The size of companies shapes the way in which they plan to resume work in office buildings, commented key speakers during the post-COVID-19 workplace strategies panel of CEE Property Forum 2021, Property Forum's first real-life event back in Vienna since 2019 which was attended by over 400 people coming from countries all over the region and beyond.

Hungarian developer Futureal and MKB Bank have signed a loan agreement for nearly €50 million (approx. HUF 17 billion) to finance the third phase of its Budapest ONE office park project. The final phase of the office complex will be completed in the second half of 2022.

Cavatina Holding, the largest Polish office developer, established a bond issue program worth up to PLN 200 million and submitted a prospectus to the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (UKNF), which, if approved, will form the basis of the issue. Michael/Ström Dom Maklerski has been engaged to organize the issue.

Echo Investment summarizes the first half of 2021, taking into account the results of the Archicom S.A. group for the first time. The first six months of 2021 brought the Group over PLN 47 million in net profit, which was mainly the result of handing over to customers 398 apartments built by Echo Investment, as well as 202 apartments of Archicom and an increase in the value of office buildings – in particular Malthouse Offices in Warsaw Breweries and Brain Park I in Cracow. Important item that influenced the results for the first half of the year and the second quarter was the profit on purchase price allocation of Archicom S.A. shares.

CPI Property Group signed framework agreements with advisory company JLL for comprehensive project management services in 13 office buildings in Warsaw. The total GLA that the cooperation encompasses is approximately 320,000 sqm. The JLL Project & Development Services team will be responsible for the implementation.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect our professional and private lives to an unprecedented degree, changing many aspects of the way businesses and public sector services operate. In its latest report "Defining the New. New work models and approaches in the BSS sector" Colliers presents the results of a survey conducted among 76 members of the Association of Business Service Leaders (ABSL) – executives from the BSS sector.

The construction of the Punkt (Point) office building has begun in Wrzeszcz district of Gdańsk. This is a new and - after Officyna - another investment conducted by Torus in this part of the city. The building will offer nearly 13,000 square metres of leasable area

Czech investment group RSBC is acquiring an office building in Prague's Michle district from CPI Property Group. The building, located next to the BB Centrum complex, houses the headquarters of energy company ČEZ, business daily Hospodářské noviny reports.

The BSS sector is driving growth in Polish cities and dominates the regional office landscape. Companies from this sector account for more than half of leased space outside of Warsaw. The first half of 2021 saw companies from the modern business services sector (BSS) lease nearly 210,000 sqm of office space in Poland. This is more than 40% of the total demand registered in the country’s major markets. Excluding Warsaw, BSS companies accounted for as much as 60% of office demand

A restaurant or a canteen, cycling facilities, a cash dispenser and a grocery store are the must-have amenities of an office building, reveals a survey conducted among the occupiers of office buildings under the management of Cushman & Wakefield.