Alina Necula, Country Manager Romania Lion’s Head, talked to Property Forum about the company’s plans to develop its first logistics projects in Romania and the strategic leasing transactions closed in the company’s flagship office project, Oregon Park in Bucharest.

Croatian investor Pemo Centar has announced the development of a new office building in Zagreb. The Business Centre Arena office building spanning 9,900 sqm will be delivered by Q4 2025 following an investment of around €20 million.

Property group CA Immo has appointed Vojtech Ozorovsky as Head of Asset Management for Austria and CEE. He joined the company in 2020 as Senior Asset Manager.

The development of a new industrial building with a leasable area of 27,500 sqm has kicked off at BHM Industrial Park Belgrade (IPB), with completion expected by the end of 2024.

The industrial sector in Romania is recording a slowdown in Q1 2024, with the same trend being recorded across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) markets, according to a iO Partners analysis.

GTC posted €9.3 million consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company in Q1 2024 against €11.2 million profit a year earlier, the company announced.

The Supervisory Board of Immofinanz has approved the commencement of preparations for a squeeze-out of S Immo in accordance with the Austrian Squeeze-out Act. In the course of the squeeze-out, shares in S Immo held by minority shareholders shall be transferred to Immofinanz as the main shareholder in exchange for appropriate cash compensation.

Commercial property investment in Romania amounted to €202 million in Q1 2024, up by 69% compared to the same period of last year, with retail accounting for around two-thirds of the deal volume, according to a Colliers report.

Colliers has promoted Josefina Kurfurstova to the newly created position of Senior Analyst - CEE Business Intelligence covering Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.

Rustom Vickers, Vice President & Head of Development at Blueground, has talked to Property Forum about the “flexible living” rental model, the changes in the rental market in the post-pandemic era and the expansion plans in the CEE region.