Q3 2023 did not bring much positive news from the Prague office market. Since Q2 2022, no office buildings have been launched on the Prague real estate market and the future does not look promising either, according to the latest analysis by Prague Research Forum. 

Property Forum is excited to announce the winners of its annual SEE Property Forum Awards for 2023. The winners of each category were selected from our shortlist by the jury committee, comprising the leading players of the Romanian real estate industry. The awards, celebrating the best projects, most impactful transactions and most inspiring personalities of the Romanian market, were presented at our awards gala in Bucharest last night, part of the annual SEE Property Forum conference.

The new Managing Director of MVGM Property Management Czech is Ondřej Fukal, who joined the team at the beginning of October, the company announced on LinkedIn. 

LCP Properties has completed the first phase of its ESG strategy aimed at making electric car charging stations widely available on its properties. Thanks to the signed agreement with Pure City, a total of 80 such devices will be installed directly at M Parks. The first of these will be set up at the M Parks currently under construction in Reda, Iława and Łochów. 

Mitiska REIM has announced the expansion of its joint venture partnership with Karuzela Holding with the opening of a new food-anchored retail park in the Polish city of Biała Podlaska.

CTP has leased 15,000 sqm of warehouse space to Polish logistics operator TAS Logistyka at CTPark Warsaw South. The company will launch activities for a client from the electronics and household appliances sector there.The new warehouse space will be used for the storage of household goods, as well as in-plant logistics and co-packing services. 

Panattoni is to deliver 44,000 sqm to the Raben Group – one of the largest logistics operators in Poland. The City Logistics Poznań III park, which is to be the largest development in this sector, will be built on the outskirts of the city on ul. Obodrzycka.

Just a few months after the handover of the first 21,000 sqm speculative industrial and logistics hall of IGPark Kecskemét South, Infogroup started the construction of a new building. The new hall is scheduled to be handed over in q4 2024.

The modern industrial stock reached almost 11.5 million sqm, as nearly 183,000 sqm of new space was delivered to the Czech market in Q3 2023. Demand for industrial space slowed down in Q3 2023 reaching only 181,700 sqm. Speculative development slightly increased to 41% of the over 1.4 million sqm currently under construction, continuing the trend of the previous three quarters. The vacancy rate decreased by 22 basis points compared to the previous quarter, and remained low at 1.5% Prague’s average highest achievable rent has remained stable, reaching around €7.50-7.70 per sqm per month, the Industrial Research Forum (IRF) reports. 

Hilton has announced plans to open Italy’s first LXR Hotels & Resorts property, following a franchise agreement with Romanian group Pavăl Holding and Apex Alliance.