Name of company
Cushman & Wakefield
Team leader
Soren Rodian Olsen, Partner, Head of Capital Markets Poland
Team leader profile
Soren leads the CMG team in Poland. He joined C&W in 2011 and prior to that he was Head of AM for Aberdeen Asset Management, managing an office portfolio valued at €450 million. During 2002-2008 he worked for Bank BPH and BRE Bank (Commerzbank). He graduated from Copenhagen Business School and he is a postgraduate of University of Westminster, MBA, MRICS, Member of Executive Committee of ULI Poland and Alumni member of IMD, University of Westminster, Association of MBAs (AMBA).
Total value of the transactions between October 2018 and September 2019
Over EUR 1 bn
The year on year results of the department with regard to the number and the value of finalised transactions (in EUR)
Maintained the leading position in the Polish investment market with a similar result in the transaction volume -> over EUR 1 bn
The biggest transactions between October 2018 and September 2019 in retail sector
• Biedronka Legionowo, 1 100 sqm, client: USS Fprop 8, type: Disposal
• Cinema City Łódź, 7 400 sqm, client: Global City Holdings, type: Disposal
• Galeria Askana - Phase I, 18 463 sqm, client: Elements Capital, type: Acquisition
• Tesco Kabaty, 15 725 sqm, client: Tesco, type: Disposal
• Silesia Outlet, 12 000 sqm, client: Nuveen, type: Acquisition
The biggest transactions between October 2018 and September 2019 in office sector
• Project Klimt, 37 000 sqm, client: Starwood, type: Disposal
• SPARK C, 11 360 sqm, client: SKANSKA, type: Disposal
• Graffit, 18 550 sqm, client: Zeus, type: Acquisition
• Piękna 68, 1 650 sqm, client: Brookstand, type: Disposal
• .BIG, 10 000 sqm, client: Ghelamco, type: Disposal
• Alchemia III (Argon), 38 000 sqm, client: Torus, type: Disposal
• BNP Paribas HQ, client: Commerz Real, type: Acquisition
• Ethos, 12 100 sqm, client: Credit Suisse, type: Acquisition
• Warsaw Trade Tower, 40 320 sqm, client: Global Worth, type: Acquisition
• Business Garden, 36 600 sqm, client: ISOC Holdings, type: Acquisition
• Astoria Poland Office, 16 840 sqm, client: Credit Suisse, type: Acquisition
The biggest transactions between October 2018 and September 2019 in warehouse sector
• Panattoni Park III, client: Aberdeen, type: Acquisition
• Project Bison 2, 162 000 sqm, client: Och- Ziff, type: Disposal
• Szyszkowa Logistics, client: Uss Fprop 3, type: Disposal
Other biggest transactions between October 2018 and September 2019
• Echo Portfolio - properties across Poland, client: Wing, type: Acquisition
• Mercure Bydgoszcz Sepia, a 90-room hotel, type: Disposal
Please say why your team should be considered for the award
• Cushman & Wakefield has built a market leading CEE Capital Markets business.
• 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.
• Cushman & Wakefield is the only Top 3 global real estate firm with hotel specialism headquartered in the CEE, coupled with a commercial real estate practice that has been established as the market leader in the CEE region for many years.
