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News South African investors dominated the Polish market in 2016
09
Feb
2017

South African investors dominated the Polish market in 2016

by Ákos Budai
2016 was a record-breaking year for the Polish investment market and had the best investment performance since the financial crisis in 2009. With over €4.5 billion transacted in 2016, Poland remains the stand out performer across the CEE region, CBRE reports in its latest in research. 
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News Changing investor profile hits all of CEE
08
Feb
2017

Changing investor profile hits all of CEE

by Ákos Budai
Total commercial real estate investment across CEE (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia) reached €4.4bn in Q4 2016, a 27% increase on Q4 2015. This took full year volumes for 2016 to just over €11bn, an 11% increase on 2015 (€9.9bn), bucking the wider trend across Europe and on the continent where volumes shrank year-on-year. Cushman & Wakefield Czech Republic predicts a further growth of the region. 
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News Strong competition for Prague and Bratislava
02
Feb
2017

Strong competition for Prague and Bratislava

by Ákos Budai
In most Central and Eastern European countries the commercial property market is heavily concentrated in the capital city and modern offices in secondary or tertiary cities are virtually non-existent. Luckily, that is not the case in the Czech Republic, where there are cities outside of Prague, most notably Brno, that offer attractive opportunities for international companies. Czech-based developer CTP invited us for the opening ceremony of the new Courtyard by Marriott hotel and showed us the city’s property market.
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News Investors are likely to love CEE retail in 2017
31
Jan
2017

Investors are likely to love CEE retail in 2017

by Ákos Budai
2016 reached the volume of €11.8bn in investment markets across Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania, according to a research report by Colliers International. Aside from Poland, investment flows in 2017 will be close to or higher than 2016’s.  The retail sector might see continued rental growth and high investment levels across the region.
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News 2017 to see many new investors entering Hungary
30
Jan
2017

2017 to see many new investors entering Hungary

by Ákos Budai
The sound global and domestic investment climate generated a major push in property investment activity in Hungary reaching the second highest ever registered annual volume of €1.7 billion in 2016, i.e. 133% up from the previous year. The most popular type of assets were offices with a share of 56%, followed by retail at 25%, while industrial deals accounted for 11% of the overall volume.
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News Asian investors dominated the Czech market in 2016
25
Jan
2017

Asian investors dominated the Czech market in 2016

by Ákos Budai
Total real estate investment volume in the Czech Republic exceeded €3.7 billion in 2016, CBRE revealed. The most notable transactions in 2016 were the sale of P3 Logistics Parks, the Park and Florentinum, with 67 transactions being mediated on the Czech market in total. 
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News Property investment voulme in Romania grows by 35% in 2016
18
Jan
2017

Property investment voulme in Romania grows by 35% in 2016

by Ákos Budai
According to JLL, almost €900 million were invested into Romanian property in 2016, 35% more than in the previous year. 2016 has been a record breaking year at a country level all over CEE with the highest ever volumes recorded in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and second best ever results recorded in Poland, Hungary and the SEE region.
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News More than €1.7 billion transacted on the Hungarian market in 2016
02
Jan
2017

More than €1.7 billion transacted on the Hungarian market in 2016

by Ákos Budai
During Q4 2016 the total commercial real estate investment transaction volume reached some €270 million in Hungary, pushing the 2016 volume to above €1.7 billion, the highest annual figure since 2007– according to JLL Hungary’s latest preliminary statistics. According to JLL Hungary’s preliminary statistics office transactions generated roughly 48% of the annual investment volumes, followed by retail (27%) and logistics (14%). Hungarian investors generated the highest share of the annual volumes (30%) followed by US-based (20%) and German (14%) investors.
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News 2017 can be a record year for the Czech investment market
27
Dec
2016

2017 can be a record year for the Czech investment market

by Ákos Budai
Strong demand across all investment sectors is expected to continue into 2017 in the Czech Republic and the €3 billion boundary could be exceeded once again. Retail is likely to become the most popular asset class next year, followed by offices and industrial. CBRE has released the Czech Republic Real Estate Market Outlook 2017.
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News Investors loved Budapest properties in 2016
22
Dec
2016

Investors loved Budapest properties in 2016

by Ákos Budai
Last year few would have anticipated that commercial real estate investment volumes for Hungary would even reach €1 billion this year, yet now it seems sure that 2016 will be a record year on the investment market. Over €910 million have been transacted in the first half of the year and an astonishing amount of new deals were announced in the second part of 2016, especially in the last few weeks. Looking at the transactions that took place this year, two things seem certain: one is that several new entrants made purchases in 2016 and the other is that market transparency still has a long way to go. 
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Latest news


New leases

  • AND2 office building, the tallest building in Poznań (western Poland), is gaining a new tenant. BeIN Offices will offer ca 3,300 sqm of coworking space with a view of the city skyline.
  • Delta Trans Group has decided to expand its leased space at the Hillwood Ruda Śląska complex (southern Poland) by ca. 9,300 sqm. The logistics operator will now use a total of 27,000 sqm.
  • A Douglas perfumery has opened in Galeria Pomorska in Bydgoszcz (western Poland) after modernisation. The new shop occupies an area of approximately 220 sqm.

New appointments

  • CTP has appointed Andrei Marian, who brings nearly nine years of experience in real estate development and consultancy firms, as its new Regional Business Development Director in Romania.
  • Maciej Müldner has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MLP Group. An experienced executive, he has spent nearly 20 years contributing to the development of the Skanska Group in Central Europe.
  • Panattoni Income Fund has appointed Olaf Bruns as Managing Director Business Development DACH. Earlier this year, the fund’s team was also strengthened by Piotr Boruc, who took on the role of Head of Finance and Reporting.

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