Six left in running to build government estate

Architecture and urban planning
POLAND Six architectural studios have been shortlisted out of 93 in a competition to design a residential estate on ul. Ratuszowa in Warsaw as part of the government’s Apartment Plus social housing programme.
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The winners of the competition will be announced in February 2020. Thise shortlisted include four Warsaw studios: Fiszer atelier 41, BBGK Architekci, BDM Architekci and TZA Aleksandra Targońska. Additionally BE DDJM Architekci from Kraków and MVRDV also qualified A total of 500 apartments are eventually to be built with retail outlets. Around 30 pct of the site is to comprise green areas.

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Retail & leisure

Poland Redkom to open retail park in Białystok

schedule 11 July 2025
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Commercialisation is underway for a retail park under development by Redkom Development in Białystok with around 14,000 sqm gla.

Investment & finance

Poland Investment recovers

schedule 11 July 2025
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After a moderate start to the year, Q2 brought a revival to the investment market. However, total transaction volume remains below the 2020 average, according to Savills Polska's 'Investment Market in Poland in H1 2025' report.

Investment & finance

Europe DL Invest raises EUR 350 mln with bond issue

schedule 11 July 2025
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DL Invest Group has completed its first public Eurobond issue, raising EUR 350 mln. The funds will be used for refinancing and further development.

Office & mixed-use development

Germany Sonar takes on three buildings

schedule 10 July 2025
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Sonar Real Estate has taken over the commercial management of three office buildings in Düsseldorf's Medienhafen district. The total combined leasable area of the Alto, Largo, and Float buildings comes to around 88,000 sqm.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland P3 signs up DeFelt

schedule 10 July 2025
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DeFelt, a company that specialises in the use of PET felt for acoustics and interior design, has joined the tenants of P3 Wrocław City with a lease of around 2,500 sqm.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Four leases in Globis

schedule 10 July 2025
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GTC has signed four new leases and two lease extensions for space in the Globis Wrocław office building. The agreements total over 2,100 sqm.

Investment & finance

Poland Develia buys Bouygues Immobilier

schedule 10 July 2025
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Develia has completed the acquisition of a 100 pct stake in Bouygues Immobilier Polska for EUR 65.9 mln, which will allow the company to further expand its operations in Warsaw, Poznań and Wrocław.

Human resources

Europe Panattoni bets big on data centres

schedule 10 July 2025
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Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists have been hired to implement the project.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Garpa comes to Lüneburg

schedule 10 July 2025
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Garbe Industrial has fully leased its logistics property in Lüneburg (Lower Saxony), which is still under construction. Garden furniture manufacturer Garpa will move into the 20,000 sqm centre on October 1st this year.

Investment & finance

Czech Republic Accolade buys Garbe Park České Budějovice

schedule 09 July 2025
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Accolade has acquired Garbe Park České Budějovice for around EUR 100 mln.. The transaction includes two completed buildings with a total area of ​​50,000 sqm and a 16 ha development site.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland H+H enters North Gate

schedule 09 July 2025
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Two tenants have leased space in the North Gate building in Warsaw. H+H Polska has leased the entire eleventh floor with an area of 840 sqm, while a well-known currency exchange has taken a unit of 30 sqm on the ground floor.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland LIT grows in Fortress Zabrze

schedule 09 July 2025
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LIT Logistyka Polska, one of the largest tenants at Fortress Logistics Park Zabrze, has decided to lease an additional 5,670 sqm of warehouse space, bringing its total area in the park to over 17,000 sqm, less than a year after launching operations in the complex.

Investment & finance

Poland 7R purchases 1.4 ha

schedule 09 July 2025
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7R has finalised the purchase of a 1.4 ha plot in Stara Wieś (between Warsaw and Białystok), where it intends to build a warehouse and logistics park.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Media Expert comes to MLP Poznań

schedule 08 July 2025
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Media Expert is to occupy over 4,200 sqm in MLP Poznań. Around 4,000 sqm will be warehousing, while 180 sqm will be used as office and social space.

Property and Facility Management

Poland Savills to manage for Yareal

schedule 08 July 2025
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Savills has taken over the comprehensive management of a portfolio of properties in Warsaw owned by Yareal Polska. The portfolio includes buildings C, D and E of the Lixa complex, the Wspólna 47/49 office building and the service section of the Soho by Yareal development.

ESG

Poland Well comes to Panattoni

schedule 08 July 2025
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Panattoni has been awarded a Well ‘Gold’ certificate for the office section of a BTS project in Gliwice. This is the first such certificate awarded in Poland for office space in an industrial facility.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland TriCity takes strong position on warehouse market

schedule 08 July 2025
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According to Avison Young, due to its strong foundations and sustained demand, the TriCity remains a thriving logistics market. Its easy access to ports, its road and rail connections and its proximity to Northern and Eastern Europe markets make it an attractive region for investors.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Factory to be built in Iława

schedule 07 July 2025
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Pol-Mak Iława is to build a 6,500 sqm manufacturing plant in Iława in the Warmia-Masuria region. The general contractor and architect is Signet.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Komfort comes to Hillwood Łowicz South

schedule 07 July 2025
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Home furnishings retailer Komfort is the latest tenant to join the Hillwood Łowicz South complex with a lease of 30,000 sqm.

Retail & leisure

Romania Another tenant for FunShop Park Ploiești

schedule 07 July 2025
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FunShop Park in Ploiești has expanded its tenant base with Supeco, a discount store from the Carrefour group. The new tenant has signed a lease for 1,300 sqm and the store is to open in Q3 2025.

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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.

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Poznań with a green Aura

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schedule 21 September 2023

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schedule 20 September 2023

Alto launches Sky Park arch-comp

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schedule 12 September 2023

Okam unveils new Warsaw district design

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schedule 04 July 2023

A centre with towers behind

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schedule 10 February 2023

Love me tender

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.

schedule 07 December 2022

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schedule 17 November 2022

Foster+Partners wins Solidarity Airport design gig

London-based studio Foster+Partners in a consortium with Buro Happold has won the competition to design the Solidarity Airport near Grodzisk Mazowiecki.

schedule 06 October 2022

Modular R&D centre by Chybik+Kristof

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.

schedule 30 August 2022

Architectural contest launched for Victory Square

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schedule 19 August 2022

Penta launches ‘Southbank Bratislava’ architectural competition

Penta Investment has launched an architectural and urban design competition for a site along the southern bank of the Danube River in Bratislava.

schedule 05 April 2022

Iulius and Atterbury to transform Cluj district

The Iulius group and Netherlands-based Atterbury Europe are to invest EUR 0.5 bln in a large-scale, mixed-use urban redevelopment project on the 14 ha site of the Carbochim abrasive products plant on the banks of the Someșul Mic river in Cluj-Napoca.

schedule 17 February 2022

Tallest Czech tower design unveiled

The Chybik + Kristof architectural studio has revealed its designs for Ostrava Tower in Ostrava city centre, which will be the tallest building in the Czech Republic.

schedule 18 January 2022

Globalworth extends student competition

Globalworth Foundation and the Igloo – Habitat and Architecture Association have extended the deadline extension for the ‘2031 NOW_our cities in 10 years’ student competition to February 1st 2022.

schedule 18 January 2022

Penta to work with PSN on Transgas replacement

Penta Real Estate is to work together with developer PSN on the project that is to replace the former Transgas building in Prague’s Vinohrady district.

schedule 01 December 2021

ESET Campus plans unveiled

Slovakian cyber-security specialist ESET has unveiled its plans for ESET Campus – a 55,000 sqm innovation and technology hub in its home city of Bratislava.

schedule 03 November 2021

Penta and friends buy Prague plot

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schedule 31 August 2021

Cavatina unveils US concert hall design

Polish real estate developer Cavatina Holding has unveiled its concept for the Cavatina Concert Hall on Bainbridge Island in Washington state, on the US western seaboard.

schedule 23 July 2021

Dutch duo wins Brno station design competition

Dutch studios Benthem Crouwel Architekten and West 8 have won the competition to design a new central railway station for Brno, in what was the largest architectural competition in the history of the Czech Republic.

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