Team leader profile
The investment team in Poland is led by Agata Sekuła, Vice-President of JLL Poland, and one of the most well-known real estate experts in the CEE region. She has a 20-year background in the retail investment field, having advised on transactions worth 14 billion EUR. Agata closely cooperates with Tomasz Puch who oversees office and investment advisory projects has advised on deals totalling 13 billion EUR during his career. With a focus on quality and ethics, JLL excels in market defining transactions.
Total value of the transactions between October 2019 and September 2020
The value of 32 real estate investment transactions concluded with JLL strategic advisory totalled 2.1 billion EUR between Q4 2019 – Q3 2020.
The year on year results of the department with regard to the number and the value of finalised transactions (in EUR)
The value of investment transactions concluded with JLL strategic advisory totalled 2.1 billion EUR between Q4 2019 – Q3 2020 (32 deals), and over 2 billion EUR between Q4 2018 – Q3 2019 (27 deals).
The biggest transactions between October 2019 and September 2020 in retail sector
Five convenience-type retail schemes (various locations, sell-side advisory to Atrium European Real Estate). Tesco Kabaty (Warsaw, buy-side advisory to Echo Investment); OBI two schemes (Gdańsk, Łódź, sell-side advisory to Chariot Top Group); Tesco Leszno (sell-side advisory to Tesco); Biedronka scheme (Koszalin, sell-side advisory to Euro Real Estate Investments LLP). Total value of retail investment transactions: around 200 million EUR
The biggest transactions between October 2019 and September 2020 in office sector
Warsaw Financial Center (WFC, sell side advisory to Allianz Real Estate / Tristan Capital Partners);
Eurocentrum (Warsaw, buy-side advisory to CPI Group;
High5ive 4&5 (Kraków; sell-side advisory to Skanska);
Equal Business Park (Warsaw, buy-side advisory to Apollo-Rida / Ares Management);
Generation Park Building Z (approx. 98 million EUR, Warsaw, buy-side advisory to DEKA);
Nowy Targ (Wrocław, sell-side advisory to Skanska);
Marynarska Business Park (65 million EUR, Warsaw, sell-side advisory to Heitman);
Equator IV (Warsaw, buy-side advisory to CPI Group);
Equator II (Warsaw, buy-side advisory to CPI Group);
Green Corner (Warsaw, buy-side advisory to CPI Group);
Equator I (Warsaw, buy-side advisory to CPI Group; Moniuszki Tower (Warsaw, buy-side advisory to CPI Group;
Concept Tower (Warsaw), buy-side advisory to CPI Group. Total value of office transactions: 1.27 billion EUR
The biggest transactions between October 2019 and September 2020 in warehouse sector
Project Maximus (est. approx. 120 million EUR for assets in Poland; various locations, buy-side advisory to P3/GIC);
ELI Portfolio (various locations), buy-side advisory to Madison International Realty); Project PEL (various locations, sell-side advisory to ARES); P3 Mszczonów, sell-side advisory to P3); Segro Wrocław (buy-side advisory to Segro); Warsaw Inner City Portfolio (approx. 30 million EUR, buy-side advisory to LaSalle Investment Management); P3 Mszczonów (Pepsi Building, sell-side advisory to P3); Hillwood Portfolio (Wroclaw, buy-side advisory to CBRE Global Investors); 7R Segro Łódź, sell-side advisory to 7R Logistics). Total value of industrial transactions: 542 million EUR.
Other biggest transactions between October 2019 and September 2020
In the hotel sector: Radisson Collection Warsaw (sell side advisory to Europa Capital). In the living sector: PRS Puławska 186 (approx. 23 million EUR, buy-side advisory to Aurec Capital).
Please say why your team should be considered for the award
Why JLL? The company is the investment advisor of choice in both Poland and CEE for a number of years. It is the number one advisor in a very challenging 2020 across all sectors with 1.2 billion EUR transacted and a 36% agent market share (1 in 3 euros invested in Polish real estate this year was with JLL advisory). JLL is the no. 1 advisor in the office sector and living sectors in 2020. Unparalleled professionalism and a laser focus on ethics has resulted in an excellent performance of over EUR two billion transacted in the last 12 months, 11.2 billion EUR in the last five years, and 19 billion EUR over the last decade. The company has been involved in the largest and most prestigious transactions during the last year such as Warsaw Financial Center (the largest office deal in the last 12 months) and High 5ive 4&5 (Kraków), Nowy Targ (Wrocław) – the largest deals in these two cities. Client-oriented, resilient, quick to adapt and professional in unusual conditions - numerous key deals by JLL have been concluded during the pandemic and even during lockdown.
