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The pandemic has not changed the strategy of RSJ Investments. The company’s core focus in the real estate segment remains predominantly on investments in residential and logistics/industrial development projects. Nevertheless, the pandemic indeed makes certain asset classes, such as retail, riskier, admits Marcel Kolesár MRICS, Transaction Manager at the real estate division of RSJ Investments, in an interview to Property Forum.

Hagag Development Europe has acquired a new office building located near Bucharest's central area with a built surface of 6,000 sqm. 

Property group Immofinanz has presented its new residential brand On Top Living during MIPIM, the biggest real estate fair held in Cannes. The company plans to develop up to 12,000 smart and sustainable apartments at affordable prices in the medium term. 

Local developer Lucron has sold an entire residential building to an institutional investor for the first time. Part of the Arboria Apartments project implemented in Trnava, Slovakia, the building with 51 apartments was purchased by Kooperativa poistovňa, a.s. Vienna Insurance Group, which plans to lease it on a long-term basis.

JRD Development, a member of the JRD Group, has completed the construction of the energy-efficient Rezidence Michelangelova project in Prague 10. The architecturally distinctive building with 29 apartments is complemented by two commercial spaces and a small park with a playground and gazebo. The project, in which the developer tested a new type of air duct to increase acoustic comfort, is completely sold out, JRD Development announced.

Hines and Kajima have announced the conclusion of an agreement to pursue development projects in Poland in the private rental housing sector (PRS).

Driven by large-scale mergers and acquisitions, European multifamily investment volumes in the 12 countries analysed reached approximately €92.3 billion in 2021, a 79% increase y-o-y and a 120% increase on the past five-year average, according to Savills. In Poland, multifamily investment activity hit an all-time high of close to €725 million in 2021.

Realized prices of flats in Slovakia rose by more than 10 % in Q4 2021. Prices of sales recorded in the cadastre of the real estate continued to grow dynamically at the end of 2021, dwellings were sold more expensive by more than 10 % year-on-year, and prices rose by 3.6 % compared to the summer months, the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic announced.

On 15-18 March, the team of CEE-based proptech company Maxify will showcase their innovative product at international real estate fair MIPIM for the first time.

At the turn of the year, property development and investment company Crestyl bought a residential housing project in Prague Radlice, in the vicinity of Radlická Street, from developer Red Group. The project in Prague 5, which has already been granted planning permission, will include over 150 apartments. The price of the transaction was not disclosed and the investment was made without the involvement of bank financing, Crestyl said.