ARTICLES LABELLED WITH TAG didier-balcaen
04
Apr
2023
Apr
2023
Speedwell buys land near Bucharest
Property developer Speedwell has purchased a new land plot of 15,000 sqm in Popești-Leordeni, near Bucharest, for its second light industrial project under the SpacePlus brand.
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15
Feb
2023
Feb
2023
Speedwell gets permit for offices in Timișoara
Property developer Speedwell has secured the building permit for the office component of its mixed-use project Paltim located in Timișoara.
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07
Feb
2023
Feb
2023
Speedwell to install PV panels on offices in Romania
Property developer Speedwell says it will be installing photovoltaic panels on two of its office projects in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca in a bid to make its building more sustainable.
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29
Jun
2022
Jun
2022
Speedwell gets BREEAM Excellent certification for Bucharest office
Property developer Speedwell has received the BREEAM Excellent certification for its Miro office project based in northern Bucharest.
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14
Dec
2021
Dec
2021
Speedwell inks financing deal with BT for apartments in Bucharest
Property developer Speedwell has signed a new financing agreement with Banca Transilvania and received an €8 million loan for Phase 2 that is currently under construction and the future Phase 3 of the Triama Residence project in Bucharest.
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30
Aug
2021
Aug
2021
Speedwell assisted by Deloitte Legal on loan for Cluj-based offices
Law firm Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal worked with Speedwell on refinancing the loan granted by BRD Groupe Société Générale for the development of the Record Park Offices project located in central Cluj-Napoca.
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12
Aug
2021
Aug
2021
Speedwell delivers first building in Bucharest residential project
Real estate developer Speedwell has completed the first building of Triama Residence project in Bucharest, comprising 66 apartments that were fully sold before the delivery date.
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09
Aug
2021
Aug
2021
Speedwell completes Record Park Offices in Cluj-Napoca
Real estate developer Speedwell says it has refinanced a loan granted by BRD Société Générale after the completion of Cluj-based Record Park Offices.
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20
Jul
2021
Jul
2021
Speedwell wants to cover end-users' needs within a 15-minute radius
Didier Balcaen, CEO of Speedwell talked to Property Forum about the company’s development plans for 2021, the value of mixed-use projects and shared his long-term expectations for the Romanian property market.
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New leases
- Premium office operator Hotspot has expanded its flexible workspace footprint within Bucharest's The Mark building by approximately 700 sqm to meet rising corporate demand. The expansion brings the total area of private office and coworking spaces at the Hotspot Workhub sites to approximately 2,552 sqm.
- Stook Concept has leased a 3,600 sqm module within building C2 at the MLP Bucharest West logistics centre. The facility comprises approximately 3,500 sqm of warehouse space and 100 sqm of offices. The building is in its final construction phase, with handover scheduled for later this quarter. Colliers represented the tenant in the transaction.
- DXC Technology has extended its lease agreement for office space in Warsaw’s Skyliner tower, securing its tenancy until 2032. The global IT services leader will continue to occupy nearly 4,600 sqm of office space distributed across three floors of the Karimpol Group’s flagship development.
New appointments
- BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland has expanded its Industrial and Logistics Agency team with the appointments of Joanna Choromańska, formerly of JLL, and Bartosz Wilczyński, previously with CBRE. The new hires bring a combined 34 years of experience in sector sales, lease negotiations, and build-to-suit project delivery to support the division's ongoing growth.
- Speedwell has expanded its industrial and logistics team with the appointment of Valentin Achim as Leasing and Property Manager for Industrial Developments. Achim brings extensive experience in coordinating commercial and operational activities within the logistics and industrial sectors. In his new role, he will oversee the development and expansion of the company's Spaceplus platform.
- Colliers has appointed Kata Mazsaroff, Tamás Beck, and Miklós Ecsődi as Equity Partners in Hungary, effective 30 April 2026. Mazsaroff, who joined in 2007, rises to Managing Partner after overseeing a 200 per cent revenue increase since her 2022 appointment as Managing Director. Beck, with Colliers since 1994, has led the Industrial & Logistics division since 2005, facilitating transactions covering 1.9 million sqm of built space and 9.8 million sqm of land. Ecsődi, Head of Occupier Services and Office Agency since joining in 2011, has secured over 450,000 sqm in leases valued above €600 million.
