Global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has summarized Q3 2020 on the Polish industrial market.

Immofinanz has sold another 3 ha plot of the former IUS industrial platform in Brașov, to an undisclosed real estate developer. The price is estimated at around €7 million, according to economica.net.

CTP has successfully issued its second green bond for €400 million, following the company’s inaugural €650 million issue in October. The proceeds from both bond sales will be used to finance a portfolio of eligible green assets. CTP maintains a strong commitment to sustainability and targets carbon-neutral operations by end-2021.

Rockwell Automation, a global manufacturer and supplier of industrial automation and IT solutions, has extended its lease of warehouse and office space in Katowice. In the process of negotiating the new contract terms, the company was represented by CBRE, while the owner of the building - Aviva Investors - was advised by experts from JLL.

European Logistics Investment BV (ELI) has acquired two warehouse facilities located in Wrocław. ELI, together with its partner Panattoni, plans to further develop the site in order to deliver City Logistics Wrocław North totalling 45,000 sqm of logistics space.

Businessman Dan Șucu has sold the logistics centre of furniture and decoration retailer Mobexpert, located near Bucharest, to developer CTP in a "sale-and-leaseback" transaction valued at about €14 million, profit.ro reports. Mobexpert will remain the long-term tenant of the building.

The Dutch investors that own the Eurocooling logistics centre in eastern Bucharest have applied for approval of a zoning plan for the development of a residential project, economica.net reports. The owners plan to build a residential complex with approximately 1,200 apartments.

Panattoni has begun the construction of a new 31,000 sqm industrial park on the site of the former Kavalier glassworks in Hostomice near Teplice in Central Bohemia.

Palmira Capital Partners, one of the leading sector specialists in European logistics and industrial properties, has launched the Palmira European Core Logistics Fund.

This year is likely to be the best for the Polish warehouse and industrial market, predicts Savills, with leasing activity already setting an all-time high in Q1-Q3 2020. Occupier take-up predominantly came from food retailers operating without any disruption despite restrictions imposed on other retail sectors and from e-commerce, including logistics operators serving e-retailers.