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Similarly to 2017, the Airbnb activity in Budapest showed strong growth (25% y-o-y) in overnight stay in 2018 as well, exceeding 1.8 million. This figure reached 70% increase by the end of last year since 2016, says the latest Budapest city report on Airbnb released by Colliers International and Hotelschool The Hague.

ExxonMobil’s Global Business Services Center has signed a lease, agreeing to occupy GTC’s entire Pillar office building, which is currently under construction and due for delivery early Q1 2022. This is the largest deal in an office building that is already under construction in the history of Hungarian office transactions. CBRE represented ExxonMobil in this record-breaking transaction.

The vacancy rate on the Budapest industrial market reached 2% at the end of Q3 2019. Total demand amounted to 154,825 sqm, indicating a 42% increase from the figure noted in the same period last year. The Budapest Research Forum published its quarterly industrial market analysis.

Total demand on the Budapest office market in Q3 2019 reached 191,235 sqm, representing a 41% growth compared to the same period of last year, according to BRF’s latest figures.

Aldi will lease 10,000 sqm at CTPark Budapest West in Biatorbágy, the developer announced on Linkedin. The new tenant will move in before the end of the year.

Hungarian investor and developer Wing has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire majority interest (c.a. 56% of shares) in Echo Investment, a Polish developer listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Echo Investment has almost 90 projects in the pipeline, with the total estimated usable area of c.a. 1.3 million sqm.

ibis Styles Budapest Genius in the 11th district of Budapest will welcome first guests in the fall of 2020. According to the recently signed agreement, Accor Pannonia Hotels Zrt. will manage the hotel.

Futureal Group has started the development of the final office complex on Corvin Promenade in Budapest, Hungary. Corvin7 developed in two phases will offer nearly 30,000 sqm of gross leasable area (GLA) in the immediate vicinity of Corvin Offices.

Atenor has opened a new showroom in Aréna Business Campus Building A that is under construction in Budapest. The building will be handed over in Q2 2020. At the same time, construction of Building B has already been started.

M7 Real Estate has completed the sale of a portfolio of five logistics parks across Hungary, on behalf of M7 Central European Real Estate Fund I (CEREF I).