CTP continued its expansion in the Hungarian market through the acquisition of Rozália Park from Challenger, a 57,800 sq m logistics scheme directly adjacent the M1 to the west of Budapest.
Toyota Material Handling Hungary, the material handling division of Toyota Group signed a lease contract early 2017 for a 2,300 sqm warehouse and office space in South Base I., IPD Group’s logistics center in Dunaharaszti. The landlord was represented by Colliers International during the transaction.
Just before year end Colliers sold the former Bricostore DIY-unit in Törökbálint to Régió, the Hungarian toy company. The building has approx. 12 000 m2 of GLA and will be used by Régió for – according to our information - warehousing purposes. ”This sale is another example of an occupier/end user buying an existing building for its own purposes”, says Tim Hulzebos, MD for Colliers in Hungary.
Similarly to other real estate sectors, there is a clearly positive tendency during the last two years in the industrial property market as well. This more intense activity is fuelled by increased number of leasing and sales transactions that resulted into a net absorption rate outpacing the new supply. From a development perspective the market is experiencing a new turn, as a number of speculative projects were initiated again, which was not the case for many years, as since the economic downturn, developers were almost exclusively focusing on build to suit type of projects.
The Budapest Research Forum (BRF, which comprises: CBRE, Colliers International, Cushman & Wakefield, Eston International, JLL and Robertson Hungary) sets out below its Q2 2016 industrial market snapshot.
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) announced that it is separating the roles of President and Chief Executive Officer and that Christian Ulbrich, currently CEO for the EMEA region, will become President of JLL. Colin Dyer will retain the role of CEO and continue to guide the firm’s global strategy, with a particular emphasis on IT and data strategies, and oversee LaSalle Investment Management as well as the firm’s finance, human resources, legal and marketing functions. Additionally, Guy Grainger, currently UK Chief Executive, will succeed Ulbrich as EMEA CEO, and Chris Ireland will become UK Chief Executive. All changes are effective June 1, 2016.
Almost twenty million square metres of modern industrial leasehold are currently available in Central Europe. So strong is the interest on behalf of occupiers that the share of available space has dropped to a historical low of 5.7 per cent. To compare – the share of available office spaces is double that amount (12 per cent). The information comes from findings by Cushman & Wakefield, which has been monitoring the industrial property market in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia over an extended period.
