WOOD & Co Real Estate SICAV Fund has acquired Lakeside Park 02
March 2023 — WOOD & Co Real Estate SICAV Fund, the leading investment bank in CEE, has acquired the remaining 50% stake in Lakeside Park 02 after a successful joint venture development from the Slovak real estate developer Immocap, a.s.
WOOD & Company Real Estate is the market leader in the commercial real estate segment in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with more than 355,000 sqm of leasable property. In addition to operating in the Czech Republic, where it manages the administrative buildings Hadovka Office Park, Harfa Office Park, Greenpoint and The Greenline, as well as the shopping centers Galerie Harfa and Centrum Krakov, WOOD & Company Real Estate is also building successfully its Slovak portfolio, with the Westend Tower, Aupark Tower, Lakeside Park 01, BBC 5 and BBC 1 office buildings, as well as the Aupark Bratislava shopping center. In 2022, WOOD & Company Real Estate successfully entered the Polish real estate market with the acquisition of Astrum Business Park in Warsaw.
Lakeside Park 02 is the continuation of the already successful Lakeside Park office complex located on the Tomasikova street in Bratislavan (Slovakia). The completion of Lakeside Park 02 in 2022 brought an additional 14,300 sqm of A+ grade leasable area to the market. Lakeside Park 02 is a technologically advanced office building that offers tenants an extraordinary level of comfort, a pleasant environment and an accessible location. In addition to holding a LEED Gold certificate, the project won two awards in the prestigious CIJ Awards – Best office development and Best new office tenant lease transaction.
Immocap is a Slovak real estate developer with a 27-year history of developing commercial and residential properties in Bratislava.
Our role in the transaction
Oaklins’ team in Slovakia advised WOOD & Co Real Estate SICAV Fund on the acquisition.
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