Martin Baláž Promoted to Director of Development & Leasing for Czech Republic and Slovakia

PRAGUE (July 17, 2015) — Prologis, Inc., the global leader in industrial real estate, today announced that Martin Baláž has been promoted to director of development and leasing for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Martin Baláž will jointly oversee leasing and development activities in both countries, with a focus on Slovakia, and will continue to support the company’s investment projects and leasing activity in its existing distribution parks.

“Prologis is fortunate to have dedicated team members like Martin to manage our success and series of recent expansions throughout the region,” said Martin Polak, senior vice president and country manager, Prologis Czech Republic and Slovakia. “Since joining Prologis, he has been instrumental in several major transactions, and I am confident that he and his colleagues will continue to demonstrate their leading expertise and skills in the market.”

Prior to joining Prologis in 2014, Baláž was an associate partner at Cushman & Wakefield, where he was head of the industrial and retail warehouse department in Slovakia and head of the industrial department in the Czech Republic. He has an MBA in construction and real estate from the College of Estate Management in Reading, U.K.