Slovenia

The number of photovoltaic surfaces installed on SES shopping malls is constantly increasing. This year, SES has invested approximately €5.5 million in the construction of photovoltaic systems in the five Slovenian shopping centers, namely Aleja, Citypark and Center Vic in Ljubljana, Citycenter Celje and Europark Maribor.

Tomislav Čeh, Head of Adriatic Sea, and Stefan Catic, Head of Operator Search, are new partners of PKF hospitality group as of January 1. The two team members took over shares in PKF hospitality holding GmbH, Vienna, from Michael Widmann, Global CEO.

Culture impacts everything in day-to-day life, from food to housing choices. Although within one continent, European countries differ significantly – and this includes their views on housing habits. In the UK, renting is often seen as less favourable and every UK resident appears to be in a rush to get onto the property ladde...

Industrial and logistics real estate markets across the CEE-17 region are all at different stages of maturity, both in terms of size and the pace of development. The total supply of modern Industrial and Logistics (I&L) stock across the CEE-17 is well over 50 million m² in total. From this supply, the current availability can...

Marking the fourth commercial real estate acquisition in Slovenia by the KD Adriatic Value Fund, the fund in partnership with Peakside Capital has finalised the acquisition of the Austria Trend Hotel from CA Immo. The fund's first acquisition was completed in April 2018.

Immofinanz is driving the expansion of its Stop Shop retail park brand and has now purchased eight retail parks in Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia. The purchase price totals approximately €90.5 million. The newly acquired properties are fully rented and generate annual rental income of roughly €7.2 million, which represents a gr...

KD Adriatic Value fund, Special Investment Fund, in partnership with Peakside Capital, has completed the acquisition of the Arkadia shopping centre in Domžale for €16.2 million. The purchase will be the third acquisition undertaken by the fund following the purchase of the Tivoli Centre office building and the south wing of t...

KD Adriatic Value Fund Special Investment Fund and Peakside Capital agreed to acquire the south tower of the Stekleni dvor office complex for €12.7 million. This is the second transaction for the KD Adriatic Value Fund after buying the Tivoli Center in Ljubljana in April .

The Polish fashion retailer LPP is set to open its first Slovenian Reserved brand store on more than 1,700 square meters at Citycenter Celje at the beginning of September 2018. Landlord is SES Spar European Shopping Centers. The opening is scheduled for the beginning of September.

The governments in the CEE region have made strong strides over the past few years when it comes to lowering their public debt levels. The gross public debt-to-GDP ratio for the CEE region as a whole declined from 53.9% in 2013 to 48.3% in 2017 – well below the Euro Area average of nearly 90%. Debt reduction was helped by bot...

KD Funds and Peakside Capital announce the launch of the KD Adriatic Value Fund, Special Investment Fund, the first regulated real estate alternative investment fund (AIS) in Slovenia. The new fund will leverage the unique combination of Peakside’s real estate market knowledge coupled with KD Funds’ global expertise and exper...

Cushman & Wakefield is expanding its Project & Development Services (PDS) team, to include a new Design & Build platform. In Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the new service will be headed by Glyn Evans, based in Prague. Evans, who will also lead PDS within the Czech Republic, will be joined by experienced architect Marie Vl...

Orbis Hotel Group has appointed Emeline Sýkora-Wintrebert as Area General Manager for South-Eastern Europe responsible for the hotel operations in the region as of March 2018. Sýkora-Wintrebert will be based in Bucharest and is in charge of a dynamically growing network of hotels, comprising currently close to 20 properties i...

Allianz Real Estate has opened an office in Vienna and appointed Thomas Villadsen to the new role of Director of Austria and Central & Eastern Europe (CEE). The move, which strengthens the firm’s presence across the region and builds on established assets in countries such as Austria, Hungary, Slovenia and Poland, is part of ...

Orbis Hotel Group opened its first hotels in Slovenia, Mercure and Ibis Styles Maribor in partnership with its local partner and investor, Terme Maribor. Following their renovation, both hotels, developed in the frame of franchise agreements, received their first guests under the internationally well-known Accor Hotels brands...

„The aggregate value of the investment involving several different investors is estimated at 150 million euro,“ said Marcus Wild, CEO of SES Spar European Shopping Centers, which will manage and own the new and most modern shopping center in Slovenia, at the press conference devoted to the presentation of the continuation of ...

According to a Ljubljana City Report by JLL, during the first quarter of 2016, Slovenia’s GDP growth was 2.5%. With greater domestic demand, the positive trend of economic activity has strengthened. Private investment activity is expected to remain strong in 2016, due to improving financial conditions. Domestic demand is set ...

EECFA published its latest Forecast Reports with forecast running up to 2018 on the 8 Eastern European countries it covers: Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, and Ukraine. On the €30 billion Balkan market, optimism was confirmed by the freshest forecast. On the building construction market, close to...