Ziv Gigi’s experience on the real estate markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) spans over 15 years, during which time Gigi developed and managed tens of office and retail space projects. Gigi’s expertise covers real estate developments, sales and acquisitions. Gigi’s former mandate as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of GTC operations in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia, offered him the opportunity to gain financial knowledge necessary to successfully fulfil and support the company’s strategic directions.
GTC Group is one of the leading investors and real estate developers, active in Poland and in the capital cites of CEE countries. Since 1994, GTC has developed 76 modern offices and retail properties, at high standards, with a total surface area of over 1.3 million square meters, in CEE.
GTC currently manages a commercial real estate portfolio that includes 48 buildings, offering over 750,000 sqm, the lettable area of office and retail space in Poland, Budapest, Bucharest, Belgrade, Zagreb and Sofia. GTC seeks to further develop 325,000 sqm of retail property and office space in the capital cites of CEE countries, and 37,000 sqm are already under construction. GTC S.A. is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In 2020, investment fund Optimum Ventures Private Equity, held by Optima, bought over 60% of the shares of Globe Trade Centre.