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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Hotels

POLAND Griffin and Primestar join forces

schedule 23 June 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Warsaw-based private equity investment manager Griffin Capital Partners and Berlin-based hospitality operator Primestar Group have launched Prime Griffin Hotels, a 50/50 JV to build a Polish hotel platform.

Retail & leisure

Poland More tenants for Soho by Yareal

schedule 23 June 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Yareal Polska continues to expand the retail tenant mix for its flagship, mixed-use complex in Warsaw's Praga Południe district. SOHO by Yareal now includes a Maxi Zoo pet store, the Alike Pottery Studio, and the Unroasted coffee store. Under the new agreements, Yareal has leased nearly 500 sqm on the ground floors of the buildings.

Construction

POLAND Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK

schedule 23 June 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massive Port of Poland (or CPK) transport hub, which is being developed between Warsaw and Łódź.

Investment & finance

POLAND Welcome loan for Wita

schedule 23 June 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Echo Investment has signed a loan agreement with Bank Pekao to finance its Wita mixed-use complex, which is being developed on a 3 ha site in central Kraków. The financing includes a five-year construction and investment loan and a VAT loan totalling EUR 36.4 mln.

Residential

Poland Neighbourhood becoming more important in home purchases

schedule 23 June 2026
Opr./edited by AH

According to 'The Living 2040' report, today's residents are more aware, pragmatic, and demanding of the place they live.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Panattoni to begin work on Panattoni Park Kraków West IV

schedule 23 June 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Panattoni, together with Eika Asset Management, an investment management company, have begun the development of Panattoni Park Kraków West IV. The centre, comprising over 46,000 sqm, will be built in Skawina, within the Kraków metropolitan area. The first tenant, a retailer of wooden panelling, will occupy nearly 17,000 sqm.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Work to start on MLP Rzeszów

schedule 23 June 2026
Opr./edited by AH

MLP Group has started construction work on MLP Rzeszów, a new logistics park in southeastern Poland. The project is being developed on a speculative basis.

Events

Poland Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move

schedule 23 June 2026
Opr./edited by AH

More than 70 representatives of the Polish logistics real estate market participated in the third edition of EQT on the Move: Ride the Lakes. The event brought together tenants, warehouse developers, real estate advisors, business partners, along with their families, in an informal setting designed to strengthen industry relationships. Participants cycled selected sections of the Masurian Cycling Loop between 12 and 14 June. Eurobuild was the media patron for the event.

Infrastructure

Slovakia Budimex builds in Slovakia

schedule 22 June 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Budimex has handed over the motorway junction of the D1 and D4 roads in Slovakia, 90 days ahead of the deadline specified by the consgtruction contract.

Investment & finance

Mood improves over office sector

schedule 22 June 2026
Opr./edited by NN

European lenders are optimistic about H2 2026, despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, while sentiment around the office sector has significantly improved, according to CBRE's latest European Lender Intentions Survey. Lenders are also open to financing properties in alternative sectors.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND Brenntag in Brama Miasta B

schedule 22 June 2026
Opr./edited by NN

German chemical raw materials distributor Brenntag has opened its EMEA shared services centre in Brama Miasta B in Łódź, which is owned by Skanska Commercial Development Europe.

Retail & leisure

POLAND New Yorker arrives in Jędrzejów

schedule 22 June 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Fashion brand. New Yorker is to open a 1,300 sqm store in Galeria Sekunda in Jędzrejów, about 35 km south of Kielce in southern Poland.

Office & mixed-use development

POLAND WITA welcomes OPmobility

schedule 22 June 2026
Opr./edited by NN

Sustainable automotive parts supplier OPmobility has leased over 4,200 sqm of office space in building B of the Wita multifunctional complex n Kraków.

Office & mixed-use development

CEE Region Rents rising with limited supply

schedule 22 June 2026
Opr./edited by AH

While demand for high-quality office space remains stable, record-low new construction has led to an unprecedentedly low supply across the CEE region’s six largest office markets: Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Bucharest, Bratislava and Sofia. This is creating upward pressure on rents for modern and sustainable buildings while also increasing the need to modernise older office stock, according to the latest ‘CEE Offices 2026 Report’, published by Colliers.

Residential

Europe Warsaw fourth most unaffordable European city

schedule 22 June 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Warsaw ranks as the fourth least affordable capital for a single person, with essential monthly expenses, including housing, food, transport, personal care and leisure, totalling EUR 1,836. With the average net salary standing at EUR 1,911, these costs absorb 96.1 pct of typical earnings, leaving residents with just EUR 74 per month. Only Lisbon, Tirana, and Athens offer worse affordability among the 37 capital cities surveyed by Tradingpedia.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Sonko extends its lease

schedule 22 June 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Cereals company Sonko has extended its 22,000 sqm lease in Prologis Park Wrocław. The company has been a tenant in the park since 2007.

Retail & leisure

Poland Looking good and feeling good in Norblin Factory

schedule 19 June 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Norblin Factory is expanding its offerings for those seeking health, fitness, and beauty services. The latest tenant in the complex is KNOX – Poland's first boutique HIIT fitness centre, which occupies an area of 420 sqm.

ESG

Poland Punkt goes Platinum

schedule 19 June 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Punkt office building in Gdańsk has been awarded LEED v4 Platinum certification. This is the first Torus Group development certified under this version of the system and the developer's eighth building in Gdańsk with the highest environmental rating.

Exclusive
Data centres

Poland Poland to be the new data hub

schedule 19 June 2026
Maksymilian Fiszer

During the presentation of the 'Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland' report, we took the opportunity to speak with Piotr Kowalski, Managing Director at PLDCA, about the risks and future development of data centres in Poland.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Holcim builds in Bielawy

schedule 19 June 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Holcim Polska has begun construction of an Aggregate Production Plant in Bielawy, on the premises of a limestone mine owned by the Kujawy Cement Plant. This PLN 98 mln project represents the company's largest investment in the aggregates segment.

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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