Cushman & Wakefield has announced Nicolas Horky is joining the company to lead the hotel transactions team in the Central, Eastern and Southeastern European regions. 

Developer AFI Europe is launching a new coworking centre on the ground floor of the AFI Home Kolbenova 1 rental residence in the AFI City district in Vysočany, Prague 9. Coworking spaces as part of the rental project are among the developer's domestic innovations.

The Olympia Teplice shopping centre and business zone from CPI Property Group's portfolio is expanding. The enlarged shopping centre is planned to offer almost a hundred stores in an area of 43,000 sqm.

The leading Czech portal focused on residential real estate, Home Portal, has welcomed a significant new addition to its team — Tal Roma, joining from AFI Europe Czech Republic. He will be responsible for taking the role of the CEO of the Polish subsidiary and head of the company’s expansion into the Polish market.

The Prague City Council has approved the next step in the investment preparation of the mixed-use project at the corner of Durychova and Libušská Streets in Prague 4. The development managed by Pražská Developerská Společnost (PDS) is in the centre of the new city district Nové Dvory and above the new subway station on line D. 

Czech-based investment and real estate group Arete has announced the acquisition of a major logistics park in western Poland. The seller was a joint venture of Panattoni Europe and Kajima Properties. The price has not been disclosed. With this move, Arete expands its operations beyond the Czech Republic and Slovakia, entering the Polish market. This acquisition strengthens the portfolio of the Arete Industrial fund, increasing its total leasable area by 25% and raising the value of assets under management to over €300 million.

Demand for industrial spaces is stabilising across Europe, as indicated by the recent European Logistic Update report from Cushman & Wakefield. In the Czech Republic, the situation is returning to pre-pandemic levels, driven primarily by manufacturing and logistics companies.

YIT is expanding its Ranta Barrandov residential project in Prague 5 by the third stage by adding another 56 units to the 259 apartments from the previous two stages.

Two years after the results of the international architectural competition won by the Danish BIG, the detailed architectural study of the Vltava Philharmonic has been completed and the construction permitting process has begun by submitting an EIA application.

Extreme heat, droughts, and floods are becoming more frequent, and the ability of cities to prepare for these climate changes is playing an important role. In terms of heat, the top three cities in the new Savills Heat Resilience Index are Helsinki, Copenhagen and Stockholm.