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POLAND The construction of app. 15-km section of S5 route from Wrocław to Poznań in its section from Korzeńsk (excluding the interchange) to the Widawa interchange has finished.
The project was carried out by a consortium of Budimex and Strabag Infrastruktura Południe. The contract was worth a net amount of PLN 468.5 mln. The contract concerning the construction of the first task as part of S5 Wrocław – Poznań route was signed at the end of July 2014. Since that time the companies had 30 months to complete the project plus three three-month winter periods. Apart from dual carriage in each direction they also built two interchanges: Żmigródek and Żmigród, access roads, rainwater drainage system, gas network and lighting as well as hydrological, ecological and mixed culverts and two passenger service centres. Apart from that the companies also built a nearly 750-metre bridge over the Barycz River.

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Warehouse & industrial

Poland ELI grows in Silesia

schedule 20 September 2024
Opr./edited by JC

European Logistics Investment, a logistics platform owned by Redefine Properties, Madison International Realty, and Griffin Capital Partners, has completed the construction of two warehouses in Silesia.

Retail & leisure

Poland Another Smart Park sold

schedule 19 September 2024
Opr./edited by JC

Smart Park Poland has sold a retail park in Syców (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship) to the Saller Group. The area of the facility is 8,000 sqm.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania VAT partners up with VGP

schedule 19 September 2024
Opr./edited by JC

VAT Romania broke ground for its new factory located in VGP Park Arad, a strategic logistics hub adjacent to the A1 motorway and key European routes.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland One more beer in Pruszków

schedule 19 September 2024
Opr./edited by JC

United Distribution Holding, a distributor of global brands of beer and food products in Poland, decided to add more than 2,300 sqm of industrial space to its existing agreement at the Warsaw West Park-Pruszków distribution centre.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Garbe is leasing in Kelsterbach

schedule 19 September 2024
Opr./edited by JC

Garbe Industrial Real Estate has re-let around two thirds of the space in its property in Kelsterbach, near Frankfurt am Main. A wholesaler will be using the facility to store and distribute building materials.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland City Logistics Kraków Airport II is full

schedule 18 September 2024
Opr./edited by JC

Panattoni has fully commercialised City Logistics Kraków Airport II, its latest project in Małopolska. The second tenant for the development will occupy 20,050 sqm.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Strabag to develop Plaza Nova

schedule 18 September 2024
Opr./edited by JC

Strabag Real Estate will develop Plaza Nova, a mixed-use complex in Kraków. The facility will be built on the site of the former Plaza shopping mall, which was demolished last year.

Residential

Czech Republic Rentals in Prague are on the rise

schedule 18 September 2024
Opr./edited by JC

According to Savills Rental Housing report, the share of residential transactions within total investment volumes in Prague has been increasing since 2023. Rental housing is expected to exceed last year's volume, making 2024 one of the most successful years for this sector.

Investment & finance

Poland Nepi set to buy Magnolia

schedule 17 September 2024
Opr./edited by JC

Nepi Rockcastle is in negotiations to acquire the 100,000 sqm gla Magnolia Park shopping centre in Wrocław from Union Investment Real Estate.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland MLP is hungry for tenants

schedule 17 September 2024
Opr./edited by JC

Chefs Culinar has become the first tenant at MLP Business Park Łódź. The company has leased over 1,600 sqm of warehouse and office space.

Retail & leisure

Poland Another field for Refield

schedule 16 September 2024
Opr./edited by JC

Refield is starting the development of the first retail park in Środa Wielkopolska. Pasaż Średzki is expected to open in 2026.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Amazon goes off in Silesia

schedule 16 September 2024
Opr./edited by JC

Amazon has launched its third logistics centre in the Silesian Voivodeship, after Sosnowiec and Gliwice. The facility in Gorzyczki features 211,000 sqm of space.

Office & mixed-use development

Polska Alioth is looking up

schedule 16 September 2024
Opr./edited by JC

Alioth Group will join the tenant mix of the Varso Tower office building. In the spring of 2025, the company will move into an office on the 44th floor.

Eurobuild CEE

Poland The September edition of ‘Eurobuild’ is here!

schedule 13 September 2024
Opr./edited by ANZ

The September ‘Eurobuild’ is now available in print and online - as always full of expert commentary and analysis, interesting topics and the latest news. Take a look!

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Highway to Hillwood

schedule 13 September 2024
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Industrial Park Poland by Hillwood has gained access to the A2 motorway. Hillwood Poland has obtained an occupancy permit for the extended and upgraded access roads that connect the emerging industrial and logistics park to the motorway.

Investment & finance

Poland Citylink sells Łódź site to DSV

schedule 12 September 2024
Opr./edited by ANZ

CL Property, a Polish developer specialising in multi-functional industrial and logistics space, has announced a transaction with DSV for the Citylink Łódź project. A new DSV logistics centre will be built on the 5.7-ha property located on ul. Zakładowa.

ESG

Poland Green is the standard

schedule 12 September 2024
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Warsaw has adopted a green standard to make urban construction more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. The capital is the first city in Poland to implement such a solution.

Investment & finance

Poland Upturn in offices and retail sector

schedule 12 September 2024
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According to JLL, the Polish investment market saw a significant increase in activity in H1 2024. Despite continuing challenges related to the cost of capital, a return of large transactions was recorded, suggesting a potential end to the slowdown phase.

Technology

Poland Velis has a new name

schedule 12 September 2024
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Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both refresh the company's image and unify its operations. Velis Real Estate Tech will remain the company's administrative name.

Residential

Poland AFI Home conquers Wrocław

schedule 11 September 2024
Opr./edited by ANZ

The AFI Home platform is making its debut in a third Polish city. The development on ul. Długa in Wrocław offers 232 furnished flats.

Latest in Infrastructure

schedule 06 September 2024

Beyond.pl expands its colocation project for AI

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.

schedule 29 November 2023

PLN 1.5 bln for the airport

The investment programme until 2030 worth more than PLN 1.5 bln has been approved for Katowice's Wojciech Korfanty Airport. The programme will include more than 20 projects, with the construction of a passenger terminal, a cargo terminal, a technical hangar, as well as taking into account changes to the airport's transport system.

schedule 13 April 2023

Powerful photovoltaic farm in Przykona

Electrum is building a 200 MW solar farm for EDP Renewables. The project will be built on 245 hectares in the Przykona municipality in the Greater Poland voivodeship. The investment is being carried out in record time of less than a year. The engineering work is scheduled to be completed in autumn 2023.

schedule 04 January 2023

Green light for Mostostal Warszawa to build S7 section

Mazowiecki province has issued a ZRID permit for Mostostal Warszawa to construct a 12 km section of the S7 expressway between Załuski and Modlin, north of Warsaw.

schedule 26 August 2022

Hupac Terminal Brwinów rolls into view

Swiss railway terminal operator Hupac has completed the development of a railway terminal in Brwinów, about 30 km west of Warsaw city centre.

schedule 19 May 2022

Plac Trzech Krzyży to be modernised

A tender has been announced to reconstruct pl. Trzech Krzyży in Warsaw.

schedule 07 April 2022

Work to start on S19 tunnel from early 2023

Mostostal Warszawa and Acciona Construcción are starting work on a 10 km section of the S19 from Rzeszów Południe to Babica.

schedule 10 March 2022

Mirbud and Kobylarnia to build S74

Development work on another section of the S74 expressway has begun with the signing of a PLN 557.7 mln contract to design and build the 16.4 km stretch of road between the Przełom/Mniów and Kielce Zachód junctions.

schedule 07 March 2022

Work soon to start on 2 km tunnel

A permit has been issued for the construction of the ZRID S19 expressway from Rzeszów to Babica.

schedule 03 March 2022

EIB finances construction of S3

The European Investment Bank has loaned Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego EUR 250 mln for its Krajowy Fundusz Drogowy [National Road Fund] to build the S3 expressway from Świnoujście to Szczecin.

schedule 05 January 2022

Budimex delivers section of Via Baltica

A 20.17 km section of the S61 expressway has been opened between Wysokie and Raczki.

schedule 20 December 2021

Ursynów tunnel finally open

Permission has been granted to open the road tunnel that forms part of Warsaw’s southern bypass running underneath the city’s Ursynów district.

schedule 30 August 2021

Geosan completes Váhostav takeover

Czech construction group Geosan has finalised the 100 pct acquisition of Slovak construction firm Váhostav – SK.

schedule 27 August 2021

CTP to build Oradea airport terminal

Czech industrial developer CTP is to build a cargo terminal at the airport in Oradea in western Romania, after being selected to carry out the project in a tender held in August.

schedule 30 July 2021

Strabag and Hochtief win Prague metro contracts

Austrian construction firm Strabag, together with its consortium partners, has won two Prague metro contracts – the refurbishment of Jiřího z Poděbrad station and the construction of the first section of line D of the underground railway.

schedule 26 July 2021

Strabag awarded EUR 111 mln Oradea contract

Austrian construction firm Strabag has been awarded an EUR 111 mln contract to build a 19 km dual carriageway between Oradea and the A3 motorway.

schedule 22 July 2021

Warbud to build new Kostrzyn bridge

Warbud is to rebuild a road bridge over the river Warta in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, close to the Polish-German border.

schedule 20 July 2021

Skanska wins EUR 77 mln D55 contract

Skanska has been awarded a contract worth more than CZK 1.95 bln (app. EUR 77 mln) from the Czech highway authority to build a section of the D55 motorway in the area of Staré Město in Moravia.

schedule 24 June 2021

Mostostal Warszawa to renovate Wrocław depot

Mostostal Warszawa has signed a contract worth nearly PLN 30 mln with PKP Intercity to renovate the train depot at the Wrocław Główny railway station.

schedule 11 May 2021

Footbridge tender announced

The city of Warsaw has just announced a tender for a footbridge across the Vistula river.

Edition 9 (291) September 2024

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