pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has provided a €120 million investment loan facility to a logistics fund managed by GLP Capital Partners (GCP). The fund will utilise the proceeds for the refinancing of the development of a logistics portfolio in the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. pbb acted as arranger and sole lender under the facility.

Marriott International has added a new hotel to its global portfolio with the opening of Dorothea Hotel, Budapest, Autograph Collection. The new luxury hotel is located in Budapest’s District V and offers 216 rooms and suits.

Radisson Hotel Budapest BudaPart, the first upscale Radisson branded hotel in Hungary has opened its doors in the vibrant Újbuda district. This hotel serves both as a retreat as well as a business hub and offers new bar and restaurant options for locals and overnight guests.

East Gate Pro Business Park, Wing’s latest industrial development project, has reached a new milestone with the delivery of hall A2 in phase two. An additional area of 9,100 sqm is available in the newly completed building for production, assembly, fulfilment and warehousing purposes.

The first-ever euro-based share issuance on the Budapest Stock Exchange has successfully been concluded. Through an initial public offering (IPO), Shopper Park Plus raised a total of €37.2 million in capital, placing its shares into the BSE Premium Category. The company manages a significant retail real estate portfolio in the region, comprising 18 units. It aims to become the owner and operator of the biggest shopping park in the region in the medium term, and going public could do a lot to help it achieve this goal.

Chinese developer and investor group Xanga has been progressing with its new hotel project in Debrecen reaching the highest point of the building. Ibis Styles Debrecen Airport will offer 73 rooms and 20 suits and is expected to open in the second half of 2025.

The Hungarian subsidiary of Transdanubia, a leading international logistics provider has secured 24,000 sqm of industrial space in the PT3 building of the Hellopark Páty mega park, developed by Futureal Group subsidiary HelloParks. The new tenant is expected to move in at the end of 2024.

Over the past decade, Hungarian real estate investors have successfully expanded outside of their home market. Firms such as Wing, Futureal, Adventum, Indotek and others have become major players in many European countries, mainly Poland and Romania. They managed to expand via acquisitions of both companies and projects. Part of their funds came from bond issues in Hungary within the Bond Funding for Growth Scheme of the National Bank of Hungary. We have prepared a timeline of the notable transactions and an overview of the market’s key players to provide a better understanding of this trend.

Indotek Group has announced the strategic acquisition of Galleria Porta Siena on LinkedIn. Galleria Porta Siena, a prime commercial property located in the heart of Siena, joins the group's growing portfolio of Italian retail assets.

Half of the hotel investors in CEE already address ESG in their transaction due diligence, and 40% are in the process of including it, says Cushman & Wakefield in their newest report.