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Insights February 2025

Solar park Developments in Hungary: Key legal update on transfer duty

It has become standard practice in Hungary for solar power plants to be developed on greenfield agricultural land owned by third parties. Due to legal restrictions regarding the use of agricultural land, developers are unable to acquire these plots until the project is completed. Unlawful taxation practice challenged Recently, the National Tax and Customs Authority (the “Tax Authority”) calculated the transfer duty not only based on the market value of the underlying land but also included the market value of the solar park entirely constructed by the developer, which resulted in exorbitant tax burdens. The Hungarian Supreme Court (the “Kúria”) recently ruled against the Tax Authority regarding

Deals December 2022

Kinstellar advises S IMMO AG on the expansion of its office portfolio in Budapest

Kinstellar is delighted to announce that it has once again successfully advised S Immo AG, a leading Vienna-listed real estate investor and developer, on the acquisition of six office properties in Budapest, from Immofinanz AG. The acquisition includes the following six buildings comprising around 124,000 m² of main usable space: Thirteen Globe, Thirteen Xenter, Greenpoint 7, Atrium Park, Haller Gardens and Szepvölgyi Business Park. Most of the properties are located in the strong office submarkets "Vaci Corridor" and "Central Pest".  The purchase price is based on the valuation of the property portfolio carried out by an external expert with a value of EUR 244.1 million as of 22 December 2022. The acquisition

Deals November 2022

Kinstellar advises S IMMO AG on the acquisition of office properties in Budapest

Kinstellar is delighted to announce that it has successfully advised S Immo AG, a leading Vienna-listed real estate investor and developer, on the acquisition of eight properties and one land plot in Budapest (Gateway Office Park, Arena Corner, Andrássy Palace and the five-part BC99 Office Park) from CPI Property Group. After several successful transactions in the CEE region, S Immo AG once again turned to Kinstellar and worked together with our Budapest office for the first time. The transaction is valued at EUR 238.3 million. The excellently managed buildings comprise a total lettable area of around 109,000 m² and are in outstanding condition. The Kinstellar team was led by Barnabás Sági (Managing