Regional cities in Poland are attracting an increasing number of tenants and more development activity. Cresa analysed the office markets of Wrocław, Łódź and Tricity.

First Property Group buys acquired the principal operating companies owning the majority of properties situated in Kraków Business Park (KBP).

Hub Ventures, an operator of shared office space in the Czech Republic, is going public this month on the Prague Stock Exchange's Start market. Investors began making orders at the beginning of the week in a fundraising exercise expected to take in as much as €3.5 million (CZK 90 million).

Savills has been appointed property manager of Arkada Business Park, a Class A office complex in Bydgoszcz. The building has already received an occupancy permit.

The Bitwy Warszawskiej Business Center has received the BREEAM IN-USE certificate with a “Very Good” rating in Asset Performance and Building Management. The audit was conducted by Cushman & Wakefield. CA Immo is the owner of the office building.

Poznań is constantly evolving. This is mirrored by the excellent results recorded on the city’s office market. New thriving companies are establishing operations in Poznań while firms already present in the city are expanding their business. All of these factors are boosting demand in Poznań for modern office space, according to JLL.

Europa Capital, represented by Savills, has concluded the sale of Hadovka Office Park in Prague to Wood & Company, a leading investment bank in Emerging Europe.

The newest company in the structure of AG Capital, Park Lane Developments is planning the construction of a new office project nearby Paradise Center and Vitosha metro station in Sofia, Bulgaria. The building will have 24,000 sqm of leasable office space. The floors alignment in the new building will be 3,000 sqm and the project is expected to be finished at the end of 2020. The investment is worth €30 million.

HubHub, the co-working concept from international real estate developer HB Reavis, has announced the opening its first space in Hungary by the end of this year. The debuting brand will occupy a total area of 2,400 sqm at the well-known downtown hub, Király street. The new office is not only about state-of-the-art space, but education, the pooling of talent and community building will also be strong pillars of its presence.

In Q1 2018, Warsaw’s vacancy rate fell to its lowest in five years while absorption amounted to 45,000 sqm, down by nearly 30% on the average observed over the last five years, according to Cresa.