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.
JLL represented the landlord in the leasing of 9,380 sq m to Gimek Zrt. in Rozália Park. With this transaction the logistics park is nearly fully let, only a few units are available in the gallery level.
The sudden expansion of investments and production has led to significant developments in the Hungarian industrial real estate market. In Greater Budapest, the vacancy rate has sunk by 11 percentage points over the past two years due to strong tenant demand and a complete lack of new speculative developments, according to the latest research data from CBRE global real estate advisor. M0 Central Business Park is among the most successful logistics hubs in the Greater Budapest area.
The Hungarian commercial real estate market reached the highest volume since the peak of the market in 2007 with ca. €790 million transacted in 2015. Almost 60% of the annual volume was generated by portfolio transactions, which clearly reflects the increasing interest of investors for large platforms in an attempt to gain significant exposure to the market.
Investment into Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries (excluding Russia) for 2015 reached a historic high level at over €9.6 billion, representing a 20% increase year on year. Czech Republic and Poland put in a particularly strong performance, recording investment volumes of EUR 2.7 billion and EUR4 billion respectively.
Prologis, Inc., the global leader in industrial real estate, today announced that NAVO Orbico, a leading distributor of fast-moving consumer goods, has leased 12,100 square metres of distribution space at Prologis Park Sochaczew.
Prologis, Inc., the global leader in industrial real estate, today announced it will expand the distribution space for Pepco, a leading clothing and housewares retailer.
At completion in the first quarter of 2016, the existing 20,000 square metre building in Rawa Mazowiecka will be extended to a total of 50,000 square metres and will act as Pepco’s Central European distribution hub.
