Penta sells Warsaw office building to Slovakia’s IAD

D48, located at the junction of ul. Domaniewska and ul. Postępu, has a total area of almost 26,200 sqm, of which more than 24,300 sqm is office space and 1,860 sqm is retail and service. The L-shaped building was completed in August 2017 as Penta’s first development in Poland and consists of two wings with 11 and 8 storeys. It also has a two-level underground car park with 435 spaces and a charging station for electric vehicles, 45 above-ground parking spaces and about 100 bicycle stands with changing rooms. The project is LEED certified at the ‘Gold’ level. It is fully leased to such tenants as Smyk, Intrum, Gemius and MFinanse.

IAD Investments is the oldest Slovak asset management company (founded in 1991) and now manages assets – mainly in Slovakia and the Czech Republic – with a total value of more than €1.03 billion. It has acquired D48 for its Prvý realitný fond, which was established in 2006 to manage a long-term and balanced portfolio in all real estate segments to achieve steady returns.

“We appreciate the professionalism and flexibility of all parties during this transaction even more, since the final steps have been closed during this difficult period of anti-COVID-19 measures and we are glad that D48 will become part of Prvýrealitný fond owned and managed by IAD,” comments Vladimir Bolek, a board member of IAD and its portfolio manager.

Vladimír Bolek

Portfolio Management, Member of the Board
IAD Investment

Vladimír Bolek studied social sciences at Comenius University in Bratislava and later Law and economics at Nottingham Trent University - Brno International Business School in the Czech Republic. He began his career in 1994 in public administration at central state administration level in Bratislava. Later, after the transition to the private sphere, he became asset manager specializing in real estate investments. After the establishment of specialized real estate mutual funds in Slovakia in 2006, he became the portfolio manager of specialized real estate fund in Erste Asset Management in Slovakia. He also created and managed portfolios for private banking department. Later he participated in portfolio management of corporate real estate company Slovnaft as. In 2010 he became a portfolio manager of the „First real estate fund“ of IAD Investmetns and deputy of several real estate companies incorporated in the structure of the first real estate fund of IAD Investments. In 2015 he was promoted into IAD Investments board as member of board responsible for portfolio management department. Vladimir Bolek is also a contributor to professional publications dealing with the issue of investment and asset management of real – estate in Slovakia.  More »

Cushman & Wakefield represented Penta Real Estate in the sale of the property, while Linklaters and Deloitte advised the developer on the legal and tax issues. MiddleCap was the lead advisor for IAD.