ARTICLES LABELLED WITH TAG k2-design-lab
05
Nov
2025
Nov
2025
Small towns and rural communities: The next growth market for strip malls
Florentin Avădanei, Founder & Co-CEO at Goldbach Group, talked to Property Forum about the company's strategy of focusing on small urban and rural areas, their consolidation in 2024, and the future of physical retail in Romania.
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18
Jul
2025
Jul
2025
How is Goldbach Group banking on retail growth in smaller cities
Elena Oancea, Co-CEO of Goldbach Group, talked to Property Forum about the group’s ongoing developments in the retail parks niche, the focus on sustainability in its construction and interior design divisions and its pipeline of photovoltaic projects in Romania.
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Latest news
- Echo Investment sells Brain Park A offices in Kraków
- CTP invests over €4 million in IQ Ostrava renovation
- Nhood completes sale of eight Polish shopping centres to Adventum Group
- Panattoni inks 12,500 sqm lease deal with Fabryka Kart Trefl-Kraków
- Falling rates draw investors to CEE. They must hurry as prime city centre sites run out
- Prologis targets 178,000 sqm of new Czech developments in 2026
- Gránit AM completes first phase of Alkotás Point renovation
- Romania's green building certifications top 4.6 million sqm in 2025
- CEE property investment climbs 24% above 5-year average in 2025
- German group Ireks buys land near Bucharest for HQ
New leases
- A new KIKO MILANO store has opened at the Nový Smíchov shopping centre in Prague, as part of a lease transaction brokered by Cushman & Wakefield.
- Kenneth Cole New York has launched its European debut with a 200 sqm store in Prague’s Westfield Chodov shopping centre.
- Galeria Askana in Gorzów Wielkopolski has significantly bolstered its retail mix by signing a lease agreement with HalfPrice for a unit exceeding 2,000 sqm. The off-price retailer, part of Grupa Modivo, is scheduled to open its doors at the end of August 2026. The project features a large-format layout with the potential to expand the footprint to nearly 2,700 sqm.
New appointments
- Romanian office developer Genesis Property has appointed Cătălin Niculiță as Leasing Manager. With nearly 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, he has held leadership roles at real estate companies such as Atenor, collaborating with major office tenants in the banking, telecom, and IT sectors.
- Krzysztof Wróblewski (MRICS) has been named Head of Portfolio Management CEE at Peakside Capital Advisors, responsible for overseeing investments and managing the real estate portfolio. He succeeds Christopher Smith in this role.
- Garbe Industrial is reorganising its senior leadership team. CEO Christopher Garbe will now focus on strategic orientation and international activities. Jan Philipp Daun assumes leadership of the Development division alongside his existing Investment and Joint Venture responsibilities. Andrea Agrusow expands her remit to include Portfolio Management while retaining control of Commercial and Real Estate Management. Additionally, Michael Marcinek and Maik Zeranski will now jointly head the restructured Development unit as Management Board Members, succeeding Adrian Zellner.
