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The Reico ČS Nemovitostní fund (RČSN) has sold its smallest property, the shopping centre in České Budějovice. The building has been purchased by Conseq realitní, an open shareholding fund managed by Conseq Funds investiční společnost (investment company). 

The Reico ČS Nemovitostní (RČSN) fund is expanding its investment portfolio. To its commercial real estate portfolio the fund is now adding the first residential rental housing project. 

IAD Investments has bought almost 80 hectares of land from Valaliky Industrial Park for the construction of an industrial park for suppliers of the Volvo car company near Košice, Eastern Slovakia.

Nepi Rockcastle is in negotiations to acquire Magnolia Park, a shopping centre located in Wroclaw, Poland from Union Investment Real Estate. The property features 100,000 sqm GLA. The potential acquisition remains subject to the execution of formal written agreements, which is expected to occur in the coming weeks.

Romanian developer Iulius is investing €40 million in the expansion of Iulius Mall Suceava that will increase the leasable area of the project to 60,000 sqm.

Investors returned to the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) markets. Their activity exceeded the volume of €3.3 billion in H1 2024 translating into 41% growth year on year and reaching almost the full-year volume of 2023. JLL experts, in cooperation with iO Partners, present an analysis of the trends observed in the investment market in Poland against the background of countries in the CEE region.

Greykite European Real Estate Fund has commenced its deployment programme with the acquisition of a major logistics portfolio in Poland. Comprising three properties in Warsaw, Stryków and Gliwice, the portfolio will form the initial investment in a new €300 million joint venture with White Star Real Estate, a Central Europe-focused real estate developer and manager. White Star, the minority JV partner, developed the properties and will continue in its role as asset and property manager.

The development group Crestyl is returning the Baroque Savarin Palace in the centre of Prague to the cultural map of the metropolis. The most valuable historical spaces of the newly renovated listed building by Kilian Ignác Dientzenhofer are opening doors for exhibitions instead of the casino.

After Q1 2024, which saw the weakest transaction volume in years (€364 million), Polish capital led the way in commercial property investments, accounting for 25% of the total volume. Notably, the volume of investments by Polish capital in the first half of the year was double that of the previous year. For reference, the average share of Polish capital in the market from 2018 to 2022 was just around 2%, says Artur Czuba, Associate Director, Investment at Avison Young. 

In recent days, Newgate Investment (NGI) has finalized the acquisition of a ready-made retail park in Zgorzelec with a gross leasable area of 5,488 sq m (GLA). The seller was Smart Park Poland - an investor and developer of retail parks. The price has not been disclosed. Financing for the transaction was provided by mLeasing.