Football on the roof

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POLAND Nophadrain has started marketing a system that allows for the creation of large public spaces on the roofs in Poland.
Additional living space can now be created in what had previously been difficult places to develop. Nophadrain, claims that projects on the roofs of schools and shopping centres are very popular and such spaces can now be seen in Poland (Wrocław), the Netherlands, Serbia and Tokyo. In 2013 a sports field was opened on the roof of an Ikea store in Utrecht in the Netherlands resulting a further 12,000 sqm being added to the building’s useable area. The local authorities would not allow the
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Warehouse & industrial

Poland HD Cosmetics with a new headquarters in MLP Zgorzelec

schedule 12 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

Distributor of clothing, cosmetics, and hygiene products has joined the tenants of the modern MLP Zgorzelec logistics centre. HD Cosmetics will occupy approx. 1,400 sqm of space.

Warehouse & industrial

Czech Republic A record 1.5 mln sqm of space under construction

schedule 12 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

According to the Savills European Industrial and Logistics Occupier Markets report, the industrial real estate market is expected to experience a breakthrough year, potentially leading to a significant market recovery. 

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Stable demand and investment recovery

schedule 11 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

Cushman & Wakefield has summarised the situation in Poland’s largest office markets at the end of 2024. Leasing activity in both Warsaw and regional cities remained at 2023’s levels, while development activity continued to stagnate. By contrast, the capital market experienced a rebound, with the office investment volume rising to EUR 1.64 bln and Warsaw recording a more than threefold increase.

Investment & finance

Ukraine Arcona  acquires a development site in Ukraine 

schedule 10 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

Arcona Property Fund has completed the acquisition of a development site in the central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The seller is AIM London-listed Secure Property Investment and Development PLC (SPDI). This is thought to be the first real estate acquisition by a Western private fund in Ukraine since the Russian invasion of 2022.

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Poland Nepi invests in leading properties

schedule 10 February 2025
Magda Rachwald

Last year, Nepi Rockastle bought Magnolia Park in Wrocław and Silesia City Center in Katowice, properties with a total area of almost 190,000 sqm. We talk to Tomasz Górski, regional asset manager at Nepi Rockastle, about the transactions worth a total of almost EUR 780 mln as well as Nepi's strategy.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland From coworking to its own office

schedule 10 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

The company, which specialises in IT, finance and legal advice, has moved from the The Shire co-working space in the Warsaw Spire office building to an office in The Warsaw Hub. The tenant occupies approx. 900 sqm.

Construction

Poland 2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies

schedule 10 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction groups in 2023 amounted to PLN 152 bln, which accounted for more than 60 pct of the revenues of the entire sector of medium and large construction companies. 

Investment & finance

Europe Billions for data centres

schedule 07 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

Data4 is raising EUR 3.3 bln in funding for the further development of the company across Europe, including the advancement of projects in Poland.

Investment & finance

Romania Lions’ Head acquires a 15-ha plot near Bucharest

schedule 07 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

Lion’s Head, a real estate investment fund currently owning assets in Romania and Bulgaria, has acquired a 15-ha plot in Popesti Leordeni. The transaction marks the expansion of Lion's Head in the Romanian industrial market, as well as its debut in the real estate development segment.

Investment & finance

Bułgaria Revetas sells shopping centre in Sofia

schedule 07 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

Revetas Group has sold the Park Center Sofia shopping complex to TSH Investment, a joint venture between Trinity Capital and Hus Invest. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland New projects limited to prime locations

schedule 06 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

According to Cushman & Wakefield, around 105,000 sqm came on stream in Warsaw in 2024 across nine new projects, bringing total stock to 6.3 mln sqm at the end of last December.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Da Grasso chooses Green Horizon for its new head office

schedule 06 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

Da Grasso, a franchise pizza restaurant chain in Poland, is relocating its head office to Green Horizon building in Łódź. The company has taken nearly 1,200 sqm of space designed to accommodate the needs of the rapidly growing organization. 

Office & mixed-use development

Czech Republic Brno Jedna set to launch

schedule 06 February 2025
Opr./edited by JC

PSN is set to begin transforming the brownfield site Brno Jedna on Plynárenská Street. In the coming years, it will become an urban district combining housing, work, and leisure.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland VSoft stays in B4B

schedule 06 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

VSoft has extended its lease agreement in Bonarka for Business office complex. The company leases a total of 1,777 sqm of office space in Building E. They have been a tenant in B4B for almost 10 years. 

ESG

Poland Syrena switches to green energy

schedule 06 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

Syrena Real Estate has signed a cPPA with Polenergia Sprzedaż. The four-year contract covers the supply of green energy from the FW Dębsk and FF Strzelino wind farms owned by the Polenergia Group and energy balancing services.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Garbe leases 55,000 sqm 

schedule 06 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

Garbe has concluded a rental agreement in the north Hessian town of Ludwigsau (Hersfeld-Rotenburg district, Germany). A manufacturer of outdoor equipment will be moving into a site covering a total of around 55,000 sqm.

Warehouse & industrial

Serbia Milšped gets 64,000 sqm

schedule 06 February 2025
Opr./edited by JC

CTP has signed three new leases with Milšped, a logistics provider for Serbia and Southeast Europe, totalling 64,000 sqm. This brings the company's overall footprint with the developer to 105,000 sqm.

Investment & finance

Poland Santander finances Panattoni's project near Poznań

schedule 05 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

Panattoni has secured financing for the first phase of Panattoni Park Poznań XIV, a logistics project underway in Głuchowo, near Poznań. The EUR 9.1 mln loan was provided by Santander Bank Polska.

Events

Poland Rondo 1 Run Up

schedule 05 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

The thirteenth edition of the popular charity sports event Rondo 1 Run Up will take place on 12 April. Registration starts soon.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Revetas Capital attracts new tenant

schedule 05 February 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

Revetas Capital has secured a new lease agreement in Bonarka for Business with EFL, a Polish leasing company. 

Latest in Technology

schedule 12 September 2024

Velis has a new name

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.

schedule 26 January 2024

Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO

The Symbiosy smart building platform developed in-house by Slovakian developer HB Reavis has been acquired by Massachusetts-based real estate experience platform HqO.

schedule 07 December 2023

Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum

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.

schedule 31 August 2022

Bright Spaces and digital future for CA Immo Hungary

Bright Spaces has announced a partnership with CA Immo Hungary to digitally showcase five of the latter’s buildings.

schedule 26 August 2022

Sharry and Otis bring touchless access to Smíchoff

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.

schedule 17 June 2022

Hyperscale data centre launched in Warsaw

Vantage Data Centers has announced the opening of two hyperscale data campuses – in Warsaw and Berlin.

schedule 12 May 2022

Hi Tech bicycle storage comes to Norblin Factory

A bicycle storage stacking machine has been installed in the Norblin Factory centre in Warsaw, which can hold up to 96 bikes.

schedule 27 October 2021

Workthere comes to Poland

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.

schedule 17 August 2021

Eobuwie rolls out foot scanning app abroad

Online shoe store Eobuwie.pl has just rolled out its esize.me app in service in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece and Hungary.

schedule 14 June 2021

Atrium work ten times quicker

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.

schedule 31 May 2021

Cushman & Wakefield start droning on

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.

schedule 01 April 2021

Esoleo embraces AI for solar farm

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.

schedule 26 March 2021

Segro becomes part of Proptech Foundation

Segro has joined the Proptech Foundation.

schedule 29 December 2020

AI Clearing raises USD 2 mln in seed funding

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.

schedule 08 December 2020

Cushman teams up with Future2

Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, has entered into a partnership with leading proptech advisor Future2.

schedule 03 December 2020

Bicycles come to Norblin

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.

schedule 01 December 2020

New Work goes digital

Flex office operator has launched an app that allows its clients to make bookings, order additional services and also acts as a communication platform.

schedule 01 December 2020

Echo takes on Blue Bolt

Echo Investment is to introduce the Blue Bolt app, created by Polish software developer NTT, to all its new residential projects.

schedule 19 August 2020

Warsaw an emerging data centre hotspot - C&W

Cushman & Wakefield has identified Berlin, Reykjavik, Oslo, Warsaw, Zurich, Milan, Vienna, Madrid and Prague as emerging European hotspots for data centre development.

schedule 11 August 2020

Robot blasts germs with UV

The first Polish robot to use UV-C light for disinfection has been put to use in a hospital in Wrocław.

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