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News Echo Investment and EPP finalise €120 million purchase
29
Dec
2016

Echo Investment and EPP finalise €120 million purchase

by Ákos Budai
Echo Polska Properties (EPP) and Echo Investment concluded final agreements concerning a joint purchase and development of a mixed-use project at 22 Towarowa Street in Warsaw. The property with an area of 6.5-ha is located in a rapidly developing part of the capital city and it is the largest commercial plot in the city centre.
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News Singapore-based M&L buys Prague hotel from Blackstone
23
Dec
2016

Singapore-based M&L buys Prague hotel from Blackstone

by Ákos Budai
Blackstone has sold the Hilton Prague Old Town hotel and Gestin Centrum, an adjacent 6,900 sqm mixed use commercial building, to Singapore-based real estate investment group M&L Hospitality. JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality group advised Blackstone on the sale.
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News IAD Investments makes record purchase in Slovakia
22
Dec
2016

IAD Investments makes record purchase in Slovakia

by Ákos Budai
Slovak investor IAD Investments, acting through its fund Prvý realitný fond o.p.f., has purchased Laugaricio Shopping Centre in Trenčín, Slovakia. The original owners were private investors represented by Mint Investments. This sale, the largest property transaction in Slovakia this year, was brokered by Cushman & Wakefield. 
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News CIB Bank sells former Budapest HQ
21
Dec
2016

CIB Bank sells former Budapest HQ

by Ákos Budai
Cushman & Wakefield, representing CIB Bank, have facilitated the transfer of the former CIB Bank Headquarter offices on Szabadság square, Central Budapest to a German investor as of December 1, 2016. 
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News M7 makes first investments in Hungary and Croatia
20
Dec
2016

M7 makes first investments in Hungary and Croatia

by Ákos Budai
M7 Real Estate, the pan-European investor and asset manager, announces that it has made two further acquisitions for the recently launched CEREF I fund. The acquisitions in Croatia and Hungary totalling €14 million mark M7's first entry into both countries.
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News Rockcastle completes acquisition of Olsztyn mall
19
Dec
2016

Rockcastle completes acquisition of Olsztyn mall

by Ákos Budai
As announced in October 2016, Rockcastle concluded a preliminary agreement to acquire Galeria Warmińska shopping centre in the city of Olsztyn in Poland from Galeria Warmińska Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością Spółka Komandytowa. All conditions precedent have been met and the transaction was concluded effective as of 15 December 2016.
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News Echo Investment completes sale of Q22
19
Dec
2016

Echo Investment completes sale of Q22

by Ákos Budai
The sale of Q22 skyscraper located on al. Jana Pawła II in Warsaw has been completed and Invesco Real Estate has become the new owner of the building. Echo Investment expects that the value of the transaction based on fully let NOI and an agreed yield, after all adjustments and additional payments, shall amount to €273 million. The acquisition of Q22 is the largest investment transactions in the office market in Poland and one of the biggest in Central and Eastern Europe in 2016.
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News Immofinanz sells non-core retail portfolio in Austria
19
Dec
2016

Immofinanz sells non-core retail portfolio in Austria

by Ákos Budai
Immofinanz has announced the sale of a smaller Austrian retail portfolio to an Austrian real estate investor and, with this transaction, continues its strategic withdrawal from properties that are not part of the core business. The portfolio covers 88 properties with approx. 108,000 sqm of rentable space in eight Austrian provinces. The parties to the transaction have agreed not to disclose any information on the purchase price. The closing will take place in several steps through the end of 2017. 
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News FLE acquires its first CEE property in Budapest
16
Dec
2016

FLE acquires its first CEE property in Budapest

by Ákos Budai
FLE GmbH, a company of the LFPI group, has acquired its first property in CEE from an international institutional seller. The acquisition relates to the office building Office Garden I in the Southern Buda area of Budapest, that is 93 percent leased and offers 16,000 square meters of leasable space. The seller was represented by JLL.
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News Echo Polska acquires Krakow mall for €54 million
14
Dec
2016

Echo Polska acquires Krakow mall for €54 million

by Ákos Budai
An opportunity fund advised by Tristan Capital Partners, a pan-European real estate investment manager, has agreed to sell the Zakopianka Shopping Centre in Krakow, Poland, to Johannesburg-listed Echo Polska Properties for approximately €54 million.
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New leases

  • Buchareast-based office project Floreasca Park has reached over 80% occupancy, following over 4,400 sqm of recent leasing activity. Leroy Merlin has leased 3,900 sqm, while IGEL Technology is occupying 515 sqm.
  • Henkel Romania has sold a 1,800 sqm property in central Bucharest, which served as its HQ, to a high-end residential developer. The deal was brokered by iO Partners.
  • The family shopping centre M1 Kraków, managed by EPP, is strengthening its gastronomic, service and sports offer. The group of new tenants includes Sports Direct, which is making its debut in the capital of Małopolska, as well as the oriental restaurant Asia Mama and the pet shop Maxi Zoo. In recent months, Cukiernia Sowa has also opened its doors to customers. MediaMarkt, McDonald's, HalfPrice and 4F, which presented an enlarged salon in the new BLACK concept, have decided to continue their cooperation with the Kraków facility and modernise their premises. All signed contracts cover over 6,000 sqm of space.

New appointments

  • Ewa Nowak, a commercial property valuer, has joined the Valuation Department of international real estate advisory firm Newmark Polska as Senior Associate.
  • Maciej Wieczorkiewicz is joining the Avison Young Technical Advisory team in Poland. Maciej is an experienced engineer with many years of experience in managing fit-out projects and investments in the commercial property sector. During his career development, he has worked for companies such as Made In Terior, TECAS Fitout and Colliers Define.
  • Tomáš Fabian has taken on the responsibility of leading the Czech commercial development team at Skanska as Executive Vice President Operations Czech Republic, while still keeping the current responsibilities as Executive Vice President Legal Counsel (CEE).

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