Cushman & Wakefield has entered into a partnership agreement with building technology advisor Future2. The partnership, covering the CEE region, enables Cushman & Wakefield to advance the development of its property management and technical advisory services by adding deep knowledge of digital building systems.

The construction works for phase one of The Ivy, Speedwell’s residential project located in Băneasa, Bucharest, are ready to start as the developer has recently signed a contract with BTDConstruct & Ambient as General Contractor. The first phase of the ensemble comprises two buildings with 228 apartments, with the first building planned to be delivered in June 2022.

Cushman & Wakefield has entered into a partnership with Zeitgeist Asset Management and taken over property management of the investor’s Polish property portfolio.

Real estate services company Apleona, headquartered near Frankfurt am Main, has been acquired by French private-equity company PAI Partners (PAI). The seller is Swedish financial investor EQT. The transaction is subject to approval from the antitrust and regulatory approval.

The Q3 2020 property investment volume for Romania is estimated at €408 million, a value approximately 68% higher than the one registered in the same period in 2019. Although the road ahead is marked by uncertainty, considering the persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions associated with it, there is a consistent pipeline of deals which could be closed soon and throughout 2021. JLL has published its Bucharest City Report for Q3 2020. The report provides a detailed analysis of specific real estate markets in Bucharest: office, retail, industrial and residential.

The .big office building constructed by Budimex at ul. Zielińskiego 3 in Kraków for developer Ghelamco is to be managed by Colliers International.

Nokia has decided to extend its lease agreements with Globalworth for the office space it occupies in the West Gate and West Link office buildings in Wrocław, Poland. The contract, which covers an area of nearly 30,000 sqm, is the largest lease agreement signed in a Polish regional city market this year.

Echo Investment has finalized the purchase of three plots of land from companies belonging to the Tesco group in Poznań, Łódź and Kraków. A total of approx. 240,000. sqm of modern residential, office as well as shopping and service space may be created on these plots.

The construction of Warsaw EQ2 office building by Waryński Group will be completed in January 2021. The office building, which is being constructed in the Warsaw district of Wola, at the intersection of Wschowska and Ordona streets, will be equipped with modern air ventilation units that enable the selection of appropriate filters, adequately to the epidemiological threat. The operation of the ventilation system will be supervised by BMS system, monitoring air parameters. Additionally, individual spaces within the facility will be equipped with separate ventilation systems, while access to fresh air will be ensured with the installation of tilted windows in the offices.

Panattoni is to build a warehouse and production centre for OneDayMore in Poznań. The producer of muesli, porridge and other similar food products and snacks will occupy more than 8,600 sqm in the new urban logistics park in Poznań, where it intends to start a new production line – vegetable-based meat substitutes.