Arete Group's real estate fund focused on income-generating industrial and logistics assets in the Central and Eastern European region has successfully implemented a comprehensive ESG strategy. Arete Industrial was thus included among the so-called "light green funds", which, according to the definition of the European SFDR directive, aim to support the company's policy of permanent sustainability.
The industrial developer UDI Group is currently completing the construction of the first hall of its new logistics center in Přehýšov near the D5 highway near Pilsen. In the future, there will be three halls with a total area of 130,000 square meters. The company is investing a total of 3.2 billion crowns here.
What unites Karlovy Vary, South Bohemia, Liberec and Ústí Region from the point of view of industrial real estate developers? It is not the lowest offer and construction activity in the long term, on the contrary. According to the analysis of the real estate consulting company 108 Agency, it is precisely in these four regions that, in relation to their existing volume, the most new warehouse and production spaces should be added in the coming years. In total, consultants in the Czech Republic have mapped development plans, the floor area of which exceeds 6.8 million square meters and are in various stages of approval and preparation - from assessing the impact of projects on the environment, zoning decisions or building permits to the first implementation works. 54% of the planned projects together belong to the trio of developers CTP, Panattoni and Prologis.
Industrial developer CTP will receive €200 million in funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB). These will be used to implement an extensive program of installing photovoltaic panels in the portfolio of CTP business parks.
In August 2023, Yusen Logistics (Czech) s.r.o. started cooperation with Mondi Štětí a.s. The partnership was confirmed in September by handing over the symbolic key to the new warehouse building in the area of the P3 Lovosice park.
One of the leading manufacturers of components for the automotive industry Shape Corp. starts production in a new facility with total area of 36 400 square meters. The industrial complex, which was built by the development company Panattoni, was created on the brownfield site, where used to be coal mines. Shape Corp. moved here from the Borská pole to expand its production capacity. The company is a major employer in the Pilsen region and the new plant will employ up to 700 people.
Development company P3 Logistic Parks has completed the acquisition of two properties in Ingolstadt and Nuremberg, Germany. Altogether, they have approximately 30,300 square meters of rentable space and are strategically located in attractive locations.
Goodyear, a well-known American tire manufacturer with a 125-year history, will become the first tenant in the new Panattoni Park Cheb East industrial complex.. A well-known American tire manufacturer with a 125-year history, Goodyear, will become the first tenant in the new Panattoni Park Cheb East industrial complex. The strategic location will help the company to streamline its logistics chain and reduce its carbon footprint. The development company Panattoni started the construction of the Cheb area.
