pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has provided a €118 million credit facility to REICO ČS NEMOVITOSTNÍ, the biggest open-ended real estate fund on the Czech market, managed by REICO, an investment company of Česká spořitelna. The facility will be used to fund the acquisition of two newly built logistic properties in Upper Silesia as well as for the refinancing of an office building in Warsaw.

Net profit of PLN 51 million, an increase in the value of office projects under construction and handing over to customers 399 apartments – this is a brief summary of Q1 2022 results of Echo Investment Group. The developer also published its second sustainability report where it summarised last year's achievements and results in the areas of environmental, social and corporate governance.

The retail park in Pleszewo is a project located at 24 Armii Poznańska Street on the main route from Koszalin to Poznań. The facility was built on an area of over 10,000 sqm and offers 3,548 sq m of GLA. Its tenants are the international network brands known in Poland as well as local companies.

Proptech provider Spaceflow has announced a new strategic partner, Swedish investment group Hydda. Now, with this investment, Spaceflow will be able to get closer to its global vision to connect buildings with their occupiers.

The majority owner of RSJ Investments is now the Co-Founder and Head of the Group, Libor Winkler, as another co-founder and presidential candidate Karel Janeček has sold all his shares. Janeček remains in RSJ's sister company, which focuses on stock trading, the daily E15 reports. Neither the group nor Karel Janeček would comment on the changes. 

Greenstone Asset Management, acting on behalf of EuroEast B.V., has announced the sale of the Tensor Office Park in Gdynia to a JV managed by the Czech fund INVESTIKA realitní fond and Bud Holdings. The value of the transaction remains undisclosed.

Tabogo Property, a company owned by Canadian investor Michael Topolinski, has challenged in court SIF Banat-Crișana’s purchase of a land plot in Bucharest. The financial company won the €33.59 million tender for Belvedere Cigarette Factory last week.

Despite the turbulent economic situation, banks are readily lending money to the commercial real estate segment, with warehouses being their top choice. The industrial investor Accolade is one of the most willingly financed warehouse portfolio holders in Poland. The company benefits from over €500 million in bank loans, 40% of which has been acquired since February 2020. At the same time, in the Czech Republic, the company has signed a loan agreement with a club of banks for €137.5 million. It is the largest ever loan provided for a single industrial rental property in the CEE region.

Property developer Plaza Centers is seeking €262.2 million in damages from the Romanian state, alleging that it recorded massive losses from the Casa Radio project in Bucharest. The company filed a complaint with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington. 

Square 7 Properties, the country partner for Romania of Mitiska REIM, has purchased a land plot of 30,000 sqm in Mediaș for an undisclosed sum.