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Airport City Logistics Park ʼs new hall tops out

The E-F hall of the newest "big-box" building of CPI Property Groupʼs Airport City Logistics Park, which will be delivered in Q1 2019, had a topping out ceremony after reaching its highest point, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal. Read

Agora Budapest to host Raiffeisen

International real estate developmer HB Reavis has announced that Raiffeisen Bank Hungaryʼs HQ will be moved to the Agora Budapest complex on Váci út, with the bank set to rent 20,000 square meters of office space in Agora Tower, says a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal. Read

Skanska delivers Mill Park office complex

Budapestʼs Mill Park office complex, Skanskaʼs eighth development in Hungary, has been officially opened, with lease agreements signed for 90% of the premises, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal. Read

Eiffel Square Office Building gets terrace renovation

Eiffel Square’s park and the Office Building terraces have been fitted with a new, future-proof and environmentally friendly wood-plastic composite (WPC) deck flooring on 1,500 square meters, available to both tenants and park visitors, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal. Read

MOM Park sale transaction completed

Real estate developer and investment company Wing Zrt. announced on Friday the sale of the MOM Park shopping mall and office property building complex in Buda. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed. Read

Construction starts on Budapestʼs Millennium Gardens office complex

TriGranit has announced the start of construction of its new "Class-A" office development, Millennium Gardens, which is the final element of the Millennium City Center in Budapest. The completion is expected by 2020 and will provide a leasable area of 37,000 sqm. Read

Etele Plaza shopping mall construction begins

Futureal Group has begun construction of the Etele Plaza mall in Budapest, near the Kelenföld railway station. The shopping and entertainment center, with a gross building area of 155,000 square meters, will be the biggest of its kind on the Buda side of the city. Read

Atenor Group lays cornerstone of major office complex

Belgian real estate developer Atenor Group Hungary laid the cornerstone of a 72,000 square-meter office complex, dubbed Aréna Business Campus, in Budapestʼs District 8 on Wednesday. Work is set to begin on the cityʼs Hungária körút thoroughfare within a few weeks. Read

Budapest commercial property rents on the rise

Over a two-year period until the end of 2017, typical rents for commercial properties in Budapest increased by more than 15%, a relaunched survey by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has found, as reported by national news agency MTI. Read

Atenor hands over Váci Greens building ‘D’

Belgian real estate developer Atenor has delivered the fourth phase of its Váci Greens office complex, building "D." All four of the buildings completed thus far have already been sold. The fifth and sixth phases, buildings "E" and "F," are set to be completed in the following 2-3 years, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal. Read

Goodman building Hungaryʼs largest warehouse for Auchan

French-owned international retailer Auchan Retail will increase its commercial capacity in Hungary with a new, integrated logistics center at the Üllő Airport Logistics Center near Budapest. The 87,200 square-meter greenfield facility will be the largest of its kind ever built in Hungary. Read

FLE acquires two office buildings in Budapest

Austriaʼs FLE GmbH has reinforced its position in Hungary by acquiring two new office properties in Budapest on behalf of the Luxembourg-based fund FLE SICAV FIS, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal. Read

OTP LAB starts R&D activity in Váci 1

OTP Bank has set up a new, 450 square-meter research and development center in the historic downtown building of Váci 1. The office features a special education center, project rooms and a lecture hall, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal. Read

Chinese keen to buy real estate in Hungary

The Chinese are showing a growing interest in buying real estate in Hungary. Last year 40% more Chinese were searching for apartments in Hungary than a year earlier, online news portal index.hu reports. Read

Government to purchase ‘Whale’ commercial center

The Hungarian government will purchase the "Whale" (Bálna) cultural, recreational and commercial center on the banks of the Danube from the local council of Budapest, János Lázár, who heads the Prime Ministerʼs Office, said at his weekly press briefing on Thursday. Read