Chariot Group, an investment platform managed by Griffin Real Estate on behalf of an investment consortium, has sold the M1 Marki shopping centre to Redefine Europe – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Redefine Properties Limited, a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The value of the deal remains undisclosed. 

The Capital Park Group has completed the revitalisation of the Norblin Factory. The complex was granted an occupancy permit at the end of August 2021. The multifunctional project has a total area of over 65 thousand square metres. Its office space has already been fully leased. Visitors to the Norblin Factory can enjoy cultural, entertainment and dining concepts including the original KinoGram cinema, the Bio Bazar organic market, and the capital city’s largest food court Food Town.

Focus Estate Fund has finalized the deal on the sale of two of its retail properties in the Czech Republic to investment group DRFG – Centro Ostrava Retail Park (7 699 sqm GLA) in Ostrava and Most Retail Park (6 471 sqm GLA) in Most. The Fund acquired these assets in 2016 and 2017, respectively. As of the date of the transaction, both properties were 100% leased.

Trei Real Estate just borrowed €27.5 million in its first financing arrangement with a Polish bank. The lending bank is “Bank Polska Kasa Opieki Spólka Akcyjna” (“Pekao”). Collateral for the loan was provided in the form of seven Vendo Parks in Poland, all of which were completed during the past twelve months. The loan has a five-year maturity. The debt capital is earmarked for further residential developments and the construction of additional Vendo Parks in Poland.

Immofinanz's results of operations rose by nearly 60% year-on-year to €180.4 million in Q1-Q3 2021 and even substantially exceeded the comparable 2019 pre-crisis level (+29% versus Q1–3 2019). Net profit turned clearly positive at €295.7 million and also surpassed the pre-crisis level in 2019 (Q1–3 2019: €202.6 million).

Focus Estate Fund has signed a loan agreement with BNP Paribas Bank Polska for €13.5 million. The funds will be used to increase the Polish portfolio of FEF, as well as for further improvements at three fund’s properties in Poland. It refers to Eden Retail Park in Zgorzelec (GLA - 9,537 sqm), Galeria Sandomierz in Sandomierz (GLA - 4,383 sqm) and Galeria Awangarda in Bartoszyce (GLA - 6,056 sqm). This is not the first deal with BNP Paribas Bank Polska, the bank has already financed the Fund's assets.

The joint venture by Acteeum Group and Equilis Europe is the largest retail park opened this year in Poland. The inaugural ceremony of the 24,000 sqm development was held on November 25th.

Romanian developer Iulius says that retail operator Auchan will have anchor supermarkets in the Family Markets projects developed near Iași.

The pandemic has already shaped shopping habits and will continue to do so, mainly because of the strong impact it has had and is having at a psychological level, shifting personal priorities. Sebastian Mahu, Head of Asset Management, IULIUS Company talked to Property Forum about the trends driving Romania’s retail market and shared the developer’s plans for the future.

The LCP Group has just finalised the purchase of another 3 Polish retail parks in Bytom, Góra Kalwaria and Plewiska near Poznań.