Mercure enters Latvia

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LATVIA Orbis has signed a franchise agreement for a four-star hotel in the centre of Riga, Latvia.
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The Mercure Riga Centre on Elizabetes street will be the first hotel of the Orbis and Accor group in Latvia. The hotel is being developed in a conversion of a historic tenement house built in 1901. It will offer 143 guest rooms, a restaurant, some multifunctional rooms and a recreation centre. Mercure Riga Centre is to open in H1 2014.

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Office & mixed-use development

POLAND Warsaw office market picks up in Q2

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

After a subdued start to the year, Warsaw’s office market gained significant momentum in Q2 2026, with tenant activity in H1 reaching 420,000 sqm, representing a 38 pct y-o-y increase – according to Axi Immo’s ‘Office Market in Warsaw H1 2026’ report.

Retail & leisure

POLAND TK Maxx to debut in Galeria Wiślanka

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

TK Maxx is to open a 2,200 sqm store in Galeria Wiślanka in Żory, about 30 km southwest of Katowice in Silesia. This will be the British clothing chain’s only location in this region of Poland.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND VeloBank renews Citi Handlowy lease in Q22

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

VeloBank, which finalised the acquisition of Citi Handlowy’s retail banking operations in Poland in June, has renewed the company’s lease of 1,068 sqm of office space in the Q22 skyscraper in Warsaw.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND Knight Frank chosen for Loft Park in Kraków

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Knight Frank has been selected as the exclusive agent responsible for the commercialisation of the office space in buildings B and D of the Loft Park complex in Kraków. The development is located on ul. Hetmana Stanisława Żółkiewskiego, close to the Rondo Grzegórzeckie roundabout – one of the city’s key transportation hubs.

Retail & leisure

POLAND Auchan opens in Fuzja

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

The retail and service offerings at Fuzja in Łódź have expanded with a new tenant. Auchan Polska has opened a 1,200 sqm hypermarket in Fuzja in Łódź, which has been developed out of the historic complex of the former Karol Scheibler factory.

Infrastructure

POLAND Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Ocean Winds has selected Hydrobudowa Gdańsk as the general contractor for adapting part of the port infrastructure in Władysławowo on the Baltic coast to support the BC-Wind offshore wind farm project.

Warehouse & industrial

GERMANY MLP enters Hamburg market

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

MLP Group has acquired a 6.8 ha brownfield site from a private owner in Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein, near Hamburg – marking the group’s debut in the Hamburg metropolitan region.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND JAS-FBG happy to stay in Segro Park Wrocław, Targowa

schedule 07 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Polish logistics operator JAS-FBG has extended its lease of almost 4,000 sqm at Segro Park Wrocław, Targowa, where it has been operating from since 2019.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND Logistics terminal in Panattoni Kraków East V

schedule 06 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Panattoni has completed the development of a dedicated logistics terminal for a leading e-commerce player. The almost 8,000 sqm BTS facility, which is part of the Panattoni Park Kraków East V, will handle parcel sorting and management of a network of parcel vending machines in southern Poland.

Residential

POLAND Liberty Tower sells PLN 250 mln in six months

schedule 06 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Since sales began in February 2026, 122 contracts have been concluded in the Liberty Tower residential building in Warsaw, which is owned by Cavatina. The total value of the transactions for units in the development on ul. Grzybowska exceeded PLN 250 mln.

Investment & finance

POLAND PLN 52 bln developed, but supply not keeping up with demand

schedule 06 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

July saw a shift in the supply-demand ratio across Poland’s seven largest housing markets. The pool of available developer units fell below the 60,000 threshold, and sales increased by 12 pct y-o-y, while the number of new projects declined significantly.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND Automated warehouse for Lorenz in Stanowice

schedule 06 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

A new warehouse with an area of app. 16,000 sqm is being built at the Lorenz production facility in Stanowice, about 23 km southeast of Wrocław. Bremer is the general contractor for the project. The distribution centre is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2027.

Infrastructure

POLAND Intermodal strengthens Poland’s position on the European logistics map

schedule 05 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

In the first quarter of 2026, Polish railways transported almost 790,000 TEUs in intermodal transport. This segment's share of total rail transport reached a record 19.2 pct. Further development of services depends on investments in linear and point infrastructure.

Hotels

ROMANIA Mercure opens in Oradea

schedule 05 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Accor has announced the opening of the Mercure Oradea. The new 90-room hotel is the hospitality group’s 26th location in the country. It is managed by local company Grand Hotel West under a franchise agreement, with Spark Hospitality as its operator.

Exclusive

CEE REGION The man from NASA

schedule 05 August 2026
Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Poland with a new investment fund for Polish investors – and it has just made its market debut with the acquisition of Jerozolimskie Business Park in Warsaw. And that’s why EurobuildCEE spoke to the man at the centre of the deal, Marc Safari, the chief operating officer of NASA Capital, about how the company plans to build its Polish portfolio from here.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND Over 67k leased at DL Invest Park Bielsko-Biała

schedule 05 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

In recent months, DL Invest Group has signed lease agreements covering over 67,000 sqm in its DL Invest Park Bielsko-Biała complex. The transactions include long-term contract extensions with existing clients and new agreements with companies in the manufacturing and logistics sectors.

Interior design

POLAND ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form

schedule 04 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm of offices, designed by the MIXD architectural studio, are located on the former premises of the Dom Słowa Polskiego printing plant.

Infrastructure

POLAND Orlen buys 216 MW hybrid renewable energy project in Wielkopolska

schedule 04 August 2026

Orlen Group has finalised the purchase of a hybrid renewable energy farm project with a total capacity of 216 MW in Kazimierz Biskupi in Wielkopolska. The complex, combining solar and wind power, will generate around 315 Gwh of electricity, meeting the needs of almost 143,000 households.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND New conference centre for Diuna

schedule 04 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

A new, 460 sqm conference centre has opened in building D of the Diuna office complex in Warsaw’s Służewiec district, which is owned by Syrena Real Estate.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND M4B chooses MLP Pruszków II

schedule 04 August 2026
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Polish tech firm M4B has leased app. 3,600 sqm of industrial space in a newly constructed building in MLP Pruszków II, in Warsaw’s western outskirts.

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schedule 05 August 2026

Mercure opens in Oradea

Accor has announced the opening of the Mercure Oradea. The new 90-room hotel is the hospitality group’s 26th location in the country. It is managed by local company Grand Hotel West under a franchise agreement, with Spark Hospitality as its operator.

schedule 27 July 2026

Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud

Saltic, a Polish hotel developer and operator, has appointed Mirbud to construct its Saltic Zieleniec development in Duszniki-Zdrój with work to begin in early August 2026 and completion scheduled for July 2028.

schedule 20 July 2026

Marvipol launches Unique Hotel Kołobrzeg

Marvipol has launched sales for suites in its latest hospitality project, Unique Hotel Kołobrzeg. The five-star complex, comprising 227 suites, ranging in size from 25 to 104 sqm.will be built at ul. Sułkowskiego 7 in Kołobrzeg.

schedule 01 July 2026

Pbb refinances Radisson Blu Bucharest

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (Pbb) has provided EUR 123 mln in investment financing to funds managed by Cerberus Capital Management and Revetas Capital for the refinancing of the Radisson Blu hotel complex in central Bucharest. The bank acted as the financing arranger and sole lender.

schedule 23 June 2026

Griffin and Primestar join forces

Warsaw-based private equity investment manager Griffin Capital Partners and Berlin-based hospitality operator Primestar Group have launched Prime Griffin Hotels, a 50/50 JV to build a Polish hotel platform.

schedule 07 May 2026

aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki

 aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real estate segment. 

schedule 04 May 2026

Swissôtel comes to Gdynia

In 2027, the first Swissôtel hotel in Poland will open in Gdynia. The project, being developed in partnership with Allenort Group, will be part of the Waterhall complex.

schedule 04 May 2026

Strong Warsaw hotel growth

According to the latest study by Cushman & Wakefield, Warsaw remains one of the strongest hotel markets in the CEE region. In 2025, the city recorded one of the highest RevPAR increases among CEE-6 cities, while also leading the growth in hotel room supply.

schedule 30 April 2026

RevPAR up by 12 pct

Bucharest’s hotel market recorded the strongest performances in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in 2025, with revenue per available room (RevPAR) increasing by 12 pct year-on-year, outperforming the CEE-6 average, according to a market analysis conducted by Cushman & Wakefield.

schedule 09 April 2026

Kempinski buys Augustine Hotel, Prague

Kempinski Hotels has acquired the Augustine Hotel in Prague. This is the first acquisition for the hospitality group in over 50 years, since it bought the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Munich in 1970.

schedule 17 March 2026

Hotel transactions boom

The Czech hotel market is building on an exceptionally strong year in 2025, marked by a significant increase in transaction volumes and investor interest. According to Cushman & Wakefield, a total of 16 hotels were sold in the Czech Republic, representing 2,989 rooms and a total transaction volume of EUR 764 mln. Based on available data, this represents the highest annual transaction volume ever recorded on the Czech hotel market.

schedule 12 March 2026

Mercure expands in Romania

Mercure has signed a contract to develop a hotel in Craiova and has also announced it is to open the Mercure Oradea hotel.

schedule 27 February 2026

Lithuanians construct hotel in Gdańsk

Construction work on a hotel has been launched in the Wrzeszcz district of Gdańsk. Lithuanian 1 Asset Management is the investor and the developer is the Gdańsk-based Upside Property.

schedule 25 February 2026

ibis Styles open in Tbilisi

ibis Styles has announced the opening of the ibis Styles Tbilisi Mziuri Park in one of the city's greenest districts, next to the historic Wine Factory district and Chavchavadze Avenue. 

schedule 05 February 2026

Mercure opens in Bucharest

Mercure, a brand owned by the Accor Group, has opened the Mercure Bucharest Cantemir in the centre of the city. The brand is also planning to debut in Oradea as well as in Khiva in Uzbekistan in 2026.

schedule 15 January 2026

Swissôtel opens in The Czech Republic

The Swissôtel chain has announced the opening of its first hotel in the Czech Republic in the spa town of Mariánské Lázně.

schedule 22 December 2025

AC Hotels to open in Port Praski

The façade of the Minter townhouse, in the Port Praski development in Warsaw, has been unveiled, restoring its Art Nouveau style.

schedule 18 December 2025

New look for Novotel Praha Wenceslas Square

The comprehensive renovation of the Novotel Praha Wenceslas Square has been completed. The work included 146 guestrooms, the lobby, the fitness centre, the swimming pool, the wellness area, and the conference room.

schedule 12 November 2025

Tourism set to boom around the Med

According to the report, Mediterranean and Southern European markets accounted for 44 pct of all inbound overnight tourist arrivals to Europe last year, according to the latest EMEA Hospitality report published by Colliers.

schedule 03 November 2025

Novotel comes to Croatia

Accor's Novotel brand is expanding in Southeastern Europe with the opening of Novotel Zagreb, the brand's first hotel in Croatia.

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