Michał Melaniuk, Head of Residential Development Poland at Cordia and President of the Board at Polnord SA shared with Property Forum his insights on the current situation in the residential markets of Poland and Hungary.

In 2021, the excess demand in the Austrian apartment building market will continue to lead to solid increases in the values of residential and commercial buildings. However, according to Arnold Investments, prices in very good and good locations have currently stabilised at a high level. Entry-level prices for local properties within the “Gürtel” (beltway) are currently starting at €4,000 to €5,000 per square metre.

According to Savills, European multifamily is now firmly established as Europe’s second-biggest real estate sector. At €24.1 billion it captured 23% of the investment activity in H1 2021 across the 12 countries that the international real estate advisor monitors. This compares to a five-year average of 16%. Office investment was the highest, accounting for 28% of the total, at €29.3 billion.

Local developer One United Properties has acquired a historic building near the Romanian Athenaeum in central Bucharest. 

The White Stone Capital Group has purchased the second part of the land in Bielany in the vicinity of Huta Warszawa, at the Młociny metro station. In total, the developer owns a plot of land with an area of ​​200,000 sqm in its portfolio. Work is underway on the concept of creating a multi-stage multi-functional investment with a rich green area preserved.

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.

Property developer Novum Business Invest has kicked off the development of a new residential compound in Bucharest with an estimated investment value of more than €90 million. 

Hungary-based developer Cordia completed the 54.5-metre-high Horyzont Praga in Warsaw, which is the highest-ever residential building of the company. Hungary's leading residential property developer plans to develop 3,500 homes in Poland, in addition to the nearly 900 homes currently under construction.

Hagag Development Europe says it has received the completion certificate for its residential project H Victoriei 139 in central Bucharest. 

Property developer Zacaria says it will start residential investments in three Romanian cities after it partially sold its local industrial portfolio to CTP.