Hotels
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.
Retail & leisure
Yareal Polska continues to expand the retail tenant mix for its flagship, mixed-use complex in Warsaw's Praga Południe district. SOHO by Yareal now includes a Maxi Zoo pet store, the Alike Pottery Studio, and the Unroasted coffee store. Under the new agreements, Yareal has leased nearly 500 sqm on the ground floors of the buildings.
Construction
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massive Port of Poland (or CPK) transport hub, which is being developed between Warsaw and Łódź.
Investment & finance
Echo Investment has signed a loan agreement with Bank Pekao to finance its Wita mixed-use complex, which is being developed on a 3 ha site in central Kraków. The financing includes a five-year construction and investment loan and a VAT loan totalling EUR 36.4 mln.
Residential
According to 'The Living 2040' report, today's residents are more aware, pragmatic, and demanding of the place they live.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni, together with Eika Asset Management, an investment management company, have begun the development of Panattoni Park Kraków West IV. The centre, comprising over 46,000 sqm, will be built in Skawina, within the Kraków metropolitan area. The first tenant, a retailer of wooden panelling, will occupy nearly 17,000 sqm.
Warehouse & industrial
MLP Group has started construction work on MLP Rzeszów, a new logistics park in southeastern Poland. The project is being developed on a speculative basis.
Events
More than 70 representatives of the Polish logistics real estate market participated in the third edition of EQT on the Move: Ride the Lakes. The event brought together tenants, warehouse developers, real estate advisors, business partners, along with their families, in an informal setting designed to strengthen industry relationships. Participants cycled selected sections of the Masurian Cycling Loop between 12 and 14 June. Eurobuild was the media patron for the event.
Infrastructure
Budimex has handed over the motorway junction of the D1 and D4 roads in Slovakia, 90 days ahead of the deadline specified by the consgtruction contract.
Investment & finance
European lenders are optimistic about H2 2026, despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, while sentiment around the office sector has significantly improved, according to CBRE's latest European Lender Intentions Survey. Lenders are also open to financing properties in alternative sectors.
Office & mixed-use development
German chemical raw materials distributor Brenntag has opened its EMEA shared services centre in Brama Miasta B in Łódź, which is owned by Skanska Commercial Development Europe.
Retail & leisure
Fashion brand. New Yorker is to open a 1,300 sqm store in Galeria Sekunda in Jędzrejów, about 35 km south of Kielce in southern Poland.
Office & mixed-use development
Sustainable automotive parts supplier OPmobility has leased over 4,200 sqm of office space in building B of the Wita multifunctional complex n Kraków.
Office & mixed-use development
While demand for high-quality office space remains stable, record-low new construction has led to an unprecedentedly low supply across the CEE region’s six largest office markets: Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Bucharest, Bratislava and Sofia. This is creating upward pressure on rents for modern and sustainable buildings while also increasing the need to modernise older office stock, according to the latest ‘CEE Offices 2026 Report’, published by Colliers.
Residential
Warsaw ranks as the fourth least affordable capital for a single person, with essential monthly expenses, including housing, food, transport, personal care and leisure, totalling EUR 1,836. With the average net salary standing at EUR 1,911, these costs absorb 96.1 pct of typical earnings, leaving residents with just EUR 74 per month. Only Lisbon, Tirana, and Athens offer worse affordability among the 37 capital cities surveyed by Tradingpedia.
Warehouse & industrial
Cereals company Sonko has extended its 22,000 sqm lease in Prologis Park Wrocław. The company has been a tenant in the park since 2007.
Retail & leisure
The Norblin Factory is expanding its offerings for those seeking health, fitness, and beauty services. The latest tenant in the complex is KNOX – Poland's first boutique HIIT fitness centre, which occupies an area of 420 sqm.
ESG
The Punkt office building in Gdańsk has been awarded LEED v4 Platinum certification. This is the first Torus Group development certified under this version of the system and the developer's eighth building in Gdańsk with the highest environmental rating.
During the presentation of the 'Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland' report, we took the opportunity to speak with Piotr Kowalski, Managing Director at PLDCA, about the risks and future development of data centres in Poland.
Warehouse & industrial
Holcim Polska has begun construction of an Aggregate Production Plant in Bielawy, on the premises of a limestone mine owned by the Kujawy Cement Plant. This PLN 98 mln project represents the company's largest investment in the aggregates segment.
High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division between the left and right banks of the Vistula. The opening of the popular pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Vistula, the ongoing reconstruction of Okrzei Street, and the development of transportation infrastructure – including the planned modernisation of the Eastern Railway Station and the Warsaw-Stadion station – are functionally integrating Praga into the New Center of Warsaw.
The Urban Land Institute Poland has published the ‘New Urban Poland’. Using 14 projects from Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Wrocław, the publication demonstrates how former industrial city centre areas have been transformed into places with housing, work, entertainment, restaurants, services, and public space.
CBRE and 4CF have been selected as strategic advisors for the Airport City project, part of the Port Polska development programme. The two companies will develop a vision and operational strategy for the 600,000 sqm project.
The Teutonic Castle in Świecie is undergoing a restoration as part of a broader plan to redevelop the town, providing space for education, culture and tourism.
The Dance and Performing Arts Pavilion has opened in Warsaw's Powiśle district.
The Nhood Services Poland team has completed another round of public consultations for its mixed-use Wilanów Park development. Residents voiced their opinions on the proposed uses, services, and surroundings of Wilanów Park.
Polish cities and investors are preparing for the biggest change in spatial planning in two decades. By mid-2026, all municipalities must adopt general plans, which will replace existing zoning studies and become the primary document defining the framework for building location.
Warsaw has announced an architectural and urban planning competition for a development concept for 100 ul. Sobieskiego. The competition results will be announced in June 2026.
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr Studio in the city’s Palace of Culture and Science, with EurobuildCEE being one of the media patrons of the event.
In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The façade of the building with its organic architecture will be covered with 140,000 plants.
Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects together with Czech architects OVA have won the competition to redesign a quarter of Vítězné náměstí (Victory Square) in Dejvice district (Prague 6).
Alto Real Estate, the owner of the Sky Park complex in Bratislava, has launched an architectural competition for its further development on an adjacent plot.
Okam has presented a concept for the development of the former FSO plant site in Warsaw's Żerań. Created in cooperation with the city and the WXCA architectural studio, the masterplan envisages the creation of 12,000 flats as well as a new 10-ha park.
Italian Studio Fuksas has won an international competition to design a trade fair and exhibition centre to be built in Tirana. The planned development is to be built on a 10,000-square-metre site on New Boulevard, in the centre of the city.
The City of Helsinki, Finland, has launched a tender competition to sell the Old Customs House in Katajanokka harbour area for redevelopment. The goal of the competition is to find a technically and economically feasible and architecturally outstanding solution for redeveloping the building.
Penta Real Estate is holding an architectural competition for the development of a 4.5 ha brownfield site that formed part of the former Juraj Dimitrov chemical works (known locally as ‘DImitrovka’ or ‘Dynamitka’) in Bratislava.
London-based studio Foster+Partners in a consortium with Buro Happold has won the competition to design the Solidarity Airport near Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
A modular construction research centre has been completed for Koma Modular in Vizovice, in the Czech Republic’s eastern Zlín region. The design of the facility is the work of Prague-based architectural studio Chybik+Kristof.
An international architectural and urban planning competition has been launched for the development of the ‘4th quadrant’ of Vítězné náměstí (Victory Square) in Prague’s Dejvice district.
Penta Investment has launched an architectural and urban design competition for a site along the southern bank of the Danube River in Bratislava.
High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division bet ...
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massi ...
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.
During the presentation of the 'Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland' report, we took the opportunity to speak ...
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 Punkt office building in Gdańsk has been awarded LEED v4 Platinum certification. This is the first Torus Group development certified under this ve ...
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.
The June issue of EurobuildCEE magazine has now hit the shelves! And one of its recurring themes is how best to operate in an increasingly mature and ...
More than 70 representatives of the Polish logistics real estate market participated in the third edition of EQT on the Move: Ride the Lakes. The even ...
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
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 ...
Warsaw-based private equity investment manager Griffin Capital Partners and Berlin-based hospitality operator Primestar Group have launched Prime Grif ...
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Budimex has handed over the motorway junction of the D1 and D4 roads in Slovakia, 90 days ahead of the deadline specified by the consgtruction contrac ...
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 ...
Echo Investment has signed a loan agreement with Bank Pekao to finance its Wita mixed-use complex, which is being developed on a 3 ha site in central ...
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 ...
German chemical raw materials distributor Brenntag has opened its EMEA shared services centre in Brama Miasta B in Łódź, which is owned by Skanska Co ...
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 ...
Polish Railway Lines (PKP) has signed a contract with general contractor Torpol for the modernisation of Warszawa Wschodnia station (Warsaw East), wor ...
According to 'The Living 2040' report, today's residents are more aware, pragmatic, and demanding of the place they live.
Yareal Polska continues to expand the retail tenant mix for its flagship, mixed-use complex in Warsaw's Praga Południe district. SOHO by Yareal now in ...
The Łukasiewicz Research Network - Automotive Industry Institute has completed a PLN 36 mln project, of which PLN 24.7 mln comes from the Regional Dev ...
Panattoni, together with Eika Asset Management, an investment management company, have begun the development of Panattoni Park Kraków West IV. The cen ...
June 2026
Who will win and who will lose with changes to the land market
Who will win and who will lose with changes to the land market
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