CBRE has announced the appointment of Matic Kermavnar as the new Country Head Slovenia within its Southeast Europe (SEE) office. 

The Prague City Council has approved the next step in the investment preparation of the mixed-use project at the corner of Durychova and Libušská Streets in Prague 4. The development managed by Pražská Developerská Společnost (PDS) is in the centre of the new city district Nové Dvory and above the new subway station on line D. 

NEPI Rockcastle has acquired the 100,000 sqm Magnolia Park shopping centre in Wroclaw, Poland, from Union Investment in an off-market transaction. The sale price amounts to €373 million. Union Investment acquired Magnolia Park in 2017 for the portfolio of the open-ended real estate fund UniImmo: Europa. 

CTP has started the construction of its new 46,600 sqm industrial and logistics park in Toruń, Poland. On a plot of more than 14 hectares, adjacent to key traffic arteries, the developer will build two facilities with a total area of more than 46,600 sqm. CTPark Toruń will be an urban warehouse with flexible lease modules for small businesses - known as CTBox and CTFlex. The first phase of the development is scheduled for completion in the last quarter of 2025.

Santander Bank Polska, one of the largest financial groups and the largest bank with private capital in Poland, has become an anchor tenant of The Bridge, which is being built in the business center of Warsaw. The bank has signed a lease agreement with the developer and investor of the building – Ghelamco – for an area of approximately 24,500 sqm (nearly 21,000 sqm of usable area). This is the largest transaction on the Polish office market since 2022.

Property Forum is excited to announce that for the first time ever, we're inviting our readers to select the winner of one of our SEE Property Forum Awards. Voting for the Real Estate Company of the Year category is open now and closes at the end of the day next Monday (23:59 on 7 October). 

Property group NEPI Rockcastle has priced a green €500 million unsecured long 7-year Eurobond maturing in January 2032 through its subsidiary NE Property. 

Czech-based investment and real estate group Arete has announced the acquisition of a major logistics park in western Poland. The seller was a joint venture of Panattoni Europe and Kajima Properties. The price has not been disclosed. With this move, Arete expands its operations beyond the Czech Republic and Slovakia, entering the Polish market. This acquisition strengthens the portfolio of the Arete Industrial fund, increasing its total leasable area by 25% and raising the value of assets under management to over €300 million.

Companies from PKP Group – PKP S.A. and Xcity Investment – and from Ghelamco Group are resuming cooperation that was interrupted years ago. An annexe to the investment agreement has been signed, which will enable the resumption of preparations for large-scale joint investment. It will include the construction of a new Warszawa Gdańska railway station and a complex of four mixed-use commercial buildings with an estimated total area of about 100,000 sqm.

Demand for industrial spaces is stabilising across Europe, as indicated by the recent European Logistic Update report from Cushman & Wakefield. In the Czech Republic, the situation is returning to pre-pandemic levels, driven primarily by manufacturing and logistics companies.