Avison Young has announced a strategic affiliation with a dynamic team of experienced local professionals in Croatia. This expansion demonstrates AY's commitment to capitalize on opportunities in South East Europe. The new office will be located in Zagreb. The team's core areas of expertise include Office, Retail, Industrial & Logistics (I&L), Land, Residential, Hotels & Resorts, with comprehensive services provided through Capital Markets, Occupier Services, Valuation & Advisory and Hotels & Resorts.

Hedwig Höfler has been appointed Group Head of Investment Management at CA Immo, tasked with expanding her existing responsibilities for Austria and CEE to include all transaction activity in Germany. She is taking over responsibilities covered by Christof Altendorfer, who left the company.

Colliers has promoted Andrzej Gutowski as ESG Chief Officer in CEE, including Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.

REDD Group has launched finne, a search engine for commercial real estate, in four new countries in the region: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary. 

The investment and real estate group ARETE has announced that Jiří Król, an expert in alternative investments and manager with more than 20 years of experience in international leadership positions in investment institutions is joining the Supervisory Board of its investment fund, ARETE INDUSTRIAL SICAV, as of 1st February 2024.

Revetas Group announced a new partnership with Antonio Pomes, who joined the Revetas team as Director-Country Head Poland in the Portfolio Management department. In his new role, Mr. Pomes will be responsible for overseeing the Polish portfolio of assets, including Trinity One in Warsaw, Bonarka for Business “B4B” and Buma Square in Kraków. 

The leading Hungarian developer hired a long-time expert to head its residential and office development businesses.

Richard Hogg, Partner at the Cushman & Wakefield, has been appointed to lead its CEE Valuation & Advisory team.

Griffin Capital Partners announced a series of promotions within its Investment and Finance teams. 

Kajima has appointed Michał Obara as the Managing Director of Student Depot, Poland’s largest student accommodation provider. The appointment follows Kajima acquiring Griffin Capital Partners’ shareholding in Student Depot and opening nearly a thousand additional beds in 2023.