ARTICLES LABELLED WITH TAG diy
17
Jul
2025
Jul
2025
Pavăl Holding takes over Praktiker Hellas in international push
Pavăl Holding, the investment vehicle of the Pavăl family and Romania's largest local entrepreneurial group, announced its strategic acquisition of Praktiker Hellas, Greece's leading DIY retail chain owned by Farifax Financial Holdings, for an undisclosed sum.
Read more >
04
Apr
2022
Apr
2022
DIY sale in Baltics closes at record yield
KS Holding, a Kesko Group company, has completed the sale of Kesko-Senukai stores in Vilnius and Daugavpils to the Finnish Special Mutual Fund Titanium Baltic Real Estate. Together with the sale of Riga’s Ozols Centrs, acquired by Titanium in November, KS Holding has brought retail assets valued at €60 million to the market. Returns to shareholders in the recent transactions for the money invested exceed 20% per annum.
Read more >
11
Jan
2022
Jan
2022
W.P. Carey buys portfolio of seven OBI stores in Poland
Net lease real estate investment trust W.P. Carey has added seven DIY retail stores in Poland to its portfolio. The NYSE-listed company has bought the newly built assets totalling 70,000 sqm from private real estate firm Supernova Group for an undisclosed sum. The stores are triple-net leased to OBI for a term of 15 years with Eurozone CPI-based rent increases.
Read more >
09
Apr
2021
Apr
2021
Pavăl Holding to open new HQ in Bucharest
Pavăl Holding, the group controlled by the founders of DIY chain Dedeman, will have a new HQ in Bucharest. The holding is revamping Vila Hlebnikian that will serve as its main office. Construction works on the 2,800 sqm building will be completed by 2023, according to Profit.ro.
Read more >
14
Apr
2020
Apr
2020
Jysk to build €200 million logistics base in Hungary
Furniture retailer Jysk will begin building a new distribution centre in Ecser, Hungary in April. When in operation, the €200 million distribution centre will employ around 300 people and further strengthen the company’s logistics setup in Europe, the company announced.
Read more >
27
Sep
2018
Sep
2018
Metro Properties sells Poznań building for €20 million
Metro Properties, the real estate subsidiary of Metro AG, has sold a property in Poznań with a retail building under a long-term lease to Castorama to French investor Corum Asset Management. The purchase price amounted to €20.3 million.
Read more >
06
Dec
2017
Dec
2017
British group acquires Praktiker Romania
British group Kingfisher PLC, a European DIY chain present in Romania through the Brico Depot brand, acquired Praktiker Romania, which currently operates 26 units and is one of the largest DIY retailers in the country. PeliFilip assisted Kingfisher PLC.
Read more >
Latest news
- Romania’s housing completions dip 3.1% in 2025
- AFI Arad achieves LEED Gold for all four retail buildings
- One United Properties enters US market with Nashville land buy
- Bids for Polish commercial assets already higher in 2026 than in 2025
- Echo Investment sells Brain Park A offices in Kraków
- CTP invests over €4 million in IQ Ostrava renovation
- Nhood completes sale of eight Polish shopping centres to Adventum Group
- Panattoni inks 12,500 sqm lease deal with Fabryka Kart Trefl-Kraków
- Falling rates draw investors to CEE. They must hurry as prime city centre sites run out
- Prologis targets 178,000 sqm of new Czech developments in 2026
New leases
- HS Hydro & Spa has leased space at Logicor Bucharest III Pallady, in a deal brokered by iO Partners.
- Piața 9 will open its first Bakery P9 location in Bucharest, on a 200 sqm area located on the ground floor of Victoria Center office building. The deal was brokered by Colliers.
- A new KIKO MILANO store has opened at the Nový Smíchov shopping centre in Prague, as part of a lease transaction brokered by Cushman & Wakefield.
New appointments
- Romanian office developer Genesis Property has appointed Cătălin Niculiță as Leasing Manager. With nearly 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, he has held leadership roles at real estate companies such as Atenor, collaborating with major office tenants in the banking, telecom, and IT sectors.
- Krzysztof Wróblewski (MRICS) has been named Head of Portfolio Management CEE at Peakside Capital Advisors, responsible for overseeing investments and managing the real estate portfolio. He succeeds Christopher Smith in this role.
- Garbe Industrial is reorganising its senior leadership team. CEO Christopher Garbe will now focus on strategic orientation and international activities. Jan Philipp Daun assumes leadership of the Development division alongside his existing Investment and Joint Venture responsibilities. Andrea Agrusow expands her remit to include Portfolio Management while retaining control of Commercial and Real Estate Management. Additionally, Michael Marcinek and Maik Zeranski will now jointly head the restructured Development unit as Management Board Members, succeeding Adrian Zellner.
