A new star has appeared recently and is rising on the office market in the downtown theatre district of Budapest. Podium Office building was vacated one and a half years ago, and has since undergone a complete renovation. The building is owned and operated by an Austrian investor, S IMMO AG and its Hungarian subsidiary, while marketing and the exclusive leasing consultancy is done by Colliers International Hungary. So is another office building in S IMMO’s portfolio: Blue Cube which received a BREEAM In-Use Very Good classification in the Asset and Building management categories.
TPG Real Estate, the real estate arm of global private investment firm TPG has closed its acquisition of TriGranit, one of the main fully integrated, real estate platforms in Central Europe. As part of the transaction, TPG acquired the platform along with a portfolio of office and retail assets located in Poland (Bonarka Shopping Centre, B4B), Hungary (Millennium City Centre Offices) and Slovakia (Lakeside Park office building, Metropolis – 47,5 ha land near Bratislava) with additional development sites in the same countries and Croatia.
Worldwide sales of luxury goods continue to increase according to the latest report by global property advisor CBRE, Luxury Retail 2015. 70%* of all Chinese-led luxury purchases are now transacted overseas, resulting in sales increases in Western Europe of 13.4%, Eastern Europe 18%, Africa 26% and 5% in North America over the last two years.
Following 1st January 2016, Marcin Łapiński, currently Managing Director at Skanska Property Romania, will take the corresponding position at Skanska Property Hungary. Furthermore, Zoltán Linczmayer and Aurelia Luca will be nominated for the newly established roles of Country Directors in the company’s both Hungarian and Romanian units respectively.
Technology will have a profound effect on future employment and the workplace according to a newly launched report from global real estate advisor, CBRE, called ‘Real Estate and the Community – Mapping Outcomes for the Future’.
Skanska has sold Building B of the Green Court Bucharest office complex. The property has been acquired by investment company Globalworth Real Estate Investments, which already owns Building A. The Green Court Bucharest scheme is Skanska’s first office development in Romania.
Dorottya Udvar takes the lead on Budapest's most vibrant office market, that of South Buda: the office building’s new tenants have signed contracts for nearly 5,000 square meters of office space by the end of October this year, while existing customers extended their lease on nearly 2,500 square meters. With the new contracts and extensions, Dorottya Udvar closes an outstanding year this year, with record high occupancy levels.
Cushman & Wakefield, exclusively representing the Landlord, who own the Grade A MOM Park Office Towers complex in Budapest, have successfully closed 5 deals extending to circa 2,000 sq m of office space. The transactions include 3 new tenants entering the scheme and the successful retention of 2 key tenants. The vacancy rate has decreased to 7.50%.
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