The vacancy rate on the Budapest industrial market reached 2% at the end of Q3 2019. Total demand amounted to 154,825 sqm, indicating a 42% increase from the figure noted in the same period last year. The Budapest Research Forum published its quarterly industrial market analysis.

Total demand on the Budapest office market in Q3 2019 reached 191,235 sqm, representing a 41% growth compared to the same period of last year, according to BRF’s latest figures.

P3 Logistic Parks is expanding its activities with its first project in eastern Slovakia. It is starting construction of a modern logistics and industrial park near the village of Nová Polhora. This is an attractive location for developers and business, offering easy access via the D1 motorway to the metropolises of eastern Slovakia – Košice and Prešov – and logistics connections to neighbouring countries.

Work is well underway on site at Forte Partners’ U Centre, a new, eight-floor office development in the Bucharest. The investment is valued at €200 million.

Cushman & Wakefield has advised on the acquisition of a 17-hectare plus land in Biskupice Podgórne near Wrocław. The new owner of the land is Segro, a developer and owner of warehouse parks in nine countries across Europe.

Mint Investments acquired one of the most prominent buildings in Na Příkopě Street in Prague for its private investors. Mint Investments acted in the transaction as an investment advisor and asset manager supported by Sentient as a technical advisor. The acquisition was debt-financed by Česká spořitelna. The seller was represented in the transaction by CBRE. Mint Investments now plans a major investment in the building's technical equipment which will allow it to execute its value-add programme.

Oxenwood Real Estate, the UK and European real estate investment management firm, has acquired a newly developed logistics facility near Warsaw from a joint venture between Panattoni Europe and Bluehouse Capital for €13.5 million.

Hines European Value Fund, acting through its subsidiary Gisla, plans to acquire the Wola Center office building in Warsaw from Develia. The parties have signed a preliminary agreement with the deal value set at €101.9 million.

Aldi will lease 10,000 sqm at CTPark Budapest West in Biatorbágy, the developer announced on Linkedin. The new tenant will move in before the end of the year.

Hungarian investor and developer Wing has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire majority interest (c.a. 56% of shares) in Echo Investment, a Polish developer listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Echo Investment has almost 90 projects in the pipeline, with the total estimated usable area of c.a. 1.3 million sqm.