to finance the construction of the 'Le Coeur' project in Dusseldorf. The project has a total lending volume of EUR 270 mln.
GLP has begun construction of the final hall of Wrocław V Logistics Centre in Magnice. The building, with an area of over 67,000 sqm, will be constructed in accordance with the requirements of BREEAM certification at the Outstanding level.
EPP is taking over the management of nine M1 shopping centres and three Power Parks from Metro Properties Polska. Some of Metro Properties Polska's employees, including local property management teams will join EPP.
Prague is the only city in the CEE region to boast a Prime High Street, a shopping street with only the most prestigious global brands. This location is Pařížská (Paris) Street, where currently 46 out of 48 available retail units are occupied.
Mitiska REIM has opened a new food-anchored retail park in the Polish city of Świebodzin. Developed in partnership with Karuzela Holding, this is the tenth project undertaken by Mitiska REIM and Karuzela over the past five years, with five more developments planned to open over the next two years.
Already 64 pct of Warsaw’s office buildings offer at least one retail or service unit, reveals Retail @ Office, the latest report from Cushman & Wakefield. With new retail supply remaining low across the capital, retailers and service providers are increasingly looking for alternative locations.
Panattoni announces its expansion into the Middle East with the launch of an operation in Saudi Arabia. The company’s initial focus is on three of the largest Saudi Arabian cities: Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam. The move marks a milestone for Panattoni in its ambition to capitalise on emerging opportunities in key global markets in the Middle East and Asia.
The Shire - Beyond Coworking in the Warsaw Spire C building was opened according to schedule. 40 pct of the 1500 sqm of office space has been leased even before the launch.
CTP has expanded its Polish land bank by nearly half a million sqm. The company has purchased investment land in four locations that provide the opportunity to build approximately 200,000 sqm of leasable space.
The first fund investing in REITs, Mount Globalnego Rynku Nieruchomości FIZ, made its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Panattoni has begun construction on a new industrial park in Będzin. The first stage of the work, that has already been launched, will comprise a 27,500 sqm building constructed on a speculative basis.
Two more companies have become tenants of Diuna, part of the Warsaw portfolio of Syrena Real Estate and PineBridge Benson Elliot. Intrum has leased nearly 370 sqm and Carrier Chłodnictwo took up about 500 sqm in the complex.
Panattoni has completed a sales transaction in Germany. Clarion Partners Europe has acquired a prime logistics hub for EUR 75 mln near Duisburg.
Kreo, Ghelamco's Kraków office project, has achieved BREEAM certification at the Outstanding level. The building also has a WELL and Green Building Standard pre-certificate, and is also in the process of Smart Score, Wired Score and "Barrier-free building" certification.
One United Properties has unveiled its strategy for the coming years. It plans to triple its residential offer by 2030, expand its commercial sector and build hotels in Bucharest in partnership with global brands.
EPP is taking over the management of nine M1 shopping centres and three Power Parks from Metro Properties Polska. Some of Metro Properties Polska's employees, including local property management teams will join EPP.
M Core announces the launch of ‘Square 7 part of M Core’, a strategic joint venture between M Core and Square 7 Properties, to establish a new management platform for the M Core portfolio of 25 retail parks across Romania.
The Cushman & Wakefield Echinox has been appointed to manage the Expo Business Park office project, located in the Expozitiei area of Bucharest. As a result, the portfolio managed by the company’s asset services department reached almost 500,000 sqm.
CPI Property Group has appointed CBRE as manager of its Serbian Stop Shop retail park portfolio. It comprises 14 retail parks in 14 cities and more than 120,000 sqm of leasable area.
Savills will become the manager of the Lakeside office building. The complex is currently the largest development being built outside the central part of the capital. Atenor is responsible for its development.
Savills is to manage Okam's F.S.O Park development in Warsaw's Żerań district, covering the operation of the existing warehouse and office space.
Tattersall Lorenz has been appointed property manager of Schroder portfolio with a lettable area of over 230,000 sqm. The firm will also provide support for letting management and an ESG service contract for the properties.
According to Savills latest research, European offices and logistics are the two commercial real estate sectors most shielded from energy shocks as utility costs account for a relatively small share of total business spending.
Tattersall Lorenz has been chosen by Oxford Properties and Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) to undertake the technical and commercial property management as well as accounting of the Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.
Talyo Property Services commenced the property management of the 'roomments.apartmenthouse' in Stuttgart. The cooperation started last month and covers commercial and technical property management as well as letting and warranty management of the property completed in 2019.
Tattersall Lorenz will take over both the technical and commercial property management for a GLP Germany portfolio of 46 properties commencing April 1, 2023.
Cushman & Wakefield has taken over the management of a portfolio of three shopping centres and one retail park acquired from Tesco last year by the Hungarian Adventum Group.
Cushman & Wakefield took over the management of Atrium Flora in Prague’s Vinohrady district, a shopping centre owned by G City Europe.
Business Campus, an office complex in Katowice with a combined area of close to 50,000 sqm, has a new property manager. Its owner, a joint venture of the Czech fund INVESTIKA realitní fond and Luxembourg-based private equity investor Bud Holdings, has entrusted real estate advisory firm Savills to provide property management for the complex.
Colliers has been appointed property manager of four buildings of Łużycka Office Park and also of Łużycka Plus in Gdynia, which were recently acquired by a joint venture between Czech-based Investika realitní fond and Luxembourg-registered Bud Holdings.
MVGM has signed an extension to its property management contract for the retail and service space in five office buildings in Poland owned by PineBridge Benson Elliot and Sharow Capital.
Colliers has joined forces with Hungarian-based accessibility certification company Access4you in the Czech Republic. The two companies will assist people with special needs and disabilities to integrate themselves better into daily business life regardless of the type of work environment.
Following a tender, Allianz Real Estate has appointed Multi Corporation to be the property and asset manager for the Central shopping centre in Bratislava.
German facility management specialist Apleona has acquired Polish counterpart FM Solutions. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Savills has acquired Knight Frank’s commercial property and asset management team in Poland. Under the agreement, 35 employees have joined Savills while its Polish PM portfolio has surpassed 1.2 mln sqm.
Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects together with Czech architects OVA have won the competition to redesign a quarter of Vítězné náměstí (Victory ...
According to the report released by research firm Spectis, “Modular construction market in Poland 2024-2029”, top 100 manufacturers of prefabricated b ...
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 ...
Kreo, Ghelamco's Kraków office project, has achieved BREEAM certification at the Outstanding level. The building also has a WELL and Green Building St ...
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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 ...
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Novum Hospitality announced a long-term agreement that will double IHG’s presence in Germany to more than 200 hotels in almos ...
Kamil Kowa has become the new CEO of Savills in Poland. He is a member of the management board of the company, and for the past nine years has held th ...
The investment programme until 2030 worth more than PLN 1.5 bln has been approved for Katowice's Wojciech Korfanty Airport. The programme will include ...
Designers from Colliers, under the supervision of architect Kateřina Štenclova, prepared the concept for the Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Prague. The ...
Experts gathered at ULI Poland's annual Game Changers in the Real Estate World conference agreed that current market conditions are creating a window ...
CTP has expanded its Polish land bank by nearly half a million sqm. The company has purchased investment land in four locations that provide the oppor ...
Intensive commercialization of the multifunctional Fern building under construction at Off Piotrkowska Center has begun. A modern building, the constr ...
Slovakian developer JTRE is launching its first project in Germany. The Nordhafen Living & Office multifunctional project will be built in the Europac ...
EPP is taking over the management of nine M1 shopping centres and three Power Parks from Metro Properties Polska. Some of Metro Properties Polska's em ...
Echo Investment and its subsidiary Archicom have started the construction of a primary school for 450 pupils on ul. Konstruktorska in the Służewiec su ...
According to the Berlin 2024 Residential Market Report by real estate financier Berlin Hyp and real estate service provider CBRE, purchase prices have ...
Wood & Company is planning the final third tranche of its acquisition of a stake in the Aupark shopping centre in Bratislava. The facility is currentl ...
The Symbiosy smart building platform developed in-house by Slovakian developer HB Reavis has been acquired by Massachusetts-based real estate experien ...
CTP has signed a lease agreement with the logistics service provider for an additional 2,000 sqm, thus the company will occupy a total of 13,000 sqm a ...
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