In mid-March, the property development and investment group Crestyl appointed Marian Rašík as its new CFO (Chief Financial Officer) and member of the Board of Directors. In his role, he will have primary responsibility for the planning, implementation, management and operation of all financial activities across the Crestyl Group. Jozef Ďurík will continue to be Crestyl's CFO in the Czech Republic, the company reports.

The Czech branch of Colliers launched a new generation of search engines for vacant office, industrial and retail space in the Czech Republic, the company announced.

Once again, in Q4 2021, the Czech Republic registered the strongest house price growth within the EU, both in a year-on-year (25.8%) and a quarter-on-quarter (5.7%) comparison, well above the EU averages of 10% and 2.1%, respectively, according to Eurostat’s house price index.

CPI Property Group plans to offer over two thousand new apartments on the Prague residential market this year. The developer wants to start the construction in three locations - Vysočany, Žižkov and Zahradní Městě, local daily E15 reports.

Europe’s fundamental mismatch between voracious housing demand and the limited supply is driving massive investment growth in the residential sector and will continue to generate opportunities even amid geopolitical and economic uncertainties, according to a new report by Colliers.

The Andaz Prague hotel, which was developed by UBM Development, has officially opened. It took the real estate development company two-and-a-half years to transform the neo-classical landmarked Sugar Palace into an Andaz-brand lifestyle luxury hotel.

GARBE Industrial Real Estate Czech Republic has commenced the development of 30,000 sqm at GARBE Park Chomutov. The structure will be built on the plot of a former construction company. GARBE demolished and revitalized the brownfield area and prepared it for the new construction of an industrial hall, which will be finished by the end of this year.

GLP has leased all the premises of the first phase of the newly built GLP Park Ostrava Hrušov complex. The first tenants include Prosperplast, Logflex and Hyundai Steel Czech. They are expected to move into the premises during the spring. The expensively revitalised site of the former chemical plant is thus coming to life and will gradually offer more than a hundred skilled jobs, says the company on their website.  

JRD is starting the construction of its next Prague residential project. The Vital Kamýk project is expected to be built in Prague 12 within two years. JRD announced the laying of the foundation stone of the residential project and the start of construction in a press release.

WOOD & Company Real Estate Fund will acquire the Astrum Business Park office building in Warsaw from Prochem S.A. and the LFI investment fund, marking the Fund’s first real estate acquisition in Poland. The building has a total leasable area of over 23,000 sqm and is fully leased. The transaction is subject to the tax ruling procedure, the company announces on its website.