ARTICLES LABELLED WITH TAG residential

Czech developer and investor Crestyl has strengthened its position in the Central European residential property market. This week it completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in one of Poland's largest residential developers Spravia (formerly Budimex Nieruchomości) from Cornerstone Partners, giving it full control of the company. Both partners initially bought the Polish developer in 2021 for PLN 1.51 billion (approximately CZK 8.5 billion) in one of the largest real estate deals in CEE. The price of the current transaction has not been disclosed. This acquisition will enable the integration of Spravia into the Crestyl Group, while further strengthening Crestyl’s balance sheet from the current €850 million to €1.3 billion, with the intention to grow further in both markets.

Romanian developer Akcent Development has started the construction of the Akcent City project, consisting of 723 apartments, in northern Bucharest. The company is investing around €90 million in the project expected for delivery in H2 2025.

A new premium-quality privately-owned student residence has been launched as part of the Student Depot chain. Offering a total of 540 rooms and located at the junction of Modzelewskiego Street and Wilanowska Avenue in Warsaw, the facility was constructed on a turnkey basis by Kajima Poland. 

Trei Real Estate GmbH has obtained the building permit for its first rental housing development in Poland. Named UP2U and consisting of three buildings, the development will create a total of 460 one- to three-room apartments with a combined floor area of around 20,000 sqm in the immediate vicinity of the town centre of Poznań. 

UBM Development Czechia has sold an apartment building in the Timber Praha residential project to the real estate investment fund Future X1. Building M in the Timber Praha project, which represents the first multi-storey apartment building made of wood in the capital city, comprises 15 apartments with layouts from 1 + kk to 4 + kk and sizes ranging from 39 sqm to 110 sqm. The price of the transaction was not disclosed. 

Bratislava's residential new building market continued in stagnation during the period of Q3 2023. Sales remained at the same low level as in the previous two quarters, meaning fewer than 200 apartments were sold. The supply of new apartments increased only slightly, with a similarly slow rise in price to €5,100/sqm incl. VAT. The price increase is due to the arrival of new apartments in the higher housing segment while the average price of existing projects remains unchanged, reported analysts from Bencont Investments.

The first residents will move into Creditas Real Estate's Nové Boroviny residence near Kladno (30 km north of Prague) in early 2024. In the first stage of the project, there are 161 flats with layouts from 1+kk to 4+kk, some of the flats have already been sold. 

Developer UDI Group will launch a residential development in Prague directly opposite the Lužiny metro station. With an investment of more than CZK 1.3 billion (€52.6 million), two apartment buildings will be built here to complement the shopping centre, in line with the original plan from the 1980s. 

The Garden Lofts boutique project in Prague 5 with luxury apartments has been approved. New owners will be able to move in during the autumn. The lofts also include access to a private multi-purpose garden with greenery, seating, workout area and a garden pool. The exclusive sale is being handled by Luxent - Exclusive Properties. 

Austrian developers and construction companies show a good example of how to realise truly sustainable buildings. Green residential projects are not a goal, but practice in Austria, says Rudolf Riedl, Managing Director of SÜBA Hungary who also shared his opinion on the shortcomings of the Hungarian real estate market.