Colliers International has opened its office in Katowice in Poland. It is located on the 13th floor of Altus office building in Uniwersytecka 13 street. The director of the Katowice regional office is Barbara Pryszcz, who joined the company in March this year. Barbara is responsible for the company’s development in Katowice and the Upper Silesia region. 

TriGranit has announced the appointment of Agnieszka Turowska as Group Finance Director of TriGranit Corporation.  Ms. Turowska will be responsible for overseeing the corporate finance, accounting and controlling functions at the whole company including all TriGranit countries and will be member of the Management Board.

Atrium European Real Estate, owner and manager of shopping centres and retail real estate in Central and Eastern Europe has announced the appointment of Scott Abbey as Group Head of Leasing.

The continental European operation of Palmer Capital changed its shareholder structure and rebranded itself as Arcona Capital. 

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated announced that it is separating the roles of President and Chief Executive Officer and that Christian Ulbrich, currently CEO for the EMEA region, will become President of JLL. Colin Dyer will retain the role of CEO and continue to guide the firm’s global strategy, with a particular emphasis on IT and data strategies, and oversee LaSalle Investment Management as well as the firm’s finance, human resources, legal and marketing functions. Additionally, Guy Grainger, currently UK Chief Executive, will succeed Ulbrich as EMEA CEO, and Chris Ireland will become UK Chief Executive. All changes are effective June 1, 2016.

Prologis today announced that Ben Bannatyne has been appointed President of Prologis Europe, succeeding Philip Dunne, who has been in the role for almost seven years.

Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ have reached a definitive agreement on Tuesday to merge and are set to become one of the largest global real estate services companies.