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JLL

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Investment Agency Team of the Year, Poland
JLL’s commercial real estate investment team is the undoubted market leader, and the most experienced investment team in Poland with 20 market professionals, including a specialized retail investment team, corporate finance team and land advisory teams. With a thorough understanding of capital markets and real estate, JLL provides strategic advisory in office, retail, industrial and hotel investment transactions on the commercial real estate markets across the country, not only in major metropolitan areas, but also in smaller cities. The company excels in both prime, value add and opportunistic products, individual assets and portfolio deals. JLL advises and delivers value to an extensive range of clients - institutional owners, sector specialists, private investors, corporations and joint venture partnerships.
Name of company
JLL
Team leader
Agata Sekuła, Tomasz Puch
Team leader profile
The JLL investment team of 20 experts is jointly led by Agata Sekuła (covering retail field) and Tomasz Puch (responsible for office and industrial field), two of the most well-known real estate professionals in CEE, both with approx. 20 years of professional experience. With a focus on expanding client business, quality, professionalism and ethics, the JLL Investment Team excels in the market defining transactions.
Total value of the transactions between October 2018 and September 2019
The value of real estate investment transactions concluded with JLL strategic advisory exceeded 2 billion EUR between Q4 2018 – Q3 2019.
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 was over 2 billion EUR between Q4 2018 – Q3 2019, and 3.2 billion EUR between Q4 2017 – Q3 2018.
The biggest transactions between October 2018 and September 2019 in retail sector
Atrium Koszalin & Atrium Felicity (298 million EUR) – the largest retail investment deal in the CEE region so far this year; Cinema City Manufaktura (21 million EUR).
The biggest transactions between October 2018 and September 2019 in office sector
Warsaw Spire A (386 million EUR), West Station - I&II (190 million EUR), Skylight & Lumen (190 million EUR), Warsaw Spire C (100 million EUR), Alchemia III - Argon (92 million EUR), Gatehouse Browary Warszawskie (76.8 million EUR), BIG (33 million EUR), Avia (30 million EUR), K1, Atrium International Business Center, Piękna 2.0, Wronia 31, Łódź 1, West House 1A.
The biggest transactions between October 2018 and September 2019 in warehouse sector
Hines Industrial Portfolio (140 million EUR), SEGRO Logistics Park Gdańsk (30 million EUR), Panattoni Park Konotopa II (29 million EUR), Panattoni Park Kraków IV (24.5 million EUR), Hillwood Portfolio - Warszawa I (19 million EUR), 7R Park Wrocław, City Logistics Portfolio, Panattoni Park Grodzisk II.
Other biggest transactions between October 2018 and September 2019
With the acquisition of REAS, JLL became the first advisory firm to operate in all segments of the real estate business in Poland. Exemplary recent transaction is the buy-side advisory to Czech investor Zeitgeist Asset Management regarding Wrzesińska 2 where a new living project is planned.
Please say why your team should be considered for the award
Why JLL? Investment advisor of choice in Poland and CEE. Maintained its leading position for a number of years (no 1 advisor in 2019, no 1 sell side advisor in 2018). Unparalleled professionalism and a laser focus on ethics resulted in over 2 billion EUR transacted in the last 12 months, approx. 1.5 billion EUR in 2019 so far, and more than 17.3 billion EUR over the last decade. JLL was involved in the largest and most prestigious transactions: Warsaw Spire (386 million EUR), Atrium Koszalin & Atrium Felicity (approx. 300 million EUR), Lumen & Skylight (190 million EUR) or West Station I&II (190 million EUR) in the last 12 months, and market-defining deals over the decade: Chariot Portfolio of 28 assets (the largest retail investment deal to date in Poland and CEE - 1 billion EUR) or disposal of 75% stake in Echo Prime Properties' 1.2 billion EUR platform. JLL is keeping up the pace with 1.5 billion EUR of retail and 3 billion EUR of office, logistic and hotel deals in the pipeline.
Company website
www.jll.pl