On March 8th 2022, EPP was delisted from the Johannesburg and Luxembourg stock exchanges with the support of the vast majority of the company's shareholders. The new owner of EPP is Redefine Properties, the second-largest Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. There have also been changes in the EPP portfolio. The company has sold part of the assets by establishing two joint ventures and signed preliminary sale agreements for the Towarowa 22 and Power Park Opole projects.

The centre-west area of Bucharest has become a main office hub, with a total stock of 614,600 sqm estimated for 2022. This year, the area near Politehnica University will surpass the existing stock from Floreasca-Barbu Văcărescu, which has been the main office hub in Bucharest during the past eight years, according to data from real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.

Trei Real Estate, an international developer and property asset holder specialising in residential and retail real estate, continued to expand its business in 2021, the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 31 December 2021, the development portfolio had an aggregate value of €1.7 billion after growing by 40 percent (2020: €1.2 billion). Residential real estate makes up the bulk of the total with €1.5 billion, whereas retail real estate accounts for c. €200 million. The value of the assets under management, including the own property portfolio, remained unchanged at €1.3 billion. The proprietary portfolio accounts for €1.2 billion out of this total, while c. €100 million are managed on third-party mandates.

Smart office startup Nooka Space aims to develop its Romanian network through partnerships with property developers and hospitality operators.

Property group NEPI Rockcastle has launched the “Donate for the Ukrainian people” campaign, conducted through SPOT, the mobile loyalty application of the company.  

Romanian developer One United Properties aims to raise up to €100 million in equity from investors through a share capital increase. The move will be up for vote during the next shareholder’s meeting of the company slated for April 26. 

Poland’s convenience retail market has seen dynamic growth during 2020 and 2021 with several significant investment transactions closed and many new developments launched. Michał Ćwikliński MRICS, Principal, Managing Director and Paulina Brzeszkiewicz-Kuczyńska, Research and Data Manager at Avison Young in Poland talked to Property Forum about the trends driving this market segment.

The leading logistics developer has made a €21 billion offer for a huge chunk of „last mile” properties, Bloomberg reports. None of the parties made comments on the news but Blackstone said earlier that a capital increase worth €21 billion was on the agenda.

More brownfield sites in Prague are set for new residential development. Czech developer Ekospol is planning its big comeback to the domestic development scene and wants to build 2,000 flats in Prague's Zličín district within 10 years. It is now waiting for the necessary permits to start building Ekocity Zličín, company spokesman Filip Sušanka told Property Forum today. 

Hungarian pharmaceutical giant Richter Gedeon will get a brand new HQ in Budapest. The handover is planned for the end of 2023.