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Mitiska REIM opens new retail park in České Budějovice
Mitiska REIM has announced the opening of its new retail park development in České Budejovice in Southern Bohemia. The new Czech retail park was developed in partnership with local partner Asset Services.
The project involved repurposing and retrofitting an existing Albert hypermarket to create a new food-anchored retail park. The original Albert hypermarket structure was reduced from a gross leasable area (GLA) of 8,000 sqm to form an Albert supermarket of 4,400 sqm which opened in September.
Additional retail space of 6,000 sqm GLA was opened at the beginning of December, comprising 12 units and featuring tenants which include Action, TEDi, DM (dm drogerie markt Česko), PLANEO, Super Zoo and KiK. The new retail park is financed by a local banking partner CSOB and has been designed to achieve an “Excellent” score on the BREEAM Official scale.
First Kempinski hotel in Romania to open following €70 million investment
Kempinski Hotels, one of Europe’s oldest luxury hotel groups, will open a five-star unit in the popular mountain town of Poiana Brașov in partnership with Rock Development Holding. The investment in the new hospitality project, Kempinski’s first in Romania, is estimated at €70 million.
The project also marks Bucharest-based developer Rock Holding’s first foray into the luxury hospitality space after developing a collection of high-end residential projects in the Romanian capital.
“The mountains of Eastern Europe are some of the most spectacular in the world, and we are thrilled to have found a new home in the enchanting village of Poiana Brasov,” said Bernold Schroeder, Chief Executive Officer of Kempinski Group.
Panattoni builds 32,000 sqm BTO project for DHL Parcel
Panattoni has completed a logistics centre for DHL Parcel. The 32,000 sqm centre in Robaków is going to be the developer’s third industrial development in Poland to be awarded a BREEAM certification rating of Outstanding.
The hi-tech building was developed to the extensive specifications of the client. Moreover, in response to the growing number of electric vehicles in the client’s fleet, Panattoni has prepared eleven charging stations for electric delivery vehicles and 13 for passenger cars.
“Once again, Poland has demonstrated its huge potential as a hub for serving Western Europe and in particular Germany,” says Marek Dobrzycki, the Managing Director of Panattoni.
“Cross-border trade is one of the fastest growing sectors and we continue to strengthen our position in this logistics field. We will significantly shorten foreign parcel delivery times with our operations being tailored to the needs of our business partners. In the end, this will also improve service quality for individual customers,” explains Arkadiusz Stasiak, the vice president of operations at DHL Parcel.
Concentrix leases office space in Katowice’s biggest deal for 2023
Concentrix, a global provider of customer experience solutions and technologies, will lease nearly 5,200 sqm of space in Cavatina’s Global Office Park office building in Katowice. The deal is the largest transaction in the Katowice market in 2023. Concentrix was supported by JLL during the lease transaction process.
“We are currently expanding our operations in Poland. We are pleased that the next location for our company in the country will be Katowice, which in recent years has become a new centre for the IT and business services sectors,” says Edyta Szubert, Director of Operations, Concentrix Poland.
“Global Office Park is a modern building that is an ideal location for such a rapidly growing company. At the same time, it is one of the most innovative investments on Poland’s office map and is already home to some of the most important companies in the technology and services sector,” says Katarzyna Siruga, Senior Consultant, Office Agency, JLL.
“The scale and quality of the Global Office Park project makes it an ideal place to create a working environment for rapidly growing and developing companies,” says Sylwia Wasilewska, Senior Leasing Manager at Cavatina Holding.
