Build Europe pushes post-coronavirus action plan

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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.
As the organisation points out: “The demand for new housing stock remains at historic highs. But right across Europe, construction has slowed, or stalled, and the delivery of new housing stock has been hampered. Furthermore, the pressure which national and regional administrations are experiencing is threatening to create serious delays in the granting of building permits and exacerbates the problems faced by prospective home buyers. Construction companies and developers will see their pipelin
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Residential

Poland Splot Wola nears completion

schedule 18 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Matexi Polska is entering the final stage of its Splot Wola residential development at ul. Sowińskiego 28 in Warsaw, with more than 75 pct of the apartments already sold. Construction is also nearing completion, with work scheduled to finish in Q3 2026. The occupancy permit is expected to follow, with apartment handovers planned for Q4.

Investment & finance

Poland EPP takes EUR 106 mln in financing

schedule 18 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

EPP has completed the EUR 106 mln refinancing of four M1 shopping centres in Bytom, Częstochowa, Poznań and Radom. The refinancing supports the company’s efforts to optimise its capital structure. Absa Corporate and Investment Banking and Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (Nedbank CIB) provided the financing in equal shares.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Mitgar Port Operation takes up 7,500 sqm in CTPark Gdańsk Port

schedule 18 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Mitgar Port Operation, one of the leading logistics providers to the automotive sector, has leased more than 7,500 sqm of modern warehouse space inCTPark Gdańsk Port. Querco Property advised Mitgar Port Operation on the transaction.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Tenants still active but few new buildings

schedule 18 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Office take-up across Poland’s regional markets totalled 310,000 sqm in the first half of 2026, down 21 pct year on year. At the same time, net demand increased, new supply remained limited and tenants increasingly focused on the highest-quality office space. These are the key findings of Axi Immo’s latest report, 'Regional Office Market: H1 2026', covering the country’s major office markets outside Warsaw.

Public buildings

Poland Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House

schedule 18 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The City of Poznań and Dekpol Budownictwo have signed a contract for the major redevelopment of the Poznań Palm House. The city’s landmark attraction will undergo an extensive upgrade to bring it up to modern technical standards and provide better conditions for its plants and animals. The contract was signed on 17 August, with Dekpol Budownictwo appointed as the general contractor.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Komplex Torus takes 6,800 sqm of modern space in MLP Pruszków II

schedule 18 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Komplex Torus, a leading distributor of household chemicals, cosmetics and hygiene products, has leased nearly 6,800 sq m of modern space in MLP Pruszków II. Newmark Polska advised the tenant throughout the lease negotiations.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland FutureMeds expands in infinity

schedule 18 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

FutureMeds, a company specialising in clinical trials for new drugs and therapies, is expanding its presence at the Infinity office building in Wrocław. Under a long-term lease agreement, the company has taken an additional 592 sqm on the building’s fourth floor. Following the expansion, FutureMeds’ headquarters and clinic will occupy more than 1,700 sqm at Infinity.

Investment & finance

Romania Horizon City wins financing

schedule 18 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Horizon City, a residential being project developed by British investor Ghai Sant Ram in northern Bucharest, has secured EUR 36.5 mln in financing from Libra Internet Bank. The funds will be used to continue and accelerate construction works, with full project completion targeted for the first half of 2027, six months earlier than initially announced.

Investment & finance

Poland Polish office investment market sees strong first-half recovery

schedule 17 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The first half of 2026 saw a clear recovery in investment activity on Poland’s office market. Total transaction volume reached around EUR 594 mln, up 38 pct year-on-year.

Investment & finance

Poland City centre site up for sale in Reda

schedule 17 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Nine plots totalling 4.4 ha are being put up for auction, with the site offering an opportunity to create Reda’s first city centre.

Retail & leisure

Poland Nomad opens in Port Praski

schedule 17 August 2026
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Nomad has opened a new 290-sqm restaurant that overlooks the marina in Warsaw's Park Praski development.

Retail & leisure

Poland Castorama opens Design Studio in Gemini Park

schedule 17 August 2026
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Castorama has opened a new Design Studio in Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała. Launched on 13 August, the new space adds to the shopping centre’s growing range of services, offering customers professional support with interior design projects, from the initial concept through to installation.

Hotels

Polska Green Development launches Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa

schedule 17 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Green House Development is launching pre-sales of suites at Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa, the third development under the Wave brand on the Polish coast, located around a ten-minute walk from the centre of Ustka and around 120 km from the Tricity area.

Investment & finance

Czech Republic PSN buys Botanická office building

schedule 17 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

PSN has completed the acquisition of an office building at Botanická 56 in the Brno-Veveří district.  Existing tenancy agreements will remain unchanged, with Aquatis, part of the industrial group Safichem Group, continuing as a key tenant.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Basler moves to Lubicz Park

schedule 17 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Machine vision technology company Basler has leased 330 sqm of office space at Lubicz Park in Kraków, from Globalworth. The tenant was represented by Knight Frank.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland 7R builds for Procent

schedule 17 August 2026
Opr./edited by AH

7R has launched construction on 7R Park Szczecin South, a two-building centre that will eventually comprise around 29,000 sqm. The sole tenant of the first building will be e-commerce logistics operator Procent Poland, with a lease of 23,000 sqm. The second smaller building of the complex will have an area of around 5,000 sqm.

Warehouse & industrial

SLOVAKIA Squarebizz Bory hits top 5 for excellence

schedule 14 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Squarebizz Business Center Bory has achieved BREEAM In-Use ‘Excellent’ rating for asset performance with an overall score of 75.1 pct, putting it in the top five facilities in Slovakia. The owner and developer of the industrial and business park is Karimpol.

Public buildings

Central Europe Porr focusing on healthcare

schedule 14 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Austrian construction group Porr has been rolling out its Porr Healthcare division across the markets it is active in, including Poland. The division specialises in the construction of healthcare facilities.

Warehouse & industrial

CZECH REPUBLIC GN Group moves to Panattoni Business Park Kladno

schedule 14 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

GN, a Danish manufacturer of audio and communications technology, has leased more than 30,000 sqm at Panattoni Business Park Kladno.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND Antczak completes Maspex plant

schedule 14 August 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Antczak Group has completed the construction of a 13,500 sqm logistics and warehouse complex for food producer Maspex in Tychy in Silesia.

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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