Ivan Lokere, CEO of Belgium-based real estate developer Alinso Group talked to Property Forum about the trends driving real estate markets in today’s economy and restated the company’s commitment to the Romanian market.

Croatia’s commercial real estate investment volume exceeded €290 million in H1 2021, according to a new report by Colliers.

Accolade Group, in cooperation with its JV partner, invested almost €26 million in a Class A warehouse facility in Wielenin-Kolonia in Central Poland. The entire facility is occupied by K-Flex, a worldwide leader in the production of elastomeric insulation, with a lease term of 17 years.

Panattoni has turned its focus back onto the Warsaw market. In a strategic location – close to the planned New Central Polish Airport – Panattoni Park Błonie III is now under construction. The investment with an area of more than 90,000 sqm has already started and has its first tenant: logistics operator GTFL, which specialises in full truckload and international transportation. The company will consolidate the space it currently occupies in the country at the end of this year, when it will move into its newly leased 7,700 sqm premises. It was represented by consultancy Cresa Polska for this transaction.

Over 21,000 sqm of office space located on 13 floors, terraces for tenants and a basketball court – this will be the second phase of the Centrum Południe office complex currently being developed by Skanska. Like the existing buildings, the new phase will apply for numerous certificates, including the WELL Core&Shell. 

The Bucharest land market is registering an increase of prices fueled by higher demand from developers that want to secure strategic locations in the city for new projects. 

VGP has announced the appointment of Gergely Somogyi as Commercial Director for VGP Hungary. With Gergely's arrival, Laszlo Balogh will be able to focus more on land acquisition and development of new plots to support the strong demand and future development on the Hungarian market.

Property developer Atenor says it has concluded the sale of Hermes Business Campus in Bucharest to Adventum Group, an investment manager focused on Central and Eastern Europe. 

Dorota Latkowska-Diniejko, Vice-President of the Board of REINO Partners talked to Property Forum about the changes caused by the pandemic in the Polish market and waiting for the long-awaited law implementing REIT-type financial structures.

Prime headline rents have increased slightly to a new level of €5 sqm/month in the Czech Republic and €5.20 sqm/month in the Greater Prague region during the second quarter of 2021. The Industrial Research Forum announced the latest industrial market figures.