Orbis extends franchise chain
Hotelsschedule 22 January 2015
POLAND The Orbis hotel group has signed a franchise contract with the Four Hotel company for a hotel that is being developed on ul. Pszenna in Gdańsk.
Investment & finance
DL Invest Group has finalized the acquisition of a production and warehouse complex in Bielsko-Biała, with a total rental area exceeding 270,000 sqm.
Material partner
Peninsula Property is an investor and development company that builds high-quality, thoughtfully designed apartment buildings, boutique residences and hotels to ensure the best possible experience for future residents and tenants. It stands out for its innovative designs and concepts in the Polish market.
Investment & finance
Contera has announced a strategic partnership with Blackstone, the world's largest asset management company, to acquire CT Real Estate's portfolio of ten logistics parks for approximately €470 mln.
Investment & finance
CA Immo has completed the sale of the Saski Point office building in central Warsaw to an undisclosed buyer.
Investment & finance
Investika Real Estate Fund and its JV partner Bud Holdings have acquired five Polish logistics parks with a combined area of 212,500 sqm from Polish warehouse developer 7R for more than EUR 150 mln.
Investment & finance
Hillwood’s EU Industrial Club III has announced the successful closure of a EUR 368.19 mln loan with Aareal Bank AG, a leading international provider of financing, banking, and payment solutions for the property sector.
Office & mixed-use development
BNY, the global financial services provider, has moved its Polish office to the Centrum Południe building in Wrocław. The company has taken 20,000 sqm of space on 13 floors in the Skanska-owned facility.
Warehouse & industrial
7R will develop a technology and production hub on the site of Kraków's ‘Ruszcza’ Logistics and Industrial Centre. The 230,000 sqm investment will be built as part of the ‘’Kraków - Nowa Huta of the Future‘’ project.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni has secured a new tenant for its investment in Lower Silesia. A company from the fashion industry has leased 40,000 sqm in Panattoni Park Głogów.
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Investment & finance
Summus Capital has closed the acquisition of the React office building in the centre of Łódź. The property, valued at €32.5 mln, comprises more than 15,000 sqm of office space.
Investment & finance
The DRFG Investment Group, with the strategic support of TriGranit, has acquired the Signum Work Station office building in Warsaw, with a leasable area of approx. 32,500 sqm.
Warehouse & industrial
Garbe Industrial Real Estate has re-let one of its existing properties in Norderstedt. A retailer will use the property with a total area of around 26,200 sqm for the handling and storage of goods.
Warehouse & industrial
Prologis begins construction of a BTS warehouse for logistics company DP World. Prologis Park Łódź with an area of over 41,500 sqm will serve as a modern distribution centre for the Dell Technologies factory in Łódź.
Land acquisitions
CTP has agreed to a EUR 155 mln deal to acquire an industrial site spanning over 830,000 sqm in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. The seller is Vallourec, a manufacturer of pipe systems.
Office & mixed-use development
Skanska has commenced construction on the second building of the H2Offices complex in Budapest. The eight-story structure will offer about 22,000 sqm of leasable space.
Hotels
The first The Cloud One Hotel in Warsaw is set to open in the Upper One complex, offering over 360 rooms.
Investment & finance
Panattoni has finalized the sale of two industrial parks – Panattoni Park Ruda Śląska III and Panattoni Park Kraków East II – to an international investor specializing in commercial real estate as its entry to Poland. The total transaction value reached about EUR 70 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Advisory firm Deloitte has decided to expand its office space at Wrocław's Renoma by more than 600 sqm. The building will become the company's sole office location in Lower Silesia.
Office & mixed-use development
Reckitt Benckiser has chosen to consolidate its group companies in Ghelamco's Vibe. The company leased about 8,000 sqm of office space, becoming the largest tenant in the building.
The first The Cloud One Hotel in Warsaw is set to open in the Upper One complex, offering over 360 rooms.
The Spark by Hilton brand is entering the Polish market with two new hotels. Spark by Hilton Pobierowo and Spark by Hilton Krynica Morska will open within the next six months.
Boutique brand Accor is making its debut in Germany with the opening of a hotel in Düsseldorf. The company also announces plans to open its first property in Croatia in 2026.
The Art Nouveau hotel Grand Hotel Evropa in Prague has started operating under the W Hotels banner as W Prague. This is the first property of this Marriott Bonvoy-owned brand in the Czech capital.
The Sofitel Grand Sopot has changed hands. The Polish company Sinfam Investments became the new owner of the hotel. The seller was AccorInvest, which includes the Orbis group. Sofitel will remain the managing operator of the hotel.
The St. Regis Belgrade hotel, the brand's first property in Serbia, has begun operating in Belgrade. It is located in the 42-storey high-rise Belgrade Tower (Kula Beograd), built at the meeting point of the Sava and Danube rivers.
Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego has granted a loan of up to EUR 40 mln to the Hungarian company from the Puro Group. The financing will be used for the construction of a four-star premium hotel in the centre of Budapest.
Mercure, a brand of the Accor Group, announces the opening of its first hotel in Bulgaria. The new property is located in one of Sofia's most prestigious districts, Manastirski Livadi, with easy access to the National History Museum and Vitosha National Park.
S Immo has successfully completed a sale of the Juliš Hotel in Prague, with a total leasable area of around 6,700 sqm.
The Moxy Hotels brand has announced the expansion of its European portfolio to 100 hotels by the end of 2025. 17 more hotels are to open by the end of next year, including Moxy Warsaw City.
According to data from Cushman & Wakefield, the Bucharest hotel market is experiencing the highest supply growth among the CEE capitals between 2024 and 2026. The demand in the first half of the year compared to the same period of 2023 experienced an increase of 3 pct, however, it remained below the 2019 level.
B&B Hotels Polska has signed a 20-year lease for the facility at ul. Kosmatki in Warsaw. B&B Hotel Warsaw East will start receiving guests in September this year. The new four-star hotel will be the second facility of the B&B Hotels chain in Warsaw and the 15th in Poland.
Hotel Opatija, Curio Collection by Hilton celebrates its opening. The 54-room facility debuts as the first in Croatia and the brand’s 40th trading country.
Cloud IX, Budapest’s latest panoramic skybar, has been opened in the ibis & Tribe Budapest Stadium Hotel in the WING Liberty building. Opened last December in Budapest’s District IX, the hotel complex boasts a total of 332 rooms and a wide range of services.
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Novum Hospitality announced a long-term agreement that will double IHG’s presence in Germany to more than 200 hotels in almost 100 cities through Holiday Inn – the niu brand collaboration and European debuts for IHG’s Garner and Candlewood Suites.
CPI Property Group has sold a 50 pct stake in a subsidiary that owns eight hotel properties in the Czech Republic to Bratislava-based Best Hotel Properties (BHP), with whom it has also signed a JV agreement for the continued management of the hotels.
Radisson RED Belgrade has opened its doors as a new upscale lifestyle hotel, marking the debut of the Radisson RED brand in Southeast Europe.
The hotel market in Bucharest has experienced a moderate annual average growth in new offerings, at 0.9 pct between 2019 and 2023. This modest trend was primarily influenced by the cancellation of Urban Zoning Plans. Between 2024 and 2025, an estimated average annual growth rate of 4.1 pct in the number of rooms is expected, according to data from the real estate consulting company Cushman & Wakefield.
According to Cushman & Wakefield analysis, after a period when the Prague hotel market was lagging behind other European cities in terms of recovery from the impacts of the covid pandemics, all of its performance indicators increased significantly in 2023. The Prague hotel market proves its resilience and attractivity.
IHG Hotels & Resorts announced its first Holiday Inn & Suites property in Europe with the signing of Holiday Inn & Suites Budapest Centrale – part of its Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts brand.
In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The f ...
Strabag Romania has been selected by the developer and investor PPF Real Estate as the general contractor for the construction of its new office prope ...
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 ...
Two buildings completed as part of the first phase of Good Point V, an investment by Real Management, have received the final BREEAM International New ...
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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 ...
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The Warsaw - Łódź stretch will be the first section of the High Speed Railway in Poland. It is on this route that a new station will be built in Brzez ...
Viterra has moved into its new 1,500 sqm offices in Olivia Prime, part of the Olivia Centre business complex in Gdańsk. The Design Anatomy studio is ...
DL Invest Group has finalized the acquisition of a production and warehouse complex in Bielsko-Biała, with a total rental area exceeding 270,000 sqm.
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The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
Nearly 1,500 flats in six stages will be built in Wrocław as part of the Apartamenty Krakowska project being developed by Robyg on land adjacent to th ...
A new retail park with a total area of 24,000 sqm is set to be developed in Otwock under the name Świderek. The investment will be led by Redkom Devel ...
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