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Seven new members on Echo’s supervisory board

Human resources
POLAND Seven people are to sit on Echo Investment’s new supervisory board, after an extraordinary general meeting of the company’s shareholders that passed a resolution to replace all the present members of the developer’s supervisory board.
It also decided on the composition of the developer’s new board, which will comprise: Przemysław Krych and Maciej Dyjas (managing partners at Griffin Real Estate), Karim Khairallah (a managing partner at Oaktree), Laurent Luccioni (who manages the real estate department at Pimco in London), George Graham (Pimco, London), Nebil Senman (a co-managing partner in Griffin Group) and Stefan Kawalec. The resolutions on the dismissal of the old supervisory board and the appointment of its replacement will become effective when Lisala (the management board of which includes Przemysław Krych and Maciej Dyjas) notifies Echo Investment that it has exceeded the threshold of 33.3 pct of the total number of shareholder votes in Echo Investment. The changes in the supervisory body of the Kielce-based developer are an outcome of the sale of a controlling block of shares by Michał Sołowow, the founder of the company, to Pimco.

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schedule 23 April 2024
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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. 

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schedule 04 April 2024
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schedule 23 April 2024
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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.

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World Panattoni heads to the Middle East

schedule 23 April 2024
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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.

Office & mixed-use development

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schedule 22 April 2024
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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.

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schedule 22 April 2024
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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.

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Poland Mount TFI introduces fund of global REITs to WSE

schedule 22 April 2024
Opr./edited by JC

The first fund investing in REITs, Mount Globalnego Rynku Nieruchomości FIZ, made its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

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Poland Panattoni gets to work in Silesia

schedule 22 April 2024
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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.

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Poland More companies choose Diuna

schedule 22 April 2024
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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.

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schedule 19 April 2024
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schedule 18 April 2024
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schedule 18 April 2024
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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.

Investment & finance

Poland EUR 1.5 bln on acquisitions in Poland

schedule 18 April 2024
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schedule 18 April 2024
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schedule 17 April 2024
Eurobuild CEE

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Retail & leisure

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schedule 17 April 2024
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Cushman & Wakefield has summarised the situation on the Polish retail market. The opening of 2024 is encouraging and new retail space supply in the coming months is likely to match or even surpass last year’s total.

Residential

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schedule 17 April 2024
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schedule 17 April 2024
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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 almost 100 cities through Holiday Inn – the niu brand collaboration and European debuts for IHG’s Garner and Candlewood Suites.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Hillwood makes its debut near Poznań

schedule 17 April 2024
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schedule 16 April 2024
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Centrum Černý Most, a shopping centre in the Prague region, is set to undergo a significant expansion of 9,100 sqm that will add over 30 new shops and restaurants, as well as additional screens to the centre’s multiplex cinema.

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schedule 08 January 2024

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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 the position of head of Corporate Finance and Valuation at Savills. 

schedule 17 October 2023

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schedule 30 August 2023

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schedule 12 December 2022

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schedule 08 September 2022

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schedule 18 July 2022

Changes at the top for 7R

Łukasz Jachna, the current member of the board and the chief capital markets officer of Polish warehouse developer 7R, has decided to leave the company. He will remain the head of the capital markets team until the end of September this year.

schedule 05 July 2022

Colliers goes West in Serbia

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schedule 25 April 2022

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schedule 15 April 2022

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schedule 11 January 2022

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Maciej Madejak has been appointed chief development officer, founder, and member of the management board of MDC2. Previously, he held management-level positions at Prologis, Goodman and Panattoni.

schedule 02 August 2021

Avison Young branches out with Valuation

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schedule 02 July 2021

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schedule 01 July 2021

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schedule 07 May 2021

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schedule 15 April 2021

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Cushman & Wakefield has reorganised its CEE leadership by creating eight new senior positions.

schedule 25 March 2021

Avison Young expands into Czech and Bulgaria

Avison Young has launched two new strategic affiliations in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria to expand the firm’s services to clients further across the CEE region.

schedule 30 December 2020

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schedule 12 October 2020

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JLL has for the first time in the history of international real estate consultancies in Poland chosen someone from outside the sector to run the company. Mateusz Bonca has been appointed the CEO of JLL in Poland, with his new posting becoming effective in mid-November.

schedule 08 June 2020

Some new advice for the market

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schedule 06 May 2020

Back to a brave new office - JLL

POLAND/WORLD As employers prepare to allow their staff to return to their offices, a recent study by JLL points out that the process will have to be done gradually and certain safeguards and revised practices will have to be in place.

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