REICO ČS LONG LEASE, managed by REICO IS ČS is acquiring the APS consumer battery manufacturing site located in Gniezno, Poland. The value of the fund's new acquisition amounts to approximately CZK 511 million (€20.4 million). The fund has already added this third property to its portfolio since its inception in May last year.

Sorin Preda, CEO, Global Vision, spoke to Property Forum about the industrial projects they are currently developing nationwide and the potential of the Constanța region to become a production hub for companies around the world. Together with Globalworth, Global Vision has €500 million of secured investment capital and is counting on a growing demand for industrial space in the coming years.

SWM Poland has extended its contract for over 15,500 sqm of warehouse and production space in SEGRO Logistics Park Stryków. The company has been operating in the SEGRO park since 2010 and uses the leased space for the production and storage of advanced SWM films, adhesive tapes, foams, meshes and fibers. The transaction was brokered by the AXI IMMO agency.  

Panattoni has completed the sale of two Polish logistics parks in Lublin and the Silesia West region to a North American private equity investor. The two properties have a combined gross lettable area (GLA) of about 65,000 sqm. The price has not been disclosed.

Investment into European real estate reached €152 billion in the first half of 2022 - the strongest ever first half of a year, according to preliminary data from CBRE.

Panattoni has completed a central warehouse for Neonet in Łódź-Pabianice. The opening ceremony is scheduled take place in August this year.

The seller of plumbing supplies has leased more than 23,000 sqm at the MLP Poznań West logistics park. Once completed and BREEAM certified, the facility will be handed over to Bevo in November this year. The transaction was completed through BNP Paribas Real Estate, an advisory firm.

Leasing volumes in the Romanian industrial and logistics market rose by 50% to 542,000 sqm compared to the same period of last year, with more than half of the activity being generated around Bucharest.

Panattoni has started construction of a speculative 17,300 sqm last-mile logistics warehouse project in Törökbálint, about 12 kilometres from Budapest's city centre. The launch of Panattoni Park Budapest City West follows the company’s market debut in Hungary in 2021 with the acquisition of two land sites totalling 100,000 sqm near the capital.

SEGRO has leased 10,500 sqm space to Vilmorin Garden in a new facility in SEGRO Logistics Park Poznań, Komorniki, commissioned in 2021.