International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised the leading global provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces, CoStar Group, on its acquisition of Realla, the UK’s largest public portal specialised in commercial property.

Over the past five years CoStar Group has invested billions of dollars into building the world’s leading online property marketplaces, generating hundreds of millions of leads resulting in millions of successful commercial property transactions for its clients.

Lawyers from the Greenberg Traurig Warsaw office advised CA Immo in connection with the acquisition of Warsaw Spire Building C for ca. EUR 100 million.

The transaction was carried out as a share deal.

The Greenberg Traurig transaction team was led by Partner Radomil Charzynski, supported by Associates: Kamil Majewski, Michal Niecko, Samanta Wenda-Uszynska, Karolina Woronko, Oliwia Hutnik, and Filip Widuch. Senior Associate Pawel Jaskiewicz was responsible for all financing aspects of the transaction.

Audacia, a reference investor in the real and productive economy, has just announced it has acquired a strategic minority stake in the share capital of Sharies, a start-up that specialises in designing and operating Coliving spaces. Set up in March 2017 by Julien Morville and Augustin Midon, Sharies reinvents the living experience by way of a hybrid homes concept dedicated to sharing and living together.

Clifford Chance has acted for the joint venture between Helical plc and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) in relation to a trio of recent lettings at One Creechurch Place in the City of London to Softcat plc, West of England Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Company and Dell Corporation. The 272,500 square foot building, which is located in the heart of the City of London's insurance and financial district, is now close to being fully let with only one floor remaining.

MinterEllison has acted for Hometown Australia Holdings Pty Ltd (Hometown Australia) and Hometown America Holdings, L.L.C. (Hometown America) on the $942 million enterprise value off market takeover bid for Gateway Lifestyle Group (Gateway, ASX: GTY).

Hometown Australia is wholly owned by Hometown America, an operator of residential land lease communities in the United States. Founded in 1997, it currently owns over 60 communities with more than 24,000 homes across the United States. It entered the Australian market in 2017.