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Experts from Colliers International have analysed how the group of over half million Warsaw’s employees, who spend half of their day at work, deals with food. The report ‘Eating in office buildings’ provides the analysis of eating habits in Warsaw office buildings and presents trends for today and tomorrow. 

As global travel is becoming more affordable and accessible, hotel accommodation must also change. Hotels and hostels are no longer what they were ten or even five years ago and are adapting to coworking and coliving trends worldwide – they are more lifestyle-oriented, says Bolesław Kołodziejczyk, PhD, Head of Research and Advisory, Cresa Poland.

New hotels are rapidly being built across Warsaw. Twelve new hotels have been opened across the city in the last eighteen months - more than in Berlin. Warsaw is frequented by more and more visitors and it is steadily becoming one of the most important hotel markets in CEE. Does it, however, have the chance to develop as much as the hotel markets in Prague or Budapest?

Neptune, a joint venture between Neinver and Nuveen Real Estate, has acquired Silesia Outlet in Gliwice, Poland, from 6B47 Real Estate Investors for €31.5 million. The new acquisition becomes Neptune’s sixth asset in Poland and the 15th in Europe, including one project under development.

EPP has successfully completed the purchase of four M1 shopping centres, closing tranche 2 of its multi-year M1 transaction. The JSE-listed company is already the largest owner of retail real estate in Poland by GLA and this deal with adding an additional 141,000 sqm of GLA to its portfolio. Tranche 2 consisted of M1 shopping centres in Bytom, Czestochowa, Radom and Poznan. The deal is valued at EUR 224 million.  

Cushman & Wakefield was appointed property manager of Horizon Plaza in Warsaw. In addition, Cushman & Wakefield delivers project commercialization services for the owner of the building. The owner of Horizon Plaza is a real estate fund managed by Union Investment.

Henderson Park, a pan-European private equity real estate platform, has completed the acquisition of a 70% interest in a portfolio of 11 newly built office buildings located in tier one cities in Poland from EPP.  EPP will retain a 30% stake in the portfolio and continue to manage the assets, in partnership with Henderson Park’s experienced asset management team.

Panattoni Europe is building 90,000 sqm of space across three parks the outskirts of Poznań – in Jaryszki (Panattoni Park Poznań VII), Komorniki (Panattoni Park Poznań IV), and Swadzim (Panattoni Park Poznań IX), with 200,000 sqm more planned. The developer is also investing in Cuiavia-Pomerania. Construction works at Panattoni Park Toruń II with more than 62,500 sqm are about to start in the coming July. The distribution centre will be put into operation as soon as Q1 2020.

M7 Real Estate has appointed Savills as the property manager for its recent office acquisitions, Green Park, Mazovia Plaza and Delta 44, thereby extending its cooperation with the advisor.

Cromwell European REIT has announced that it is to acquire six office properties in France and Poland. CEREIT is to pay €246.9 million for all six properties.