A consortium of banks, Santander Bank Polska and Helaba (Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen), has granted AFI a €120 million loan to refinance four PRS projects under the AFI Home brand in Warsaw, Kraków, and Wrocław. This is one of the largest PRS financing transactions in Poland to date. 

Fio Investment Company has announced the purchase of another property to its Fio real estate fund portfolio. The fund has acquired the Stará Celnice office and retail building in the centre of Prague from German pension fund BVK Europa-Immobilien-Spezialfonds, represented in the transaction by Invesco Real Estate. 

The Natland investment group has become a co-investor and partner of WOOD & Co. in the acquisition of the VIVO! shopping centre and myhive office buildings in Bratislava. 

Passerinvest Group has announced strategic investments worth over CZK 20 billion (€796 million) with an ambition to transform the Prague real estate market over the next 20 years. 

Blackstone has announced the final closing of its latest European real estate fund, Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe VII (BREP Europe VII).

Slovenia-based Generali Adriatic Value Fund, managed by Generali Investments and advised by Peakside Capital, has successfully completed the sale of two properties in Ljubljana to Agromarket logistic d.o.o., based in Kragujevac, Serbia.

JTRE has announced the successful signing of senior financing for its flagship green project, Downtown Yards in Bratislava.

The Luxent Group, whose main pillar is the real estate agency Luxent – Exclusive Properties, has established a qualified investor fund, Luxent Fund SICAV registered by the Czech National Bank, with a real estate sub-fund.

Skanska has finalised an agreement to sell the first phase of its Equilibrium office complex in Bucharest to the Gordiusz Private Equity Fund, managed by Gránit Asset Management, for €52 million. 

Echo Investment has secured refinancing worth €61.4 million for the Libero Katowice shopping center. The loan was granted by a consortium consisting of Bank Pekao S.A. and PKO Bank Polski S.A. The entire retail space at Libero is leased – the center features over 150 stores and service outlets.