Maersk and IB Cargo have reached 100,000 sqm of leased warehouse space in CTPark Bucharest West, the industrial park developed by CTP in western Bucharest. 

Panattoni has been granted a €64 million loan by Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego for yet more projects. The financing is to be used to develop a complex for Poczta Polska in Radzymin as well as two buildings within Panattoni Park Grudziądz.

MLP Group presented the results for the first quarter of 2023. During the period, consolidated revenue rose 51% yoy, to PLN 94.7 million, driven by increases in both leased area and rental rates. At the same time, the Group’s EBITDA (without revaluation of investment properties) improved by 59%, to PLN 47.8 million. In the first quarter of 2023, MLP Group earned a net profit of PLN 26.1 million. Since the beginning of the year, the Group’s net asset value (NAV) has gone up 1%, to more than PLN 2.5 billion. The value of investment property also rose 1%, to close to PLN 4.5 billion.

MLP Group is starting speculative construction of around 75,000 sqm of space in total at its three logistics parks. The space will be delivered as soon as later this year and early next year. All the projects will be BREEAM certified.

CTP has unveiled plans to invest €600 million in the coming years to double its portfolio to 20 million sqm by 2030.

Panattoni Hungary has officially opened its first logistics centre near Budapest. Panattoni City Dock Törökbálint offers 17,000 sqm of modern industrial space in four buildings. The value of the investment has not been disclosed.  

Industrial developer CTP has recorded a net income of €130.7 million in the first quarter of 2023, up 21.9% year-on-year, while the like-for-like rental growth stood at 7.8%, mainly driven by indexation and reversion on renegotiations and expiring leases. The company’s profit for Q1 2023 was €225.4 million which is 274% above the figure for Q1 2022 (€60.2 million).

The Hungarian branch of the global developer Panattoni is going to build a 64,000 sqm logistics complex near the Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport at the junction of the M0/M5 motorways. The facility, planned to be delivered in two phases is scheduled to open next year.

The Czech industrial and logistics market reached the 11 million sqm mark at the end of the first quarter of 2023. It has grown by more than 1 million sqm over the past 12 months. During Q1 2023, a total of 217,900 sqm of new industrial space was completed, representing an increase of 25 % quarter-on-quarter (Q4 2022 vs. Q1 2023). Approximately 1.23 million sqm of industrial space is currently under construction, 34 % of which is being built on a speculative basis. Despite the high volume of new completions, the vacancy rate remains low, at the level of 1.4 %, JLL reports.

Dairy company FrieslandCampina has started operations on the 4,500 sqm logistics space based in industrial park Mureș City Logistics jointly developed by Global Vision and Globalworth.