In a market environment marked by pricing inelasticity and shifting investor sentiment, Gránit Asset Management has made a significant move with the acquisition of Equilibrium 1, a landmark office building in Bucharest. Property Forum talked to Erik Wafler MRICS, Senior Investment Manager at Gránit Asset Management, to gain deeper insight into the strategic thinking behind this transaction, the challenges of sourcing institutional-grade assets in CEE, and the company’s broader ambitions in the region

Skanska’s Warsaw office development – P180 – has been sold to Investika Real Estate Fund and its joint-venture partner, BUD Holdings. The P180 office building, located next to the Wilanowska metro station, offers 32,000 sqm of high-standard office space.

The services, green spaces, and recreational areas in the Bucharest-based Equilibrium 1 office project are valued by more than 90% of employees working in the building developed by Skanska in northern Bucharest, according to a company survey.

Skanska has sold the Nowy Rynek E office building constructed in the Wilda district of Poznań, Poland. The buyer is Eastnine AB, a Swedish real estate company focused on office premises in prime locations at selected markets in the Baltics and Poland. This is the second transaction between these two parties in Central and Eastern Europe. 

Skanska has sold the Studio B office building in Warsaw for €86 million to Stena Real Estate AB, an international property company that is a part of the privately owned Swedish Stena Group.

Swedish property developer Skanska has developed an offer to tenants consisting of services to support them in creating sustainable workplaces and non-financial reporting.

The second stage of Skanska's project Modřanský cukrovar (Modřanský sugar factory) in Prague is offering 126 apartments in four sections. Currently, 35% of the apartments in the second stage have been sold, reports Newstream.cz.  

Studio A - Skanska’s latest investment in Warsaw - will contribute 26,600 sqm of office space to the local office market. The building is scheduled to be commissioned in 2025.

Arkadiusz Rudzki, Executive Vice President, Leasing & Sales for Skanska’s commercial development business unit in CEE, talked to Property Forum about the duration of the supply gap in the Warsaw office market, the current interests of investment funds and Skanska’s Scandinavian approach to implementing the ESG principles.

Skanska has divested the first phase of its office complex H2Offices in Budapest, Hungary, to Erste Open-Ended Real Estate Investment Fund, represented by Erste Alapkezelő Zrt., for approximately €100 million. The transfer of the property is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2023.