Property developer Portland Trust has inked a partnership with Griffes for managing the leasing and commercial operations of Bucharest-based J8 Office Park.

GalCap Europe has secured a new mandate to manage and reposition the Pressburg Trade Center in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava, the company announced on its LinkedIn page. 

Mosaic World signed a purchase-construction agreement with Novaform Polska, the Polish subsidiary of Novaform Holding and part of KlokGroep, for the purchase and construction of 98 rental flats and 138 built parking spaces in the Nove Olendry project in the Naramowice district in Poznań, Poland.

EPP’s near- and long-term science-based targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). By 2050, the largest asset manager of retail real estate located in Poland commits to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across scopes 1, 2 and 3. 

7R finalised the sale of 7R Park Szczecin and 7R Park Łódź West II. The new owner of the properties became P3 Logistic Parks. The price has not been disclosed.

The second phase of the Park West project has been delivered in Budapest. The Hungarian developer plans two more phases in this project.

Real estate investments are a great protection against inflation, especially compared to alternative asset classes. Michael Wagenhofer, Head of Capital Markets at Arnold Investments talked to Property Forum about investment trends.

Shopper Park Plus Zrt., a regulated real estate investment holding company that owns and operates a portfolio of 18 retail properties, aims to float new ordinary shares and to list its ordinary shares in the BSE Premium category. Retail investors can subscribe for shares from October 9, 2023, with OTP Bank Nyrt. and Concorde Értékpapír Zrt. as distributors. Retail share subscription opens on October 9. 2023. In addition to professional investors, Hungarian retail investors will also be able to participate in the Budapest Stock Exchange’s (BSE) first euro-based initial public offering.

With a total value of $379.7 trillion at the end of 2022, real estate is worth more than the global equity and bond markets combined and is almost four times the size of global GDP, shows a Savills report.

What's driving ESG investments in 2023? This question was attempted to be answered by the participants of one of the panel discussions at the CEE Property Forum 2023 conference, which was held last week in Vienna. We write about some of the answers they found in the summary below.