PKO Bank Polski is the leader of Polish banking sector. It has managed to regularly achieve high results. In the last 5 years, the assets of the PKO Bank Polski Group have increased by PLN 100 billion, both through organic growth and the merger with Nordea Bank Polska considered to be one of the best executed mergers on the market. The Bank generated also the highest profit of all financial institutions active in Poland in H1 2016. The dynamic development it has experienced over the recent years has brought it to the position of the CEE region’s banking leader in terms of assets, capital and earnings.
The Bank’s business rests on three pillars of retail, corporate and investment banking. These combine concentration on customer needs and delivery of value through all available service channels. Its capacity for continuous improvement has been its strength, enabling it to take full advantage of market opportunities and increase its competitive advantage.
Name of company
PKO Bank Polski
Department head or senior representative in CEE, real estate
Agata Gola
Value of transactions in the real estate market (between October 2015 and September 2016, in EUR)
over 360,000,000
Portfolio of credit transactions (betweeen October 2015 and September 2016)
Key transactions:
1) PKO Bank Polski acting as a Co-Arranger and Co-Lender has jointly underwritten and funded a EUR 210 million term loan facility for Magnolia Park Shopping Center. The refinancing of the mall, which is owned by real estate fund managed by Blackstone and Multi Poland was one of the largest real estate financings in Poland in 2016.
2) PKO Bank Polski as a sole lender financed the first office acquisition on regional markets in 2016 granting investment loan of EUR 22.5 million to GTC for the purchase of Allegro HQ located in Pixel office building in Poznań.
Value of credit and refinancing for shopping centres (between October 2015 and September 2016, in EUR)
over 70,000,000
Value of credit and refinancing for offices (between October 2015 and September 2016, in EUR)
over 23,000,000
Value of credit and refinancing for warehouses (between October 2015 and September 2016, in EUR)
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Please say why you should be considered for the award
PKO Bank Polski is active in both development and investment real estate transactions. Its open minded, dynamic, transaction and customer oriented team provides the clients with tailor-made products.
Strong capital base enables the Bank to underwrite big ticket transactions, which is evidenced by Bank’s participation in the major financing transactions, particularly in the development sector.
