Income-producing properties are becoming an increasingly appreciated option for Romanian or foreign private investors who have previously been mainly active in the residential sector, according to real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. 

The volume of investment in Romania’s commercial property sector reached €330 million in Q3 2022 and €667 million in the first nine months, while in the first three quarters of 2021 the investment market stood at around €550 million, according to Colliers. 

7R has completed the sale of 7R Park Goleniów II to Macquarie Asset Management. The BTS (build-to-suit) format warehouse in Goleniów, near Szczecin, comprises of 62,500 sqm of logistics space and 3,100 sqm of office space. The facility is fully leased to FIEGE, a German mail-order retailer and global e-commerce giant. The price has not been disclosed. This is the second deal between Macquarie Asset Management and 7R closed within the last few months. In August 2022, the investor also acquired the 7R City Flex Warsaw Airport I facility.

The economical environment for PRS investments in Poland has never been so favourable. However, foreign investors cannot spread their wings because of the general uncertainty, planning difficulties and high debt costs – these are just some of the topics that were covered in a panel discussion with international investors during Living Investment Forum 2022, organised by Property Forum yesterday in Warsaw.

White Star Real Estate has sold the 17,000 sqm Krisztina Plaza office building in Central Buda. The name of the buyer was not disclosed.

The volume of investment transactions recorded in the hotel sector on European markets in the first half of 2022, reached a similar level to last year's. The UK remains the most active market, followed by France, Italy, Spain and Germany, says Walter Herz.

Czech real estate funds are attracted to invest abroad, and not only in Poland. ZDR Investments is now heading to Austria to acquire a retail park in Voitsberg, Austria, for the second time. It is now investing €12.3 million. In total, the group has already invested six times in Austria, writes E15.cz.

Łużycka Office Park (buildings A, B, C and D) and Łużycka Plus, all located in Gdynia, have a new owner - a joint venture of Czech open-ended real estate fund Investika and Luxembourg-based private equity investor Bud Holdings. The price has not been disclosed. 

Lithuania was found to have the best record, Hungary came second and Iceland third. Altogether 34 countries were ranked by the Australian home loan comparison site, Compare the Market.

According to a survey conducted by Savills involving real estate investors with total EME assets under management exceeding €500 billion, European multifamily, big box logistics, urban logistics, CBD offices and student housing are the top five sectors that investors are looking to invest in over the next 12 months.