Millennium Gardens, TriGranit’s newest office development in Budapest, is already under the structural construction phase. Structural works of the office building with over 37,000 sqm GLA, is being carried out by Bayer Construct Zrt. The project will be the final element of Millennium City Centre with completion in Q2 2021.

Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate acquired a LEED Platinum certified new office building in Budapest on behalf of an open-ended special AIF of an institutional investor. The White House, developed by GTC Group, was completed in summer of 2018 and has a gross lettable area of 22,300 square metres. The property is fully occupied, the main tenants being investment fund manager BlackRock, Jaguar Land Rover and the Dutch co-working provider Spaces. The average lease term is 8.2 years. It was agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

Hilton Garden Inn opened its first hotel in Hungary, Hilton Garden Inn Budapest City Centre. Located just steps away from the Opera House and St Stephen’s Basilica, Hilton Garden Inn Budapest City Centre has 214 rooms.

GTC is gearing up in Budapest by commencing construction of Pillar office project located in the Budapest’s 13th district,. Recently, GTC celebrated the completion of their LEED Platinum certified GTC White House office building located also in Váci Road corridor, fully leased to BlackRock, Range Rover Jaguar, and Spaces. To further expand its position on the Budapest office market, GTC acquired one more land plot adjacent to GTC’s Center Point to increase the development pipeline to over 100,000 sqm of office space.

Construction has begun on the Office Garden IV complex, which is being developed in Budapest by GRT Group, with the work to be completed in Q2 2021.

Futureal Group has sold its Advance Tower located on the Váci road office corridor to Erste Real Estate Fund. This is the first transaction in the Hungarian market, which includes a WELL pre-qualified office building having a beneficial impact on employees’ health and comfort. The real estate fund has acquired the first phase of the complex developed by the group, while the second phase could join its portfolio under a forward deal.

White Star Real Estate is starting construction of a new business park, named park22, which is adjacent to the Campona Shopping Centre in southern Budapest. This multi-phase offers prospective tenants flexible solutions that reflect today’s market needs including warehouses with mezzanine office units and independent office spaces. In the course of implementing the project, special emphasis is being given to maintaining a healthy balance between green space and buildings, as the 15-hectare site will comprise of 60,800 sqm of lettable warehouse and office space and 53,500 sqm of greenery.

Wing has acquired the Liget Center office building in Budapest from the M7 CEREF I fund managed by M7 Real Estate. The property comprises 7,000 sqm of office space and a 3,800 sqm auditorium. The new owner plans to improve the services offered by the building by adding new services and to find a new use for the empty auditorium.

Following the financing agreements worth €51 million announced in January, Hungarian residential property developer, Cordia has signed further loan agreements worth €86.6 million. Futureal Group’s subsidiary has concluded the recent contracts with OTP Bank, Takarék Group and Sberbank in order to finance its 5 residential property projects in Budapest.

Total demand on Budapest’s industrial market amounted to 83,680 sqm in Q1 2019, marking a 19% decrease from the figure noted in the same period last year. The Budapest Research Forum published its quarterly industrial market analysis.