04
Aug
2015
Aug
2015
European CRE investment increases 15% on Q2 2014
Investment into the commercial real estate (CRE) market totalled nearly €56 billion in the second quarter of 2015, up 15% on Q2 2014, according to the latest figures from global real estate advisor CBRE. Although the rate of year-on-year growth in investment activity has slowed slightly compared with Q1, it is still the highest Q2 total since 2007. Commercial real estate investment in Central and Eastern Europe slowed in H1 2015 due to a lack of available prime stock and the impact of rent contraction in Warsaw’s office market, the region’s most liquid market.
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18
May
2015
May
2015
CEE countries on the rise - says RICS
According to the RICS Commercial Property Monitor for Q1 2015 most countries in Central and Eastern Europe can expect relatively strong economic growth and the expectations for commercial property markets are also broadly positive. The Occupier Sentiment Index has finally registered a positive value in all four examined countries. The Investment Sentiment Index is firmly in positive territory for both the Czech Republic and Hungary, but is also not in negative territory in Bulgaria and Romania.
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12
May
2015
May
2015
Prologis inks new BTS agreement with BMW Group in Germany
Prologis has announced on Tuesday the signing of a 118,000 square meter build-to-suit (BTS) agreement together with BMW Group in the Landshut region of Bavaria.
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12
May
2015
May
2015
Cushman & Wakefield to Merge with DTZ
Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ have reached a definitive agreement on Tuesday to merge and are set to become one of the largest global real estate services companies.
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23
Apr
2015
Apr
2015
Prologis reports strong Q1 performance in CEE
Prologis has announced its first quarter 2015 business activity in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on Thursday. The first three month of the year saw the acquisition of a logistics park in Hungary and the start of two speculative developments in Poland.
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17
Apr
2015
Apr
2015
Record-breaking deal on Warsaw office property market
Ghelamco Poland has signed a record-breaking agreement for the lease of office space at Warsaw Spire. The new tenant will take nearly 22,000 square metres in the A-class building whose occupancy rate has now soared to over 50%.
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13
Apr
2015
Apr
2015
Prologis to start new speculative development
Prologis, the global leader in industrial real estate, today announced it has broken ground on a speculative facility totalling 18,500 square metres at Prologis Park Wroclaw V. Construction is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2015.
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09
Apr
2015
Apr
2015
First facility at Prologis Park Prague-Airport completed
Prologis, Inc., the global leader in industrial real estate, has on Thursday announced the opening of a 30,000 square metre speculative distribution facility at Prologis Park Prague-Airport.
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Latest news
- CPI Romania ends 2025 with 280,000 sqm of offices in Bucharest
- Veranda Mall secures €36 million refinancing from CEC Bank
- Win a CEE Property Forum ticket by participating in our survey!
- CTP leases record 2.33 million sqm last year
- Eli secures €136 million financing for Polish industrial portfolio
- Czech transaction pipeline at €3 billion in early 2026
- aSpace sees 85% occupancy for Bucharest flex offices in 2025
- Redkom Development starts retail park project near Warsaw
- Nepi Rockcastle posts net operating income hike of 11% in 2025
- NEPI Rockcastle expects strong retail growth and plans further expansion in 2026
New leases
- Cordon Electronics, a specialist in electronics and advanced technologies, has renewed its lease agreement at MLP Pruszków II, in the immediate vicinity of Warsaw. The company will continue to occupy a total of 7,770 sqm of modern space, a footprint that includes 458 sqm dedicated to office operations.
- mBank, the digital banking company in Poland, has decided to relocate its largest corporate branch in Lower Silesia to the Infinity office building in Wrocław. The company will occupy nearly 1,300 sqm on the fourth floor of the building. The tenant will move into the development owned by Avestus Real Estate and Alchemy Properties in January 2027.
- GSP Global Solutions Provider has further expanded its cooperation with CTP by leasing an additional nearly 7,000 sqm in CTPark Budapest Vecsés on a long-term basis.
New appointments
- Krzysztof Wróblewski (MRICS) has been named Head of Portfolio Management CEE at Peakside Capital Advisors, responsible for overseeing investments and managing the real estate portfolio. He succeeds Christopher Smith in this role.
- Garbe Industrial is reorganising its senior leadership team. CEO Christopher Garbe will now focus on strategic orientation and international activities. Jan Philipp Daun assumes leadership of the Development division alongside his existing Investment and Joint Venture responsibilities. Andrea Agrusow expands her remit to include Portfolio Management while retaining control of Commercial and Real Estate Management. Additionally, Michael Marcinek and Maik Zeranski will now jointly head the restructured Development unit as Management Board Members, succeeding Adrian Zellner.
- CPI Property Group is strengthening its leasing structure with the appointment of Agnieszka Baczyńska as Head of Leasing. In her new role, she will be responsible for shaping and executing the leasing strategy across the group’s office and retail portfolio in Poland. At the same time, Izabela Potrykus has been appointed Leasing Office Director. Baczyńska brings more than 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate market. Prior to joining CPI Property Group in 2022, she served as International Leasing Director at Neinver Polska.
