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Beyond.pl, a data centre, cloud, and managed services provider and owner of data centres in Poland, is expanding its colocation project for AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing solutions launched in January this year. The company announced that it is working to increase the target capacity of its campus in Poznań by almost 2 times.
The most famous palm tree in Poland will be owned by the Museum of Modern Art. One of Warsaw's best-loved art installations will soon undergo a major overhaul.
According to the 2024 Savills Nearshoring Index study, the Czech Republic is the second most attractive location for industrial occupiers looking to ‘nearshore’ supply chains. Portugal ranks first, Poland in third place, Sweden being fourth, and Japan rounding out the top five.
Preparations are underway for the expansion of the Port Praski project. A housing estate and an attractive public space are planned along the quays of the former Warsaw port. The project will be evaluated by local residents as part of a dialogue about the investment.
According to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, the net office take-up in Bucharest across Q2 exceeded the renewal and renegociation transactional volume for the first time during the last two years, with a positive impact on the average vacancy rate, given that no new office projects were delivered in H1.
VGP in Hungary has handed over its new premises to Linde + Wieman. The German automotive parts manufacturer occupies 16,000 sqm at VGP Park Kecskemét, in the central part of the country.
One United Properties is carrying out restoration works on the former Ford Hall in Bucharest, which will be modernized into a mixed-use space. In addition to offices and a food market concept, One Gallery will feature a museum area, as well as a multifunctional hall.
Garbe, in a joint venture with a fund managed by BlackRock, has acquired a brownfield site of almost 200,000 sqm in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. The joint venture wants to create large-scale logistics on the site. The construction of the property with a total floor area of 70,000 sqm is scheduled to start in Q1 2025 and to be completed in 2026.
Panattoni has purchased a land plot where it is to build Panattoni Park Kraków East V. The construction work for a 30,000 sqm hall is scheduled to launch in October 2024.
Vibe, Ghelamco's latest project in Warsaw's business centre, is already fully leased. Companies that have already started working in the office building include Reckitt, an international consumer goods company, and MDDP Outsourcing.
San Park Piaseczno, a retail park developed by Ed San III Sancak, has been officially opened. The complex offers a total of more than 40 shops and service outlets.
The Imagine office complex in Łódź has received the global WiredScore certification, which is awarded to buildings that are technologically advanced in digital connectivity, telecommunications quality, and contingency planning.
MLP Group has signed a long-term lease agreement with a Chinese manufacturer of automotive parts, which, as part of its global nearshoring strategy, will lease 23,000 sqm of warehouse and office space at the MLP Poznań West logistics centre.
KGAL has acquired the ViE office building in the Austrian capital with a total rental area of 14,100 sqm for one of its property funds. The seller is CA Immobilien Anlagen AG. The building in a central location in Vienna is fully let.
Liberty, a mixed-use complex located in Budapest, has reached its final stage. The second phase of the project comprises a total of 20,000 sqm of office space.
Strabag Romania has been selected by the developer and investor PPF Real Estate as the general contractor for the construction of its new office property, The Arc. The investment will bring a ten-story, class A office building to the 6th District of Bucharest.
Empira Group has successfully completed the acquisition of six multi-family buildings as well as residential and commercial properties in the Neukölln, Kreuzberg and Wedding districts of Berlin. The purchase encompasses around 400 residential and commercial units.
The construction of Hillwood and LCube Wrocław East in Dobrzykowice has been finished. The project comprises almost 60,000 sqm of warehouse space, of which around 53 pct has already been commercialised.
Panattoni has completed the construction of City Logistics Warsaw IX. Situated in Targówek Fabryczny, the centre with an area of over 13,000 sqm already has its first tenants.
Savills is moving its headquarters as of March 2025, to new office space within the Masaryčka project in the centre of Prague. Additional 50 pct floor space will give it the foundation to expand its headcount towards 100 employees over the next phase of the business.
The Symbiosy smart building platform developed in-house by Slovakian developer HB Reavis has been acquired by Massachusetts-based real estate experience platform HqO.
The renovated Saski Crescent office building has proven to be fully prepared for challenges in terms of technological requirements. The building's full digital connectivity has been confirmed by the highest level of the WiredScore rating – Platinum.
Bright Spaces has announced a partnership with CA Immo Hungary to digitally showcase five of the latter’s buildings.
Sharry and Otis have partnered to provide a contact-free elevator access system that is operated via a mobile app for the Smíchoff office building in Prague.
Vantage Data Centers has announced the opening of two hyperscale data campuses – in Warsaw and Berlin.
A bicycle storage stacking machine has been installed in the Norblin Factory centre in Warsaw, which can hold up to 96 bikes.
Savills has launched a Polish version of its Workthere online platform to help potential tenants find flexible workspace and optimise how they use their space.
Online shoe store Eobuwie.pl has just rolled out its esize.me app in service in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece and Hungary.
Atrium Poland Real Estate Management is to work with Pergamin, a Polish startup that allows contracts to be signed with digital signatures. In this way, the leasing of 14 of Atrium’s centres will be up to ten times quicker.
Cushman & Wakefield has teamed up with FairFleet to offer drone surveillance services throughout the EMEA as well as across the Asia Pacific region and Canada.
US company AI Clearing is to provide its fully automated construction progress tracking solution for Esoleo, which is building Poland’s largest solar farm on the site of a former brown coal mine in Brudzew in central Poland.
Segro has joined the Proptech Foundation.
AI Clearing, Inc. has raised USD 2 mln in seed funding to accelerate the development – at its R&D centre in Warsaw – of its artificial intelligence system for monitoring the progress of construction projects.
Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, has entered into a partnership with leading proptech advisor Future2.
The Norblin Factory complex in Warsaw being developed by Capital Park Group through the renovation and conversion of a former metal plating plant is to have an automated bicycle storage centre created by MA-Sistemas, a Spanish company active in Switzerland, Singapore and Israel.
Flex office operator has launched an app that allows its clients to make bookings, order additional services and also acts as a communication platform.
Echo Investment is to introduce the Blue Bolt app, created by Polish software developer NTT, to all its new residential projects.
Cushman & Wakefield has identified Berlin, Reykjavik, Oslo, Warsaw, Zurich, Milan, Vienna, Madrid and Prague as emerging European hotspots for data centre development.
The first Polish robot to use UV-C light for disinfection has been put to use in a hospital in Wrocław.
The first fully automated canteen in Poland is to open in Sky Tower in Wrocław.
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 ...
The Imagine office complex in Łódź has received the global WiredScore certification, which is awarded to buildings that are technologically advanced i ...
The Eurobuild Awards Gala, the premier event for the region’s real estate market, is to take place this year on November 26th at the DoubleTree by Hil ...
Since August 1st, some important changes have taken place in Eurobuild's editorial team. Nathan North and Anna Korólczyk Lewandowska have expanded the ...
Welcome to the really hot episode of Eurobuild FM! Our editorial team visited the construction site of The Form, a unique office building, which is be ...
The 13th JLL Real Estate Beach Volleyball Charity Tournament, which took place earlier this month, has raised over PLN 800,000 to build the third Rona ...
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 ...
According to data from Cushman & Wakefield, the Bucharest hotel market is experiencing the highest supply growth among the CEE capitals between 2024 a ...
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 superv ...
Beyond.pl, a data centre, cloud, and managed services provider and owner of data centres in Poland, is expanding its colocation project for AI, machin ...
Designers from Colliers, under the supervision of architect Kateřina Štenclova, prepared the concept for the Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Prague. The ...
Garbe, in a joint venture with a fund managed by BlackRock, has acquired a brownfield site of almost 200,000 sqm in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. The join ...
CTP has expanded its Polish land bank by nearly half a million sqm. The company has purchased investment land in four locations that provide the oppor ...
Last week, Nordbygg, Northern Europe’s biggest trade fair for professionals in construction and real estate industry, took place at Stockholmsmässan i ...
According to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, the net office take-up in Bucharest across Q2 exceeded the renewal and renegociation transacti ...
Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed property manager of the Vibe office building. Ghelamco’s latest development delivered 15,000 sqm to the Warsaw ...
The most famous palm tree in Poland will be owned by the Museum of Modern Art. One of Warsaw's best-loved art installations will soon undergo a major ...
Preparations are underway for the expansion of the Port Praski project. A housing estate and an attractive public space are planned along the quays of ...
One United Properties is carrying out restoration works on the former Ford Hall in Bucharest, which will be modernized into a mixed-use space. In addi ...
The Symbiosy smart building platform developed in-house by Slovakian developer HB Reavis has been acquired by Massachusetts-based real estate experien ...
According to the 2024 Savills Nearshoring Index study, the Czech Republic is the second most attractive location for industrial occupiers looking to ‘ ...
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