Michal Sotak (Cushman & Wakefield): Emotions drive investment
Does the fact that it’s only Czech funds buying Czech real estate assets matter? It’s a question I keep asking, because the bifurcation of the investment market has become so profound. Q2 results only strengthened this trend as 90% of all real estate transactions were...
Michal Bilý (108 Real Estate): Q2 new industrial leases strengthen
The Czech industrial real estate sector delivered a robust Q2 performance, with 189,700 sqm of new leases signed. That’s helped disperse lingering oversupply pressures that emerged during the post-pandemic construction boom. 108 Real Estate reports that total gross...
Robert Ides (ARETE): We’ll recycle our equity abroad
You’ve listed "equity recycling" as a key part of your strategic shift to your focus to markets in Western Europe and Poland. What’s behind the decision? When you deploy equity in assets and work with them to the point where you can't generate more value, you need to...
Martin Klán (Amadeus): Nový Máj’s butterflies should stay
How is Nový Máj performing compared to your expectations? Is it profitable? Which floors are the most successful? Nový Máj has been developing very positively so far – visitor numbers and revenues in key parts of the project have exceeded our original expectations....
Huge changes coming to Prague’s high street
A series of investments currently underway are transforming Prague’s downtown high street. Taken individually, none of them by themselves would be a huge story. But by 2028, the cumulative effect of investments completed since the pandemic will be remarkable....
Fond Českého Bydlení on track to raise CZK 1bn
Jakub Kořínek is a co-founder and partner of Fond Českého Bydlení Western real estate developers continue to hesitate with investments in Central Europe, but Czech investors of all sizes continue to put money into Czech real estate funds. How are your inflows this...
Pavel Malecha (ČSOB): Rental Resi Fueled our Recent Lending
What is ČSOB's current strategy for real estate lending? We’ve always tried to diversify our lending between the individual sectors, meaning in logistics, offices, retail, and residential. Of course, we largely follow market activity depending on where there’s a lot...
Šmigura (Wood & Co.): Our office valuations held up
What did you focus on in Slovakia last year? In Slovakia, we focused on the markets where we are currently active. We completed the divestment of two office buildings, with both transactions signed at the end of the year. One of these was the WESTEND TOWER, smallest...
