European Logistics Investment (ELI), a logistics platform in Poland, has closed H1 2022 with 1.2 million sqm of standing, under construction, and secured pipeline projects. Over the first 6 months of the year, ELI has also expanded its landbank, adding 90,000 sqm GLA to its development potential, and initiated the construction of logistics assets with a total GLA of 97,000 sqm.

Panattoni has completed the expansion of a factory for a European hygiene products manufacturer - from 26,000 sqm to 70,000 sqm.

CTP plans to install photovoltaic power stations in its CTParks with a peak performance of 200 – 250 MWp and with the growth of their portfolio reaching 300 MWp.

Transport and logistics operator SLS Cargo has leased another 11,412 sqm in P3 Bucharest A1 logistics park and will occupy more than 30,000 sqm in the project following the latest lease transaction brokered by JLL Romania.

The level of new completion in Q2 was 115,390 sqm in Greater Budapest and 47,260 sqm in Regional Hungary. HelloParks in Fót marked the largest new completion with 45,350 sqm and VGP Park Győr Beta has expanded by 10,000 sqm, Budapest Research Forum (BRF) reports.

SWM Poland has extended its contract for over 15,500 sqm of warehouse and production space in SEGRO Logistics Park Stryków. The company has been operating in the SEGRO park since 2010 and uses the leased space for the production and storage of advanced SWM films, adhesive tapes, foams, meshes and fibers. The transaction was brokered by the AXI IMMO agency.  

The largest logistics hall in the Czech Republic will rise near Cheb (in the westernmost region of the country). Accolade and Panattoni are already intensively preparing its construction in the local industrial zone. According to the Industrial Research Forum (IRF), an association of consultancy firms, this is the largest domestic transaction in Q2 2O22, with the pre-lease of logistics space in the area of about 233,700 sqm. The name of the tenant (an unspecified distribution company) has not yet been disclosed by either party. Lucie Mareš Heřmanovská, a spokeswoman for the Accolade company, informed Property Forum about the project. 

Panattoni has completed a central warehouse for Neonet in Łódź-Pabianice. The opening ceremony is scheduled take place in August this year.

The seller of plumbing supplies has leased more than 23,000 sqm at the MLP Poznań West logistics park. Once completed and BREEAM certified, the facility will be handed over to Bevo in November this year. The transaction was completed through BNP Paribas Real Estate, an advisory firm.

Leasing volumes in the Romanian industrial and logistics market rose by 50% to 542,000 sqm compared to the same period of last year, with more than half of the activity being generated around Bucharest.