Hungary's Indotek Group completed the acquisition of a stake in Auchan's domestic hypermarket business over the weekend. In addition to the 47% stake in the retailer, the real estate investor will also take over the operational management of the Auchan chain. The competition authority has already approved the acquisition, Indotek said.

Panattoni is constructing a fully robotic BTS (built-to-suit) distribution centre for Auchan Polska. The centre in Wilcza Góra near Warsaw is to service Auchan’s customers from its updated internet platform. Within the centre, all operations are to be automated using proprietary systems from Ocado based on artificial intelligence and machine learning. 

Romanian developer Iulius has opened its first convenience retail project in Miroslava locality, near Iași, following an investment of around €12 million.  

Romanian One United Properties has purchased a building that used to house a production plant of Ford in Bucharest from Auchan Romania.

Romanian developer Iulius says that retail operator Auchan will have anchor supermarkets in the Family Markets projects developed near Iași.

Indotek Group, a holding of Hungarian businessman Dániel Jellinek, could become a minority investor in the companies that own the Auchan stores in the country.

Nhood Services Hungary, the operator of Auchan hypermarkets in the country, will embark on the renovation of Auchan Korzó retail asset in Soroksár, Budapest.

A company from Chariot platform, managed by Griffin Real Estate, a private equity investor operating in the real estate sector, signed an agreement with Auchan Poland to extend the lease of its six retail properties totalling 83,000 sqm. The lease agreement was signed for a period of over 12 years. The transaction is certainly one of the largest retail leases that has been closed in Poland.

Belgian developer WDP has signed a €45 million deal for the development and lease of 77,000 sqm of logistics warehouse space for the Romanian arm of French retailer Auchan.

One United Properties and Auchan Romania plan to invest €100 million in a new mixed-use project in Bucharest called One Floreasca City.