Name of company
Griffin Real Estate
Name of President or Managing Director for the region
Maciej Dyjas
President or Managing Director for the region profile
Maciej Dyjas, together with Nebil Senman, are shareholders of Griffin Real Estate – a company of key importance on the commercial property market in Central and Eastern Europe. He is also a managing partner at the private equity fund Cornerstone Partners, which makes investments in, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, commerce, industry, manufacturing, and infrastructure sectors among others. He gained management experience in the consulting company Wandel & Goltermann Hewlett Packard Systems, and c
Regions active in (in which countries the company operates)
Poland
Portfolio of all properties currently held by your company
GRE's real estate portfolio is based on nine investment platforms: Globalworth Polska, Echo Investment, EPP, Student Depot, Resi4Rent, Griffin Property Finance, Direct Real Estate Holdings, Chariot Top Group, and European Logistics Investment.
Office projects included in the portfolio
Apart from holdings in Globalworth Polska, GRE directly owns three office properties: Raiffeisen Office Center in Warsaw, an office building at 10, Rosoła street in Warsaw, and office building at 6, Szucha street in Warsaw. EPP has six office properties.
The value of office properties held by investor (in EUR)
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Retail projects included in the portfolio
A stake in EPP - with a current portfolio that includes 18 retail projects, Chariot Top Group that early this year bought 9 M1 shopping centers, 12 hypermarkets, 4 power parks, and 3 stand-alone DIY stores.
The value of retail properties held by investor (in EUR)
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Warehouse projects included in the portfolio
Logistic platform European Logistics Investment with a portfolio of industrial properties consisting of 9 assets with total GLA of over 300,000 sqm and ca 2 million sqm in the pipeline.
The value of warehouse properties held by investor (in EUR)
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The largest purchase transactions between October 2017 and September 2018 (subject of the transaction, its total take up area and value in EUR)
Acquisition of M1 retail centers for around 1 billion euro.
Acquisition of a logistic portfolio consisting of nine properties for 200 million euro.
Investment into Resi4Rent - a new player in Poland’s residential property market. The value of the investment: about 340 million PLN.
Future plans
For now, Griffin Real Estate will focus on growing its current investment platforms. However, the company that calls itself an opportunistic investor, will look at other real estate assets.
Acquisition activity across the CEE real estate markets between October 2017 and September 2018
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Why the company deserves the award (in a paragraph you can describe the specific achievements of the company)
With over 5 billion euro of real estate assets under management, Griffin Real Estate is the largest investor in the region and in 2018 it was particularly active, with total investments of about 1.5 billion euro.
