AFI Braşov now to open in the autumn

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ROMANIA AFI Europe Romania has announced that it is rescheduling the opening of its AFI Braşov shopping and entertainment centre due to the pandemic.
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The 45,000 sqm gla mall, an investment of EUR 170 mln, was due to open in this quarter of the year, but the opening has now been moved back to the autumn, if the situation permits.

Along with shops AFI Braşov will include a gym, a restaurant zone, a cinema, play areas and a green terrace.

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Infrastructure

Poland Mielec station to be rebuilt

schedule 09 July 2026
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Polish State Railways (PKP) has awarded a tender to build a new railway station in Mielec. The contract has already been signed and work will start this summer.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Ever Catering comes to Flanders Park

schedule 09 July 2026
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A new bistro has opened in Building A of Flanders Business Park. Ever Catering, part of Ever Grupa, is the operator.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Two new tenants in K2

schedule 09 July 2026
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Two new tenants have entered Vastint's K2 office building in Gdynia, taking up a combined 1,200 sqm.

Residential

Poland Building permits a scarce resource

schedule 09 July 2026
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The increasing length of time it takes to issue building permits is changing the rules of the game in the Warsaw residential land market.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Munich slows down

schedule 09 July 2026
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Realogis recorded take-up of 115,700 sqm on Munich’s logistics and industrial property market in H1 2026. Of this total, warehouse space accounted for 99,500 sqm or 86 pct, office space for 13,900 sqm (12 pct) and mezzanine space for 2,300 sqm (2 pct).

Investment & finance

Germany Alstom leases 31,000 sqm

schedule 09 July 2026
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Garbe Industrial has leased 31,000 sqm in Salzgitter to rail vehicle manufacturer Alstom.

Investment & finance

Croatia InterCapital buys Avenue Mall

schedule 09 July 2026
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The InterCapital Real Estate Fund is to acquire Avenue Mall and the adjacent Avenue Center office building in Zagreb for EUR 100 mln.

Exclusive

POLAND A most understanding partner – Philipp Schomberg of Kingstone RE

schedule 09 July 2026
Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

Munich-based investment management platform Kingstone Real Estate has been in the news in the last few days due to the headline-grabbing EUR 150 mln acquisition of the Olivia Star office tower in Gdańsk by Strabag. It has also partnered with other international players for their activities on the Polish market. And so, hot on the heels of the Olivia Star deal, we caught up with Philipp Schomberg, the co-founder and Poland CEO of Kingstone RE to find out more about the company and its plans.

Retail & leisure

Poland Home & you reopens in Bonarka

schedule 08 July 2026
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The Bonarka shopping centre in Kraków has expanded its home furnishings offerings with a refreshed home&you store.

Retail & leisure

Poland Newbie comes to Silesia City Center

schedule 08 July 2026
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Newbie, a brand owned by the Swedish Kappahl Group, has opened a store at Silesia City Center in Katowice.

Data centres

Poland Poland to benefit from data centre realignment

schedule 08 July 2026
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While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According to the latest 'EMEA Data Center Markets Report | H1 2026' by Colliers, energy constraints in Europe's largest hubs are driving investment to new locations, including Poland.

Residential

Poland Yareal builds in Żoliborz

schedule 08 July 2026
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Sales have been launched for 66 apartments in Yareal’s first project in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district.

Residential

Poland First stage of Nowa Praga completed

schedule 08 July 2026
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The first phase of the Nowa Praga residential development has been granted an occupancy permit, with apartment handovers soon to begin. The new development by Asbud comprises three residential buildings with 280 units of one to five rooms—ranging from 31 sqm to 125 sqm as well as one apartment with two floors.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Pekabex to expand fish and seafood distribution centre

schedule 08 July 2026
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Pekabex Bet, part of the Pekabex Group, has been appointed by Nord Capital as the general contractor for the expansion of the Fish and Seafood Distribution and Processing Centre in Rekowo Górne. The contract value corresponds to 2 pct of the Pekabex Group's revenue in 2025.

Investment & finance

Romania Radisson Blu refinanced

schedule 08 July 2026
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The Radisson Blu Hotel Complex in the heart of Bucharest has been refinanced with a EUR 123 mln loan. The hotel complex is owned by Revetas Capital together with funds and accounts managed by Cerberus Capital Management. The facility was underwritten by Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb) with whom Revetas has a long-standing relationship.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Panattoni Park Szczecin VII ready

schedule 08 July 2026
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Panattoni has completed construction and handed over Panattoni Park Szczecin VII. The new centre has a floor area of 25,000 sqm. The building’s main tenants are two leading logistics operators.

Retail & leisure

Poland Eobuwie strengthens partnership with Gemini Park

schedule 07 July 2026
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Gemini Holding is strengthening its partnership with Modivo Platform. At the beginning of July, an Eobuwie store opened in Gemini Park Tarnów, and the brand will also debut in Gemini Park Tychy during the summer.

Retail & leisure

Poland Burger King enters Posnania

schedule 07 July 2026
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Burger King will open in Posnania. The addition of this restaurant brand strengthens the centre's tenant mix and aligns with the mall's long-term development strategy.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Business services grow in the Tricity

schedule 07 July 2026
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Pomerania is attracting investment that goes beyond traditional shared services centres. This increasingly includes software development, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and research and development, according to the report 'GBS Next Stop: Tricity,' by KPMG and Invest in Pomerania.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland The new logic of logistics management

schedule 07 July 2026
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Logistics is no longer a race for a single metric. Today, it's a field of constant decisions balancing time, cost, technology, and customer expectations. Companies that try to optimise for just one element of the supply chain quickly feel the consequences of such decisions in other areas – from profitability to service quality.

Latest in Coronavirus

schedule 30 March 2021

Vaccination centre provided by Globalworth

The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.

schedule 24 June 2020

Employers in no rush to return to workplaces

Almost three quarters of employers plan to reintroduce their employees to their workplaces in phases rather than all at once, according to CBRE in its global survey on return-to-work strategies after the Covid-19 pandemic.

schedule 14 May 2020

Catella sees hope and chances for real estate after Covid-19

WORLD Real estate could actually benefit from the Covid-19 pandemic in the long run due its perception as a safe haven for investors, according to a report just published on the implications of the epidemic for the market by Swedish property consulting and fund management specialists Catella.

schedule 14 May 2020

Build Europe pushes post-coronavirus action plan

EUROPE Build Europe, an umbrella organisation for EU-based residential developers and constructors, has presented its recommendations for helping the sector in the EU emerge from the post-Covid19 economic crisis.

schedule 14 May 2020

Polish RE lends an even greater hand to fight the pandemic

POLAND More companies have joined # Property4Heroes - the commercial real estate market's initiative to support hospital staff and ambulance crews across Poland. Each day the initiative delivers 1,150 meals to physicians, nurses, paramedics and support personnel.

schedule 07 May 2020

Panattoni to provide PLN 0.5 bln worth of medical supplies

POLAND Warehouse developer Panattoni has allocated PLN 500,000 to buy medical supplies for three Polish hospitals.

schedule 14 April 2020

Landlords underwhelmed by emergency relief

CEE REGION Preliminary CEE investment volumes for Q1 2020 amounted to app. EUR 3.7 bln, despite the onset of Covid-19 in the region in early March – according to Colliers International’s latest research report.

schedule 14 April 2020

Toyota prepares to reopen Polish plants

EUROPE Toyota Motor Corporation has announced the partial resumption of operations in its European manufacturing plants, which have been closed due to the coronavirus epidemic.

schedule 08 April 2020

AFI Braşov now to open in the autumn

ROMANIA AFI Europe Romania has announced that it is rescheduling the opening of its AFI Braşov shopping and entertainment centre due to the pandemic.

schedule 08 April 2020

Aleja opening postponed

SLOVENIA The official opening of the Aleja shopping centre in Ljubljana’s Šiška district has been postponed.

schedule 07 April 2020

BPI opens virtual sales office

POLAND BPI Real Estate Polandis to introduce a virtual sales office for all of its Polish projects.

schedule 07 April 2020

Rent suspension in Sukcesja

POLAND Rent payments have been suspended for all tenants in the Sukcesja shopping centre in Łódź.

schedule 03 April 2020

Retailers join the fight

POLAND The Polish Trade and Distribution Organisation [POHiD], an association of retail chains, are to contribute PLN 15 mln to fight the coronavirus epidemic.

schedule 02 April 2020

Carrefour donates PLN 2 mln to fight pandemic

POLAND The Carrefour Foundation and Carrefour Polska are donating around PLN 2 mln to Polish hospitals for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

schedule 01 April 2020

Pay no rent in Sukcesja

POLAND The Sukcesja shopping centre owned by Fabryka Biznesu in Łódź has stopped collecting rents from its tenants.

schedule 31 March 2020

Government takes on board PRCH recommendations

POLAND The range of temporary trading restrictions in Polish retail buildings above 2,000 sqm imposed by the Ministry of Health has been clarified after consultations with the Polish Council of Shopping Centres [PRCH] and the Ministry of Development.

schedule 31 March 2020

Rent holiday for CCC and Ultro tenants

POLAND Dariusz Miłek, the president of footwear and accessories retailer CCC and Ultro Holding, the owner and manager of Cuprum Arena in Lubin and Korona in Kielce, has decided to cancel rent collections from tenants whose outlets have been forced to close during the Covid-19 emergency.

schedule 31 March 2020

Develia fears Covid-19 impact on business

POLAND Wrocław-based developer Develia (formerly LC Corp) has announced that the disruption caused by the pandemic could have a significant and potentially serious impact on the current operations of the company and its groups.

schedule 31 March 2020

Economies rebalance in wake of coronavirus

CEE REGION According to analysis by Colliers International all CEE economies this year are to decline or fall into recession as a result of the coronavirus.

schedule 30 March 2020

Movement and gatherings ban tightened further

POLAND The Polish government has introduced a new directive clarifying the restrictions on movement as part of its measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

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