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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Latest news
- Upvest enters Slovakia with €7.5 million resi project
- Large tenents stick to existing office space in Romania
- Polish office regional markets edge close to 7 million sqm
- Faedra Group secures financing for Budapest retail project
- Bucharest remains top-performing city for short-term rental
- Bratislava resi market sees lower sales in early 2026
- Ekopark expands to three new Polish cities
- Alesonor and Strabag begin second phase of resi project near Bucharest
- City logistics and data centres emerge as strongest value drivers in Slovakia
- Speedwell starts €135 million villa project near Bucharest
New leases
- XXS GYM has signed a lease for over 850 sqm of space in the modern O3 Business Campus office complex, located on Opolska Street in the northern part of Cracow.
- Alior Bank has extended its lease at Ocean Office Park B in Kraków to accommodate its Private Banking Department. The deal, supported by brokerage firm CBRE, marks the final stage of a two-year consolidation of the bank's Kraków operations. Following the expansion, the bank occupies approximately 7,000 sqm within the Cavatina Group-owned complex.
- TriGranit has finalized a lease extension with Mondelez Europe Services to remain in the Signum Work Station building through 2032. Facilitated by broker CBRE, the agreement secures nearly 4,000 sqm of office surface for the global snacks group member within Warsaw’s Mokotów district.
New appointments
- Katarzyna Myjak has joined Axi Immo as Senior Business Advisory Manager, tasked with strengthening the company’s Industrial & Logistics business line.
- Czech investment group SCF has expanded its team by appointing Jan Simandl as Senior Leasing Team Leader. In this role, Simandl will oversee leasing activities across the company’s commercial property portfolio. He previously worked for CPI Property Group and CBRE.
- Michał Kochanowski-Laren has joined Avison Young Poland’s Technical Advisory and Project Management team as Project Manager. In his new role, he is responsible for delivering a variety of consultancy projects across all segments of the commercial real estate market in Poland. Kochanowski-Laren is an electrical engineer and a graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology.
