Public buildings
Echo Investment and its subsidiary Archicom have started the construction of a primary school for 450 pupils on ul. Konstruktorska in the Służewiec sub-district of Warsaw’s Mokotów district.
Eurobuild FM
Welcome to another episode of Eurobuild FM! This time Natalia Paszkowska of WWAA Architekci and Nicklas Linberg of Echo Investment tell us all about their latest (and rather unusual) project: a primary school being built by the developer in what was traditionally one of Warsaw’s office districts – Służewiec.
Technology
The renovated Saski Crescent office building has proven to be fully prepared for challenges in terms of technological requirements. The building's full digital connectivity has been confirmed by the highest level of the WiredScore rating – Platinum.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni has launched the construction of City Logistics Kraków III, a project comprising 25,000 sqm. Walraven, an international producer of installation fixings, is to occupy almost 4,500 sqm.
ESG
According to experts at the Urban Land Institute, changing trends in the office, retail, and hotel markets are making commercial adaptive reuse not just an option, but often a necessity.
Office & mixed-use development
Globalworth announces the extension of its lease agreement with Philips for space in the Company House I building. The transaction also entails the remodelling of the office in collaboration with Globalworth Poland’s Workplaces department.
Investment & finance
Mitiska REIM has completed the sale of 25 retail parks in Romania to LCP Group, part of M Core, for EUR 219 mln. This is one of the largest retail real estate transactions in Romania.
Investment & finance
As previously announced, Cavatina has purchased a site located in the centre of Warsaw at ul. Chmielna 75. The transaction amounts to more than PLN 145 mln. The group intends to develop a mixed-use project in this location, with a predominantly residential function.
Investment & finance
Estonian renewable energy company and independent energy producer Sunly is planning to build six solar parks in Latvia with a total capacity of 52 MW. The construction is financed by Swedbank with EUR 22 mln. This is Swedbank’s biggest contribution to the solar park sector in Latvia.
Eurobuild FM
Welcome to a special episode of Eurobuild FM! This short podcast featuring Andrzej Dużyński also includes the announcement of an extensive interview with the head of Ideal Idea that will be published in a few days in the Christmas issue of Eurobuild CEE magazine. We invite you to both listen in and read the article!
Office & mixed-use development
Energy sector services and supplies group Eximprod is relocating its Bucharest office to the Equilibrium 2 building in the same city.
Warehouse & industrial
Romanian online shipping company FAN Courier has leased 10,000 sqm – the last available space – in VGP Park Arad in western Romania.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni's development of a 32,000 sqm logistics centre for DHL Parcel in Robakowo near Poznań is now close to completion. It is set to be the developer’s third industrial project in Poland to be awarded BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ certification.
Eurobuild FM
Welcome to Eurobuild FM! Anna Watkowska, a member of Okam City's management board and the project leader of the FSO Park development in Warsaw, talks exclusively for our podcast about the largest planned residential investment in the city. Check out at what stage this spectacular project has now reached.
Warehouse & industrial
Topband Smart Europe, a Chinese company that manufactures controllers for power tools, white goods and BMS systems, has started operations at CTPark Timişoara. The tenant's production facility occupies app. 11,000 sqm.
Office & mixed-use development
Lux Med Group has extended its lease at EPP-managed O3 Business Campus in Kraków. The tenant occupies almost 2,200 sqm in the building.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni has started the construction of the first hall within Panattoni Park Łódź West II, which will occupy 70,630 sqm. Almost half of this space will be taken up by Rohlig Suus Logistics.
Investment & finance
S Immo successfully concluded the disposal of the Eurocenter office building in Zagreb, Croatia. In addition to offices, the Eurocenter also includes a bank branch and a café and has a gross lettable area of around 9,000 sqm.
Warehouse & industrial
CTP has announced plans to develop a 60,771 sqm logistics park through a partial refurbishment of an existing business park in Krefeld West, Germany.
Residential
In two years, Finnish developer YIT has built and handed over more than 500 rental units in Warsaw to the Nrep fund. The flats were built in three Warsaw districts - Ursynów, Bemowo and Mokotów.
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
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.
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.
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.
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.
POLAND Warehouse developer Panattoni has allocated PLN 500,000 to buy medical supplies for three Polish hospitals.
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.
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.
ROMANIA AFI Europe Romania has announced that it is rescheduling the opening of its AFI Braşov shopping and entertainment centre due to the pandemic.
SLOVENIA The official opening of the Aleja shopping centre in Ljubljana’s Šiška district has been postponed.
POLAND BPI Real Estate Polandis to introduce a virtual sales office for all of its Polish projects.
POLAND Rent payments have been suspended for all tenants in the Sukcesja shopping centre in Łódź.
POLAND The Polish Trade and Distribution Organisation [POHiD], an association of retail chains, are to contribute PLN 15 mln to fight the coronavirus epidemic.
POLAND The Carrefour Foundation and Carrefour Polska are donating around PLN 2 mln to Polish hospitals for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
POLAND The Sukcesja shopping centre owned by Fabryka Biznesu in Łódź has stopped collecting rents from its tenants.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
According to experts at the Urban Land Institute, changing trends in the office, retail, and hotel markets are making commercial adaptive reuse not ju ...
The Eurobuild Award 2023 for Outstanding Contribution to Real Estate went to… Tomasz Lubowiecki, a founder and the chairman of the board at 7R
The grand finale of the 13th Eurobuild Awards is to take place tonight! Join us at the Gala at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel or follow the announceme ...
Welcome to another episode of Eurobuild FM! This time Natalia Paszkowska of WWAA Architekci and Nicklas Linberg of Echo Investment tell us all about t ...
And now we now all the winners! The jurors, tenants and guests of the Gala have made some difficult but well-considered choices. So, let’s meet this y ...
This latest episode of 'Eye to Eye' is hot out of the podcast oven and ready to listen to! Eurobuild’s guest today is Paweł Sapek, the head of Prologi ...
The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...
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 ...
A new hotel is being built in Kraków. It will be the seventh facility of the AccorInvest/Orbis group in the capital of Malopolska under the Accor bran ...
Michał Masztakowski has taken up the position of the head of the retail agency in Poland at Cushman & Wakefield. He will be responsible for preparing ...
The investment programme until 2030 worth more than PLN 1.5 bln has been approved for Katowice's Wojciech Korfanty Airport. The programme will include ...
Designers from Colliers, under the supervision of architect Kateřina Štenclova, prepared the concept for the Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Prague. The ...
Mitiska REIM has completed the sale of 25 retail parks in Romania to LCP Group, part of M Core, for EUR 219 mln. This is one of the largest retail rea ...
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 ...
Michał Ptaszyński, Country Manager Poland, Logicor, tells us optimistically about the future of the logistics industry in Poland, the company's upcomi ...
Globalworth announces the extension of its lease agreement with Philips for space in the Company House I building. The transaction also entails the re ...
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.
Echo Investment and its subsidiary Archicom have started the construction of a primary school for 450 pupils on ul. Konstruktorska in the Służewiec su ...
In two years, Finnish developer YIT has built and handed over more than 500 rental units in Warsaw to the Nrep fund. The flats were built in three War ...
In this year's 33rd edition of the Cushman & Wakefield Main Streets Across the World ranking, the Czech Pařížská street has been ranked 11th in Europe ...
The renovated Saski Crescent office building has proven to be fully prepared for challenges in terms of technological requirements. The building's ful ...
Panattoni has launched the construction of City Logistics Kraków III, a project comprising 25,000 sqm. Walraven, an international producer of installa ...
Investing in ‘safe havens’
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A new model is necessary
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WeWork
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Dynamic growth of private dormitories
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