CTP, the industrial and logistics developer, has acquired seven buildings covering 153,000 sqm from Olympian Parks Group for an undisclosed sum. The assets are located in Brașov, Timișoara, and the south of Bucharest, which are some of the cities with the biggest stock of warehouses.   

VGP enters the Budapest market by purchasing a 38 ha development site at the strategic location of Üllő, adjacent to Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport. The development potential of VGP Park Budapest Aerozone is approx. 125,000 sqm.

Commercial real estate investments in Romania amounted to €570 million in the first nine months, down 29% compared to the same period of 2020, according to JLL Romania. The Bucharest market attracted 70% of the total investment volume, mainly in the office segment. 

Online food sales have been growing at a rapid pace in recent years in the Czech Republic, the revenue in this segment has grown by 106% on average per year during the past three years. Growth rates were strong elsewhere in Europe as well, averaging 37.3%. Cushman & Wakefield has analysed data from 24 European countries.

Walter Herz company has been selected as the exclusive agent responsible for commercialization of warehouse, production and office space in OKAM’s investment located on the site of the former car factory at Jagiellońska Street in Warsaw.

Savills Investment Management has acquired the A2 Warsaw Park logistics centre in Adamów, near Grodzisk Mazowiecki for €112.5 million. The property was purchased from Invesco Real Estate, a global real estate investment manager, on behalf of Savills IM European Logistics Fund 3 (ELF3), which already owns 11 investments across Europe. This is the fund’s largest transaction in Europe and one of Savills IM’s largest investments in the Polish commercial real property market. 

The European logistics markets are currently unstoppable and are reaching record levels. Supported by the flourishing online trade and a surge in demand due to last-mile requirements, the growth prospects continue to be very positive, both from an investment and user perspective, according to Catella’s Logistics Market Map Europe 2021.

Poland is leading the industrial market in terms of yearly deliveries and e-commerce is creating strong demand across Central and Eastern Europe, pointed out speakers during the logistics panel of CEE Property Forum 2021, Property Forum’s first real-life event back in Vienna since 2019 which was attended by over 400 people coming from countries all over the region and beyond.

Real estate consultancy CBRE has named Joanna Sinkiewicz as Head of Industrial and Logistics for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). 

Felix Stroe is the new Operational Country Manager of VGP Romania starting October 1st. He is an experienced civil engineer with extensive experience in construction management.