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Kempinski Hotels has acquired the Augustine Hotel in Prague, one of the city’s most historic and prestigious addresses. This is the first acquisition for the hospitality group in over 50 years, since it bought the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Munich in 1970.
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The cornerstone of Liberty Tower by Cavatina has been laid at ul. Grzybowska 54 in Warsaw. Even before the sales office opened in February of this year, 60 apartments on the top floors were sold.
Warehouse & industrial
Data4 has officially opened its second data centre in Jawczyce, just outside Warsaw, with a capacity of 10 MW. The event was attended by Andrzej Domański, the minister of finance and the economy, Dariusz Standerski, the vice minister of digitisation, and Olivier Micheli, the president of Data4.
Residential
Dekpol Deweloper has begun sales for its Eterna project under development on ul. Stępkarska in Gdańsk’s Młode Miasto district, encompassing the city’s former docklands.
Residential
The city of Warsaw has signed a contract to construct a new home for the elderly at ul. Szubińska 4 in the Bielany district.
Office & mixed-use development
Andersia Tower in Poznań is now close to fully commercialised, with Savills having secured leases for over 3,500 sqm of space.
Residential
Cordia Polska has completed the construction of its Craft Zabłocie residential project in Kraków. The six-storey building includes one service unit and 94 apartments ranging in size from 26 sqm to 78 sqm.
Office & mixed-use development
Echo Investment has completed construction of the Swobodna SPOT office building in Wrocław and has now been issued with an occupancy permit. The ten-storey building designed by the Kuryłowicz + Architekci studio comprises 16,000 sqm of office space.
Retail & leisure
LCP Poland, part of M Core has purchased land in Nowa Wola near Warsaw, where it is to launch its fifth retail park development project this year. MPark Nowa Wola is to comprise two buildings with 16 leasable units and a total gla of almost 7,500 sqm.
Warehouse & industrial
General contractor Signet is building a 4,300 sqm production facility for exhibition stand designer and manufacturer Smart Design Expo in Wysogotowo near Poznań.
Office & mixed-use development
Digital payment and credit card giant Visa will soon open its global technology and product hub in Ghelamco’s The Bridge tower in Warsaw. The long-term lease for 17,300 sqm of space is the largest transaction so far this year in the city’s office leasing market.
Investment & finance
EPP has secured a EUR 323.9 mln loan to refinance existing debt on its fully-owned shopping centre portfolio. The financing covers King Cross Marcelin in Poznań, two assets in Szczecin (Galaxy and Outlet Park), and Pasaż Grunwaldzki in Wrocław.
Warehouse & industrial
Okam has signed eight new leases, totalling nearly 6,300 square meters over Q1 for the 62 ha site of the former FSO car factory on ul. Jagiellońska in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Panattoni has secured EUR 22.5 mln in financing from Pekao to develop a factory for ZREW Transformatory.
Infrastructure
The latest report by Colliers charts the expansion of airport capacity in the region and its impact on commercial real estate, particularly hotels, restaurants, and retail properties.
Warehouse & industrial
MLP is to build a 9,500 sqm operational centre for an undisclosed courier tenant in Gorzów Wielkopolski. The completion and handover are scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026.
Retail & leisure
Jysk will open a 1,700 sqm DIY store at HomePark Janki near Warsaw on April 11th.
Investment & finance
According to the latest data from Cushman & Wakefield, the total value of investment transactions in Central and Eastern Europe in 2025 reached approximately EUR 11.8 bln, representing a 34 pct year-on-year increase and the highest annual figure since 2019.
Office & mixed-use development
E-commerce fashion brand Bonprix, a fashion brand has opened an office on the 5th floor of the Nowa Fabryczna office building in Łódź. The company occupies nearly 2,400 sqm.
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has appointed Simon Durkin as Chief Executive Officer Europe, ULI, succeeding Lisette van Doorn, commencing early March 2026.
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shaping ULI Poland’s agenda is joined by Ilona Otoka (Savills Poland), Michał Witkowski (Colliers), Waldemar Grabka (EQT Exeter), Rafał Stoparczyk (Skanska Commercial Development Europe) and Justyna Glinka (Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy), who, as the newly appointed chair of young leaders, also becomes a member of the ULI Poland Executive Committee.
Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists have been hired to implement the project.
Five new members are joining JLL's management board, and will take on their new roles from the beginning of July.
From the beginning of June this year, Anna Korólczyk-Lewandowska takes over the position of Editor in Chief of Eurobuild magazine.
Jarosław Szanajca plans to resign from the position of president of the management board of Dom Development at the end of the year and join the supervisory board. From the beginning of 2025, Mikołaj Konopka, current member of the management board and co-founder and president of Euro Styl, will take over the reins of the company.
Kamil Kowa has become the new CEO of Savills in Poland. He is a member of the management board of the company, and for the past nine years has held the position of head of Corporate Finance and Valuation at Savills.
Michał Masztakowski has taken up the position of the head of the retail agency in Poland at Cushman & Wakefield. He will be responsible for preparing and implementing the department's business strategy, expanding the firm's client portfolio and leading a team advising tenants and investors.
Savills has appointed Stuart Jordan, the current managing director of the consultancy in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as CEO of the entire CEE region.
BDPST Group has acquired the Hotel Gellért Szálló in central Budapest from Danubius Hotel Group for an undisclosed sum.
Austrian real estate investor S Immo, following the successful completion of the mandatory takeover offer by Prague-based CPI Property Group, has by mutual consent terminated the contract of S Immo’s CEO, Bruno Ettenauer.
Łukasz Jachna, the current member of the board and the chief capital markets officer of Polish warehouse developer 7R, has decided to leave the company. He will remain the head of the capital markets team until the end of September this year.
Colliers has entered into an affiliate agreement with Serbian real estate services company West Properties.
The Generation Park Y office tower, which was developed by Skanska in Warsaw's Wola-Centrum district and is now owned by Hansainvest Real Assets, has received a Well Core & Shell ‘Gold’ certificate.
Polish construction firm Erbud has published a book aimed at encouraging girls to think about a career in the building industry.
Maciej Madejak has been appointed chief development officer, founder, and member of the management board of MDC2. Previously, he held management-level positions at Prologis, Goodman and Panattoni.
Avison Young has broadened its range of services with valuation and advisory.
Monika Rajska-Wolińska has been promoted from managing partner for Poland to the position of CEO of Colliers in Central and Eastern Europe, which now covers Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria, effective from August 1st, 2021.
Silvia Schmitten-Walgenbach has been chosen to be the next CEO of Austrian real estate investor and developer CA Immo.
CBRE and 4CF have been selected as strategic advisors for the Airport City project, part of the Port Polska development programme. The two companies w ...
Dekpol Budownictwo is eentering Romania. In December 2025, the company signed an agreement with a developer to carry out design work for the first sta ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
Shopee is ending its operations in Poland. The Asian e-commerce platform, which debuted in Poland in 2021, intends to focus on operations in other reg ...
Warehouse developer Segro is continuing to certify the parks in its portfolio under BREEAM In-Use. In Q1 2026, eight buildings in its parks in Łódź, G ...
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
On the occasion of Easter, we extend our warmest wishes to all our Readers for peace, good health, and the joy that comes from spending time with love ...
ULI Poland is to hold the 'Matrix of Real Estate' conference from April 15th -16th at the Norblin Factory in Warsaw to discuss the impact of geopoliti ...
Recently, Martin Ohly was appointed to the newly created position of head of Germany at 7R, so what better opportunity could there be to find out abou ...
After a long break, we invite you to hot episode of the "Eye to eye" podcast! Today we talk with Władysław Grochowski, the head and founder of Arche.
The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...
Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...
Kempinski Hotels has acquired the Augustine Hotel in Prague, one of the city’s most historic and prestigious addresses. This is the first acquisition ...
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
The latest report by Colliers charts the expansion of airport capacity in the region and its impact on commercial real estate, particularly hotels, re ...
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
EPP has secured a EUR 323.9 mln loan to refinance existing debt on its fully-owned shopping centre portfolio. The financing covers King Cross Marcelin ...
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...
Andersia Tower in Poznań is now close to fully commercialised, with Savills having secured leases for over 3,500 sqm of space.
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
The city of Warsaw has allocated PLN 5 million for the construction of al. Centralna, a green passageway between the Warsaw Śródmieście railway statio ...
The cornerstone of Liberty Tower by Cavatina has been laid at ul. Grzybowska 54 in Warsaw. Even before the sales office opened in February of this yea ...
LCP Poland, part of M Core has purchased land in Nowa Wola near Warsaw, where it is to launch its fifth retail park development project this year. MPa ...
Skanska CDE has become the first company in Poland to introduce a Neutral Host In-Building (NHIB) infrastructure model, based on the BTS hotel, in its ...
Data4 has officially opened its second data centre in Jawczyce, just outside Warsaw, with a capacity of 10 MW. The event was attended by Andrzej Domań ...
A good foundation from which to grow
A good foundation from which to grow
CBRE
Poland's role and the strength of its economy are increasingly visible in the European commercial real estate market. We have strengthened our leading position in Central and Easte ...
Zero-emission, zero-backup? The resilience gap in modern building standards
Zero-emission, zero-backup? The resilience gap in modern building standards
Independent Expert
As commercial buildings move rapidly toward full electrification, modern standards optimise for efficiency and emissions – but largely assume uninterrupted power supply. In C ...
Strong warehouse sector whilst capital cautious and offices yet to rebound
Strong warehouse sector whilst capital cautious and offices yet to rebound
Newmark Polska
Poland’s commercial real estate market enters 2026 in good health and with solid growth potential. Warehouses remain one of the strongest sectors in Europe, while constrained ...