Panattoni will construct a robotic fulfilment centre for Amazon on a brownfield site, formerly used for a sugar factory settling tanks, near Kojetín in the Přerov region. It will be the first fully-fledged multi-storey logistics building with state-of-the-art technological equipment in the Czech Republic. The zone was developed by the Accolade Group, which is also the investor and owner of the industrial park.

Property developer Zacaria says it will start residential investments in three Romanian cities after it partially sold its local industrial portfolio to CTP.

Martes Sport, a chain of large-format sports stores which was founded in Bielsko-Biała, is expanding its warehouse facilities with a lease agreement for space in Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland. Due to development of its operations, especially in e-commerce, the company will occupy more than 21,000 sqm of warehouse space, as well as an office of approximately 1,000 sqm in 7R BTS Beskid III. The company’s new location will be operational in the second half of 2022.

CTP says it has taken over around 112,000 sqm of industrial space from Zacaria Industrial, representing parks in four cities, for an undisclosed sum. Following the acquisition, CTP has started operations in Craiova and expanded its presence in Sibiu, Arad and Oradea and its local portfolio has edged close to 2 million sqm.

MLP Group, a developer operating on the warehouse property market in Poland, Germany, Austria and Romania, has added a further 10 ha to the land bank of its MLP Poznań West project. The target project area has thus increased to about 150,000 sqm, making it one of the region’s largest logistic sites.

MDC², a warehouse and industrial developer operating on the Polish market, has secured a new development which will accommodate a distribution centre located in Central Poland near Łódź. MDC2 Park Łódź South is strategically located in Głuchów, south of Łódź, at the junction of A1 motorway and the National Roads no. 91 and 12. MDC2 Park Łódź South will add 65,000 sqm of modern/environmentally sustainable logistics space which completion is planned for Q3 2022.

Frontier Park Wrocław is a warehouse park, ultimately covering approx. 9,300 sqm of flexible warehouse and production space with adjacent office parts. Twelve Small Business Units with an area of 300 sqm are currently under construction on a 2-hectare plot in Bielany Wrocławskie.

Romanian developer Element Industrial will invest over €25 million in the development of ELI Park Brăila, a new logistics park that will have a gross leasable area of 50,000 sqm. 

The industrial and logistics market in Romania continues to grow in terms of leasing activity and supply of new projects, with some 800,000 sqm in new stock under development at present.  

Panattoni has completed a factory in Kalisz for Leviat – a global specialist in innovative solutions for the construction sector. The 40,000-square-metre investment replaces the company’s existing plant in the central Poland city. As a result, it will increase its production capacity and will be able expand its activities.