HB Reavis Group’ first development in Hungary, located in the heart of the Váci út office corridor in Budapest, has been purchased by a group of investors represented by Zeus Capital Management.
This is the first major office transaction in the Hungarian real estate market in 2016, as well as a milestone in the successful business development of HB Reavis in Hungary.
This acquisition is made by Zeus Capital Management in relation to its commercial properties investment platform dedicated to Central East and South East Europe. Completed in 2014, Váci Corner Offices comprises of 21,150 sqm office space.
The building is BREEAM “Excellent” certified, providing an efficient design as well as a friendly and attractive working environment. Vaci Corner Offices has also just recently been selected the winner of iroda.hu portal’s ”Office Building of the Year by Tenant's Opinion” award expressing the satisfaction of the tenants.
The uniqueness of the building are the high-quality materials and sustainable solutions that have become the trademark of HB Reavis in the region. The building was let at a quite rapid pace and reached almost full occupancy rate by the end of 2015.
Tenants of Váci Corner Offices include international corporate institutions and renowned Hungarian companies such as 3 subsidiaries of MVM Group, CRH Hungary, Sony Europe, Mylan, Intrum Justitia as well as GlobeNet and Statlogics (both part of the Asseco Group). HB Reavis also relocated its own Hungarian headquarters to the building.
“The acquisition of Váci Corner Offices fits perfectly with the investment strategy of our newest investment platform targeting Central East and South East Europe. This is our first transaction in the Budapest market and we are pleased to have acquired one of the prime office buildings in the promising Vaci Corridor submarket.
The property is ideally positioned to benefit from the real estate market’s upswing and we are confident it will perform exceptionally well for our investors.” said Lila Pateraki, Director of Investments at Zeus Capital Management.
