Savills has appointed Ben Maudling to head up its Czech Republic and Slovakia operations, in order to support the company’s continued expansion across Central Eastern Europe (CEE). 

The partners of Balmain Asset Management and Sharman Church Chartered Surveyors have signed an agreement to merge the advisory businesses of Balmain and Sharman Church. The combined entity will trade under the newly established name of BSC Real Estate Advisors. The firm will provide clients with a complete set of service lines across all commercial property sectors including offices, retail, investment, industrial and property management. Balmain Asset Management will continue to trade as a completely separate entity continuing its focus on Asset and Investment Management.

Further to its ad hoc announcement of 21 December 2016, Atrium European Real Estate Limited announced that Liad Barzilai has, effective today, been appointed, as Chief Executive Officer of the Group. 

Martin Hudak has been promoted to the position of Head of Industrial Agency at Cushman & Wakefield in Slovakia.

JLL has appointed Miroslav Barnas as Country Manager of its Czech Republic business, which is headquartered in Prague, with immediate effect. He will lead the Czech business alongside his existing responsibilities as Country Manager for JLL's business in Slovakia.

Panattoni Europe has expanded its team. The developer’s ranks have been joined by Adam Janus, who has taken the position of Business Development Director. He will be responsible for attracting new warehouse projects and aligning the developer’s services with the needs of clients and prospects.

TriGranit announced the appointment of Tamás Páldi, M.D. as Human Resources Director and Mr. Mariusz Domeracki as Finance Director for Poland. 

Vienna-based developer Raiffeisen Evolution Project Development has been renamed Strabag Real Estate (SRE), the management announced. 

Heitman LLC, a global real estate investment management firm, has announced the appointment of Kurt Jovy as Senior Vice President, Director of European Acquisitions. Mr. Jovy, who will be based in Munich, will report directly to Gordon Black, Senior Managing Director of Heitman’s European Private Real Estate Equity group.

Immofinanz AG has announced a change in the preliminary timetable for the intended merger with CA Immobilien Anlagen AG. The reason is the planned divestment of Immofinanz’s Russian property portfolio, which is a condition for the merger of the two companies. The Executive Board and Supervisory Board of Immofinanz today decided to schedule a longer period than originally considered for the process to separate the Russian properties. The recent stabilisation of the economy in Russia has contributed to this decision.