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Edition 12 (226) December 2017

Editorial

It’s that time again...

The end of the year always puts me into rather a nostalgic mood. On New Year’s Eve I not only think about my plans for the next year but I take a look back for a moment, because, after all, the experiences we have had can motivate us to take our next steps.

Ewa Andrzejewska
Office & mixed-use development

Cautiously opportunistic

TriGranit has spent the last few months analysing each individual market segment. Are you now ready to leap into action?

Ewa Andrzejewska
Investment & Finance

Don’t forget the debt!

What are the main threats to Poland’s continued economic growth?

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski
Retail & leisure

LPP in expansive mood

POLAND LPP, the owner of the Reserved, House, Cropp, Mohito and Sinsay fashion chains, has announced its future plans to invest PLN 1.5 bln by 2020 in expanding all its brands both in Poland and abroad. The company also aims to make further improvements to the formats of its stores as well as their interior design.

Aneta Cichla
Green projects

Greenbacks from green action

How do we know that green buildings increase work productivity? This is not such an obvious correlation, is it?

Rafał Ostrowski
Property management

Lighting as a service

POLAND Paying for the latest lighting systems no longer has to be done as form of capital expenditure, because with new models of financing the replacement of lighting can counted among a company’s operating costs rather than as an investment. Philips Lighting Poland is now introducing its ‘Light As A Service’ (LAAS) option, which involves the installation of modern lighting systems, but at the producer’s cost.

Tomasz Cudowski
Stock market report

Already hanging up the tinsel

After a large rise in prices and global indexes hitting record highs, a lull ensued in the middle of November. But economies are still so hot that investors expect this year’s Santa Claus rally to paint the trading floors green the world over. The sector indexes, however, were somehow unable to join in with the festivities

Christmas Feature

Painting you a very merry Christmas

That special day is approaching that warms everyone’s heart, softening Even those in the real estate industry that are made of glass and steel. As The sector sends out its warmest Christmas and New Year greetings, take a peek at what we’ve been doing...

Ewa Andrzejewska
Feature

The temperature at ground level

The prices of land for real estate projects have reached levels not seen since before the credit crunch. Could history repeat itself once again in the form of another spectacular crash? The experts believe that this might not be on the cards – even though the appetite of developers’ is truly gargantuan

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski
Investment & Finance

In a 3 pct world

Asian investors, despite Brexit, are still pouring into London and are now expected to spread out into the CEE region. Chris Bell, a partner and managing director of Knight Frank in Europe, points to some of the current investment trends in the UK that sooner or later will be on their way to our part of the world

Rafał Ostrowski
Office & mixed-use development

Park life

The reeds are rustling in the wind as ducks paddle around in the pond. There’s a volleyball game going on and yoga on the lawn… this is the kind of idyllic scene that has become the norm in modern business parks, where a whole range of such attractive features are laid on for the tenants

Office & mixed-use development

Ready and flexible

In September Immobel’s Polish division appointed a new head. The company is to undergo changes but this will not be a revolution. We discuss its future plans and the status of current projects with Jacek Wachowicz, the new CEO of Immobel Poland

Retail & leisure

Walking in new shoes

A coherent omnichannel sales model would finally seem to have been launched onto the Polish market. Eobuwie.pl, which used to operate purely as an online footwear store, is opening its first physical shops – and they appear to combine the two sales formats. We discussed the company’s modern vision for retail with its CEO, Marcin Grzymkowski

Aneta Cichla
Green projects

Home, certified home

The Polish Green Building Council’s list of eco-certified buildings so far includes seven residential projects by three developers. However, as many as four green certificates are also currently on their way to residential properties, while a fifth is in the pipeline

Tomasz Cudowski
Hotels

From Poland to London

Rune Askevold, the CEO of the Puro Hotels chain, spoke to ‘Eurobuild CEE’ about the company’s plans, its development strategy, possible new brands and the opening a hotel in Berlin or London

Anna Pakulniewicz
Events

Pleasant but not so hot on the Riviera

This year’s international retail fair resembled the situation on the European market: slightly subdued but still interesting

AC
Endpiece

A swarm in my soup

What do soup, the emergence of life on Earth, the Neolithic era, revolution, fermentation, swarming and serviced offices all have in common? Well, it depends – and not only on how many fermented products you’ve been consuming. But a common denominator can be found – with a little bit of imagination

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

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