Colliers announced that Kata Mazsaroff has been appointed as the new Managing Director for Hungary. Kata worked at Colliers between 2007 and 2020 where she established the Occupier Services business line, helping Colliers record the highest market share in tenant representation for several consecutive years in the Budapest market. Under Kata’s supervision, the department managed 250,000 sqm of projects for around €300 million lease value.

Despite the strong recovery of travel demand and the wall of capital looking for opportunities, transaction activity in the EU hotel market in the first half of 2022 remained flat compared to the same period last year. Nevertheless, there are five countries that are recording notable growth in transaction activity, says Cushman & Wakefield's European Hotel Market Report for H1 2022.

GLP announced that its GLP Warsaw III Logistics centre in Kobyłka is now fully leased, only four months into operation.

Having accurate data about a building is essential for any transaction and during the entire lifetime of the asset, with proptech solutions gaining ground in the industry, concluded speakers during the data and technology panel of CEE Property Forum 2022 in Vienna.

A neglected plot of land in Prague 5 has now been newly acquired for billions of crowns by Austrian developer UBM. It plans to build 150 flats there. It wants to start building next year, but the project is still in the planning process. The developer has not disclosed the purchase price, the seller or the details of the construction, writes E15.cz. 

Industrial developer CTP has obtained the first BREEAM Outstanding certification in its Romanian portfolio for the Clubhaus multifunctional space, part of CTPark Bucharest West. 

Panattoni has developed a 10,000 sqm building for Solaris Bus & Coach. The warehousing facilities for the factory in Bolechowo. The opening was held on September 29th.

International Industrial Properties (IIProp), an industrial and logistics platform owned by Madison International Realty and Griffin Capital Partners, has launched the development of a 93,500 sqm warehousing park in Nadarzyn, on Warsaw’s southwestern outskirts.

Macquarie Capital Principal Finance (Macquarie) has provided €123.4 million in the form of a senior secured loan to DL Invest Group. The three-year facility will be funded using capital from Macquarie’s balance sheet. 

Park Szczecin in Załom, a multi-phase warehouse complex created on the grounds with a total area of over 46 ha, offering 230,000 sqm of industrial space and fully leased, is the biggest park in Accolade’s Polish portfolio.