One United Properties announces the lease agreement with Superbet for an 8,206 sqm office space in One Cotroceni Park in Bucharest. 

Ghelamco has started preparations for the construction of The Bridge skyscraper. The building will stand at the intersection of Towarowa and Grzybowska streets, next to Plac Europejski (European Square) in Warsaw.

CBRE, which has been managing the 22,805 sqm Visionary office building in Prague 7 for CA Immo for two years, has received a mandate to manage the Austrian company’s remaining office portfolio in the Czech Republic.

Skyliner, one of the highest office towers in Warsaw developed by Karimpol, has obtained an occupancy permit. The skyscraper was designed by APA Wojciechowski. Tenants will start moving into the building in the first half of 2021.

Tenant activity in 2020 was 31% lower than in 2019, with developers being much more cautious about launching new developments than in previous years. As a result, this could lead to a supply gap in the Warsaw market. Advisory firm JLL summarizes the Warsaw office market at the end of 2020.

Gross take-up on the Prague office market in Q4 2020 amounted to 98,700 sqm, representing a 17.6% increase on the previous quarter but a 33% decrease in a year-on-year comparison. The Prague Research Forum announced the office market figures for Q4 2020.

Total demand on the Budapest office market reached 86,310 sqm in Q4 2020, representing a 57% decrease year-on-year. The vacancy rate has increased to 9.1%, representing an increase of 1.0 p.p. quarter-on-quarter, according to BRF’s latest figures.

Wing completed the development of the revitalised Gizella Loft office building, in the heart of Zugló, in fall 2020. The building offers 8,500 sqm of office space. Its redevelopment has transformed it into a Class A, people-oriented and cost-efficient space ready to welcome future tenants. The main tenant which had already occupied the building, TÜV Rheinland Intercert Kft., committed itself to the Gizella Loft in 2019, and in September 2020 took occupancy of the space designed according to its needs.

With a loan amount of €82.2 million, Helaba is financing the acquisition of the prime office property Lixa in Warsaw. The first stage of the investment was purchased by Hana Investment Co. Ltd., a South Korean consortium represented by Commerz Real. The loan term is for five years and Helaba is acting as sole underwriter for the transaction.

Skanska has signed a lease agreement with Polish e-commerce platform Allegro for about 26,000 sqm of office space and 177 parking lots in the third office building in the Nowy Rynek mixed-use project in Poznań, Poland. The tenant will move in in Q2 2021. With this lease, the building is now 87% occupied.