Name of company
Cushman & Wakefield
Team leader
James Chapman
Team leader profile
James has led the Cushman & Wakefield’s CEE Capital Markets platform for the past 4 years having been part of the CEE team for the past 17 years. He is responsible for leading over 30 investment professionals across the region. He is the only leading broker actively transacting across all property sectors in multiple jurisdictions across the CEE. His team has had a record year with over €5bn transacted in past 12 months in CEE including multiple large portfolio deals.
The biggest transactions between October 2016 and September 2017
• Logicor Portfolio, Client: CIC, €850m (part of Europe’s largest ever real estate deal - €12.5bn)
• CBRE GI Portfolio, €650m
• GPRE / Echo Inv. Portfolio, GlobalWorth, €500m
• Project Pink (RETAIL), UNION Investment, €400m
• IKEA Portfolio, €310m
• Arena Plaza, Rockcastle NEPI, €275m
• OC Letnany, Prague, Tesco, €230m
• Gdański Business Center A&B, HB Reavis, €186m
• City Tower, Prague, PPF, € 165m+
• Fashion House Portfolio, DEAWM, confidential
• Galeria Słoneczna, Reico Investment, €185m
• Arean Plaza, Hungary, €275m
• Marriott Millenium, Prague, Aventicum (c.€125m)
• Hilton Old Town, Prague, M&L (c.€85m)
• Westin Warsaw, Al Srayia (c.€60m)
• Radisson Blu Centrum, Warsaw, Europa Capital (c.€60m)
Pipeline:
• Skanska Portfolio disposal of the largest portfolio marketed by Skanska in CEE (€325m)
• Project Bison, acquisition of portfolio across Poland (€300m)
• Northern Lights disposal of 160,000 sqm office dev. project in Warsaw
• Forum Nova Karolina, Ostrava, Meyer Bergman, c.€250m
Total value of the transactions between October 2016 and September 2017
€5.25 bn
The year on year results of the department with regard to the number and the value of finalised transactions (in EUR)
increase in no of transactions, the largest market share in CEE
The biggest transactions between October 2016 and September 2017 in retail sector
CBRE GI Portfolio, Client: CBRE GI, Lot size: € 650m
The biggest transactions between October 2016 and September 2017 in office sector
GPRE / Echo Inv. Portfolio: Client: GlobalWorth, Lot size: € 500m
The biggest transactions between October 2016 and September 2017 in warehouse sector
Logicor Portfolio, Client: CIC, Lot Size: €850m (part of Europe’s largest ever real estate deal - €12.5bn)
Other biggest transactions between October 2016 and September 2017
Marriott Millenium, Prague, Aventicum (c.€125m)
Please say why your team should be considered for the award
• Europe’s largest ever real estate deal – the purchase of Logicor for China Investment Corporation
• €5.25 bn transacted in past 12 months in CEE
Cushman & Wakefield has built a market leading CEE Capital Markets business. C&W has now exceeded JLL’s and CBRE’s CEE market share.
It is the only CEE team to be centrally led and able to handle multi-jurisdiction portfolio transactions as well as single assets in local markets.
The team has risen to lead in CEE market share by working on the highest profile transactions across the region with the most influential clients and creating exciting off-market opportunities.
C&W is also widely recognized at being strongest in bringing new capital sources into the CEE markets.
C&W offers a complete matrix of service including debt management, investment sales and due diligence advice and is the only company with a dedicated CEE hotels platform.
