Shopping with a robot salesman
E-commerceschedule 26 September 2018
POLAND A Wrocław start-up has created a chatbot to sell and recommend goods to shoppers.
Warehouse & industrial
The ECE Group is making its debut on the Polish logistics market with the construction of a 78,000 sqm project near Kąty Wrocławskie in line with the requirements of BREEAM 'Excellent' certification.
Residential
Archicom and Echo Investment are to begin the construction of the Modern Mokotów residential development in Warsaw's Służewiec district. The existing office development will be replaced by a 'destination' type residential quarter.
Architecture and urban planning
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).
Residential
Swedish residential specialist Heimstaden Bostad, through its subsidiaries Heimstaden Czech and Heimstaden Czech Pilsen, has received a sustainability-linked loan of EUR 700 mln from a consortium of banks for its Czech properties.
Architecture and urban planning
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.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni has developed a BTS facility for the Tenneco Group in Gliwice. The European Engineering Centre is to serve the company as a research and development centre for new technologies.
Green projects
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 programme across its European business park portfolio.
Green projects
Real estate investor and fund manager Cromwell Property Group has secured a EUR 66 mln green loan for the 61,000 sqm Janki shopping centre on the southern outskirts of Warsaw.
Residential
Vastint Poland is launching the development of its first private rental sector residential project – the Pastelowo estate, which is to be built on ul. Pastelowa in Poznań, close to the developer’s Business Garden office complex in the city’s Grunwald Północ district.
Investment & finance
Atsinaujinančios Energetikos Investicijos has announced a EUR 13.22 mln green bond issue with a 10 pct yield and which is to mature in December 2025. The company will invest the money to build solar power plants in Poland.
Office & mixed-use development
Forte Partners announces the completion of the U•Center 2 office building in Bucharest, which has a GLA of 35,000 sqm.
ESG
LaSalle Investment Management has announced that three of its office buildings in the CEE region – two in Prague and one in Warsaw – have achieved WiredScore 'Platinum' certification. The Czech buildings are the first office properties in the country to receive WiredScore at the highest level.
Investment & finance
Partners Group and Peakside Capital Advisors have successfully completed the purchase of a 5 ha plot in Warsaw’s Okęcie district for the development of a last-mile urban logistics project.
Investment & finance
The number of sold properties increased in Romania in H1 2023, but the average price per asset decreased by more than 50 pct according to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company.
Investment & finance
Skanska has sold the first phase of its H2Offices complex in Budapest to Erste Open-Ended Real Estate Investment Fund, represented by Erste Alapkezelő Zrt. This is the third acquisition that the purchaser has made from Skanska Hungary, after acquiring Nordic Light in 2016 and Mill Park in 2018.
Office & mixed-use development
Three tenants of North Gate office building in Warsaw have decided to extend their leases and expand the occupied space. As a result, the companies occupy a total of 4,000 sqm.
Warehouse & industrial
A company from the logistics sector has leased 110,000 sqm in the CTPark Warsaw West complex in Wiskitki, near Warsaw. The new tenant will occupy a total of two buildings.
Warehouse & industrial
Antra has leased almost 4,000 sqm of warehouse space in building DC4B at Prologis Park Chorzów. The lease was concluded for three years, with an option to extend.
Warehouse & industrial
ILS, which is responsible for the warehousing, distribution and transport services of Inter Cars Group, has leased 22,500 sqm of storage space in Mapletree Park Będzin.
Investment & finance
7R has finalised the sale of 7R City Flex Gdańsk II to GLP Europe. The facility comprises 11,000 sqm, currently fully leased by brands from the food and FMCG sectors.
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 regions of the world.
Russia’s largest online retailer Wildberries has entered the Ukrainian market.
POLAND Wildberries, the Russian online retailer that debuted on the Polish market in January, has revealed some of its initial Polish sales figures.
SLOVAKIA Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, has entered the Slovakian market. The company has also anounced that it is considering investing EUR 200 mln in the development of a distribution centre in the country.
POLAND Cushman & Wakefield is cautious about predicting how the coronavirus pandemic will change online shopping habits but notes that many Polish companies are expecting a massive increase in their online orders.
WORLD Online second had clothes store Thredup store has created a Fashion Footprint Calculator to calculate the carbon footprint of your purchasing habits.
POLAND DHL Parcel will this year have opened 1,000 new locations for despatching and collecting courier parcels.
POLAND According to the recent ‘Supply Chain for E-commerce. How to Meet the Challenges’ report published by DHL Supply Chain, most logistics companies in the contract logistics sector have yet to implement a strategy for the online retail segment.
WORLD Majority of companies have failed to fully implement an e-commerce strategy despite recognizing its importance, according to DHL’s global survey of nearly 900 decision-makers responsible for logistics or supply chain management and e-commerce.
POLAND Drugstore chain Hebe has officially launched its online store. Orders across Poland are delivered by courier. In Warsaw, parcels can also be picked up free of charge also in a chosen Hebe store.
EUROPE The European Commission has announced that, as a result of negotiations with Airbnb, the platform has improved and fully clarified the accommodation and pricing offered to consumers on its site so that its standards meet EU consumer law.
EUROPE The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Amazon's use of sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace is in breach of EU competition rules.
POLAND Lidl is to launch an online store for Poland – lidl-sklep.pl.
POLAND The Polish Chamber of Digital Commerce (e-Izba) has set up the Retailers Group e-Chamber to support companies who operate in e-commerce and omnichannel sales or are planning to start a business in this sector.
POLAND Around 24 pct of Polish online retailers are currently considering foreign expansion claims the ‘The Challenges of E-commerce’ report prepared by the Kronenberg Foundation at Citi Handlowy.
POLAND A Wrocław start-up has created a chatbot to sell and recommend goods to shoppers.
POLAND According to BIG InfoMonitor data, the debts of e-commerce traders came to PLN 126 mln at the end of June this year, up 19 pct on the end of 2017.
WORLD The Zara store chain is to complete and send out online orders directly from its brick and mortar stores. The Spanish-based Inditex group, which owns the Zara brand, believes it can make online orders easier for shoppers by processing individual orders in their stores. Whenever a product is unavailable online, but can be found in stock at a local store, it can be ordered immediately with home delivery.
WORLD Marks & Spencer has partnered with True, which operates in the new-tech segment, to focuses on innovation and digital transformation.
POLAND According to this year’s ‘E-commerce in Poland. Gemius for e-Commerce Poland’ report by Gemius, 44 pct of Polish internet users have yet to make any purchases on the internet.
Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects together with Czech architects OVA have won the competition to redesign a quarter of Vítězné náměstí (Victory ...
Polish construction company Erbud has signed a cooperation agreement with South Korean giant Daewoo Engineering & Construction to jointly implement pr ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni has extended its sponsorship agreement with Poland’s premier golfer, Adrian Meronk. In the first year of Panattoni’s sponsorship, Meronk ach ...
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 ...
LaSalle Investment Management has announced that three of its office buildings in the CEE region – two in Prague and one in Warsaw – have achieved Wir ...
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Hampton by Hilton Budapest City Centre, the country's first hotel under the Hampton by Hilton brand, has opened in Budapest.
Savills has appointed Stuart Jordan, the current managing director of the consultancy in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as CEO of the entire CEE reg ...
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 Pol ...
Designers from Colliers, under the supervision of architect Kateřina Štenclova, prepared the concept for the Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Prague. The ...
Atsinaujinančios Energetikos Investicijos has announced a EUR 13.22 mln green bond issue with a 10 pct yield and which is to mature in December 2025. ...
Wrocław-based Satoia has acquired a 10 ha plot in Wolbórz from CPD for an undisclosed sum. The land has the potential for the development of an app. 4 ...
Operational and financial systems supporting property managers are constantly expanding and changing to keep up with changing market needs. Good relat ...
Forte Partners announces the completion of the U•Center 2 office building in Bucharest, which has a GLA of 35,000 sqm.
Savills is to manage Okam's F.S.O Park development in Warsaw's Żerań district, covering the operation of the existing warehouse and office space.
Construction work has begun on what is to be one of the largest sports, cultural and social venues in the Czech Republic – in the central city of Jihl ...
Archicom and Echo Investment are to begin the construction of the Modern Mokotów residential development in Warsaw's Służewiec district. The existing ...
Street Restaurant has opened in the Lixa office complex. The restaurant occupies approx. 470 sqm on the ground floor of the Lixa C building, facing th ...
Bright Spaces has announced a partnership with CA Immo Hungary to digitally showcase five of the latter’s buildings.
The ECE Group is making its debut on the Polish logistics market with the construction of a 78,000 sqm project near Kąty Wrocławskie in line with the ...
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