Catalyst Capital, the European real asset investment and asset management firm, has been appointed by Norma Capital, a French portfolio management company, as investment adviser and asset manager for a new fund targeting small-lot-size properties in the UK, Germany and Poland.

The Greenman Group, parent company of the grocery real estate investment fund manager Greenman Investments, announces its expansion into Poland with the acquisition of Newbridge Poland Sp. Zo.o., an asset manager and developer.

The total value of properties divested in 2022 by 7R totalled more than €430 million. This is historically a record year for the developer.

Arete Group has signed a loan agreement for more than €100 million with the consortium of Czech and Slovak banks – one of the largest banking groups in the Czech Republic and Slovakia - Česká spořitelna and Slovenská sporiteĺňa.  

Real estate investment volumes in CEE reached almost €10.7 billion during 2022, up 6.6% compared to the previous year, with Poland accounting for 54% of all transactions, trailed by the Czech Republic and Romania with shares of 14% and 12%, respectively, according to a report by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. 

Develia S.A. signed a PSPA (preliminary sale agreement) with an entity from Adventum Group for Wola Retro, a prime office building located in Warsaw. The price agreed is ca. €69.8 million. Closing is expected by the end of April 2023.

Saying goodbye to 2022 means welcoming a year of uncertainty for the fourth time in a row. Two pandemic years, war in Ukraine, historically high inflation and the upcoming spectre of recession have forced the Polish investment market to cope with tough times, says Avison Young Poland

The Polish Ministry of Development and Technology has drafted a bill to limit purchases of large numbers of flats. The new legislation is to target both individual investors and funds investing in the institutional rental segment (PRS).

Trei Real Estate, an international developer and asset manager for residential and retail real estate, has raised €40 million in debt funding from Berlin Hyp mortgage bank. The funds will be disbursed in two tranches: The first tranche in the amount of €27.8 million was paid out in December 2022, with the second tranche in the amount of €12.2 million to follow by December 2023. The loan has a five-year maturity and was collateralized with eight retail parks of the company’s Vendo Park brand in Poland. The properties were completed during the past twelve months or else will be completed in the course of 2023. The debt capital is earmarked for the construction of additional Vendo Parks in Poland as well as for further residential developments in Germany and Poland.

FLE SICAV FIS, managed by FLE GmbH, has acquired from DWS its fifth office property in Poland – the Kopernik Office Buildings in Warsaw. Knight Frank advised the buyer and Colliers represented the seller. The price remains confidential.