European Logistics Investment (ELI), a logistics platform in the Polish market owned by Redefine Properties, Madison International Realty, and Griffin Capital Partners, has signed a €155 million loan agreement with a consortium of pbb and Helaba. The funds will be used to refinance eleven properties of ELI’s logistics portfolio in nine locations: Bydgoszcz, Czeladź, Kraków (Nowa Huta and Skawina), Łódź, Opole, Toruń, Tychy and Warszawa (Błonie), comprising a total GLA of over 335,000 sqm. pbb and Helaba acted as Joint Lead Arrangers providing equal portions of the funding. pbb also acted as facility and security agent of the transaction.

The headline RICS Global Commercial Property Sentiment Index (CPSI) for Q1 2024 stands at -10 which is the least downbeat reading since Q2 2022. In addition, the less negative tone across the aggregate results is coming through both on the occupier and investor sides of the market.

Regus Centerpoint will be a workspace with co-working spaces, private offices, meeting rooms and creative spaces. This opening follows a partnership agreement with GTC Hungary, who has invested in the IWG platform to create a branded flexible workspace in their building.

Banks are starting to ask from the first stage about the sustainability targets of real estate projects, while EU rules are shaping the reporting framework, concluded speakers of the construction and property development panel of Property Forum’s Romania ESG Forum held in Bucharest.

The Millhaus residential project, with which developer Immocap and the investment group WOOD & Company have entered the residential market in Bratislava recently, has reached another important milestone.

CPI Property Group has announced an important step in its disposal programme. The company has completed the sale of its ski resort business in Crans Montana, Switzerland.

Professional mobility, internal migration, issues related to adaptation in a new country, search for flexible housing solutions while waiting for better availability of mortgage loans - these are the current challenges for the rental market in Poland. Is the PRS sector responding to these new social phenomena, and how? Resi4Rent presented the results of its latest survey.

Tina Paillet, President of RICS, talked to Property Forum at Mipim about the real estate industry's crucial role in addressing climate change. She highlighted the sector's significant environmental impact and emphasized the need for the industry to become a force for good.

The execution of the extension of the Galeria Teplice shopping centre in northwestern Bohemia is planned for the third quarter of 2024. The project investor is the company Dandreet, and the general designer is Obermeyer Helika.

JTRE has opened its residential project Downtown Yards in Bratislava for pre-sale and 20% of the stock is gone. This may indicate the asset class's return to a healthier status after a two-year slowdown.