Australian investor RF Corval has pulled out of a planned joint buyout of Polish industrial and office park developer Buma, Polish fund manager Reino Capital announced in a statement to the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The proposed €287 million (PLN 1.3 billion) takeover was originally announced in November.

TTB Partners, a Hong Kong-based investment and advisory firm, announced the acquisition of a minority stake in M7 Real Estate.  The investment is the latest step in a wider collaboration between the two companies, as they seek to capitalize on the continued appetite from Asian investors for European real estate.  TTB will utilize its own network of contacts in the region to access new capital pools looking to invest in the UK and pan-European real estate, either through joint ventures or through investment funds.

By purchasing the Mezi Vodami 31 office building in Modřany, Prague, the NEMO Real Estate Fund, established by Českomoravská Nemovitostní (ČMN), expanded the total area of its office portfolio to 17,500 sqm. The value of the Fund’s portfolio now reaches €47.7 million (CZK 1.3 billion).

In order to expand its investment portfolio and implement its growth strategy, Hungarian investor-developer Wing has raised €156 million (HUF 54.7 billion) within the framework of the Central Bank of Hungary’s Funding for Growth Scheme. Corporate bonds subscribed by the central bank and other institutional investors have a maturity of 10 years and a yield of 3.56 percent.

BDPST Zrt.’s holding in asset management firm Appennin has dipped below 5 percent as investment funds managed by the Indotek Group and the OTP Group purchased a significant stake in the company. During the over-the-counter transaction, Indotek Group acquired a 24 per cent stake from BDPST Zrt.

Beirut-based investor FFA Real Estate has acquired the Młodziejewski Palace in Warsaw from German investment fund Patrizia. The acquisition was made through FFA Real Estate’s special purpose vehicle Midolux 2. The transaction price has not been disclosed.

Czech industrial developer Contera has obtained a syndicated loan from ČSOB and Komerční banka in the total amount of €155 million. Most of the funds will be committed to refinancing the developer’s portfolio of warehouses and production halls in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which are owned and operated by Contera together with US investment company TPG Capital. The remainder of the loan is allocated to the development of new projects.

A well-known automotive company will soon start operating in a 6,000 sqm modern factory building located on a nearly 5-hectare industrial plot in the catchment area of ​​Budapest.

Romanian real estate developer One United Properties has sold 30% of its One Floreasca Tower office building, currently under construction in Bucharest, with the aim of raising the capital necessary to complete the works, zf.ro reports.

Cordia International raised its stake in Polnord S.A. to 92.92% in a tender offer. Following the transaction, the shareholders elected a new supervisory board with representatives from Cordia.