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Germany Garbe builds from wood

The largest logistics centre to be constructed from timber in Europe is being built at the port of Straubing-Sand in Bavaria. The topping out ceremony was held by joint venture partners Garbe Industrial and Logicenters.

Material partner

Poland Atlas Estates secures major loan from Bank Pekao

20 July 2025

Eurobuild CEE

Atlas Estates is pleased to announce the successful securing of a significant loan facility from Bank Pekao SA, one of Poland’s leading financial institutions. This financing marks a continued vote of confidence in Atlas Estates Group’s business model, strategic direction, and longstanding partnership with Bank Pekao SA.

Poland Inwi to build for media expert

Inwi is developing a BTS warehouse for the Media Expert electronics retail chain. A 14,500 sqm centre is to be built in Długołęka, near Wrocław and is scheduled for completion next year.

Retail & leisure

Poland Retail park to come to Konstantynów Łódzki

PKB Inwest Budowa has received a construction permit to build a retail park in Konstantynów Łódzki, which is to open in the second quarter of 2026.

Investment & finance

Poland BIG with a big loan

BNP Paribas has granted Big Poland a PLN 58 mln loan. This includes the refinancing of existing facilities and financing for the purchase of three retail parks: Big Andrychów, Big Lubin, and Park Koszalin. Altogether the three parks comprise a gla of 54,500 sqm.

Romania Office revival in Bucharest

At the end of the first half of 2025, the number of office workers in Bucharest came to more than 340,000, representing around 30 pct of the city's total workforce, according to the Office Marketbeat Q2 2025 report published by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.

Poland Logistics comes to Koszalin

An undisclosed logistics company has leased 9,000 sqm in Panattoni Park Koszalin in Western Pomerania.

Investment & finance

Poland Newgate on shopping spree

Newgate Investment has finalised the purchase of the Fabryka Park retail park on ul. Armii Krajowej in Katowice, comprising 8,800 sqm, from TDJ Estate.

Investment & finance

Poland EBRD invests in tech

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will invest EUR 20 mln in Spire Capital Partners Fund I – a new, independent private equity fund that will support the development of companies in Poland and other CEE countries.

Poland Procan grows in Prologis Park Błonie

Procan has extended the space it occupies in Prologis Park Błonie to almost 10,000 sqm. Under the new agreement, the company will take up a further 2,300 sqm of warehouse space as well as the 7,600 sqm it currently occupies in the adjacent building.

Poland Simba Toys stays on at MLP Pruszków II

Simba Toys, a toy manufacturer and distributor, has renewed its lease for approximately 8,500 square meters in the MLP Pruszków II logistics complex.

Romania Dionisie Lupu sold

Smartown Group has completed the sale of the historic Dionisie Lupu office building in Bucharest at a yield of 8.2 pct. The purchaser remains undisclosed.

Poland Metron goes to school

The Multilingual Education High School is to open in the Metron building in Warsaw's Mokotów district with a lease of 850 sqm, taking up an entire floor in the building.

Poland New warehouse supply down

At the end of Q2 2025, total modern industrial and logistics stock (including office space in these facilities) reached 36 mln sqm, according to the latest figures from the Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK) with the largest markets being the Mazowieckie Voivodeship (7.19 mln sqm), the Silesia (6.15 mln sqm), and the Dolnośląskie region (5.30 mln sqm).

Germany Silverton signs up Corall Ingenieure

The Silverton Group has leased around 950 sqm of office space at Otto-Hahn-Strasse 10 in Meerbusch, near Düsseldorf, to Corall Ingenieure on a long-term lease.

Hotels

Romania Mercure comes to Transylvania

The Mercure Hotels & Resorts chain has opened its first hotel in Transylvania. The Mercure Alba Iulia has 118 rooms as well as modular meeting spaces.

Retail & leisure

Poland Small towns lead retail expansion

Small towns in Poland have seen the majority of the new retail space come to the market. According to data from CBRE 599,500 sqm is currently under construction with small towns accounting for more than half of the space.

Retail & leisure

EMEA region Luxury in decline

Luxury and midmarket retailers across EMEA are recalibrating strategies in response to a cooling post-pandemic retail environment, according to Colliers’ latest “EMEA Retail - Retailer performance & response to changing market conditions”. The report highlights a marked slowdown in luxury revenue growth, persistent consumer caution, and operational shifts triggered by evolving trade dynamics and supply chain vulnerabilities.

Czech Republic Prague office prices differentiated by location

While rents for premium offices in the city centre can reach EUR 30 or more per square meter per month, rents on the outskirts of the city remain well below EUR 15. The office real estate market in Prague thus continues to show a trend of differentiation based on location and building quality, with proximity to the metro remaining a key factor influencing both prices and demand, according to Colliers in its latest report.

Hotels

Poland Redefining luxury

07 August 2025

Mateusz Strzelecki, partner, head of Tenant Representation
Walter Herz

The value of the hotel and spa services market in Poland increased by 16.7 pct year-on-year in 2024, reaching PLN 7.8 bln. According to KPMG, this trend is consistent with the broader, global recovery of the tourism sector.

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The Swedish promised land lies ahead!

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07 April 2024

Tristram Carfrae on sustainable engineering

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Flex market picks up momentum

05 August 2025

The flexible office market in Poland is growing rapidly. In the upcoming years, we can expect the pace of its development to accelerate. Currently, over 420,000 sqm of flex space a ...

Optimism returns

28 July 2025

Bartłomiej Zagrodnik, managing partner
Walter Herz

Lower interest rates in the eurozone and the easing of monetary policy in Poland are expected to revive investment in the real estate market. A noticeable increase in the value of ...

Warehouse developers now more cautious

27 May 2025

Katarzyna Madej, director, Industrial Agency
Avison Young

Pre-leases are now an important criterium Currently, the highest investment activity is seen for projects that have a secured pre-leasing level of at least 50-60 pct of the spa ...

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04 June 2025

MoMA wins architectural grand prix

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09 May 2024

Poznań with a green Aura

21 September 2023

Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest

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10 February 2025

2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies

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02 September 2024

Strabag to build The Arc

06 May 2024

Digitalisation to the rescue

Coronavirus

30 March 2021

Vaccination centre provided by Globalworth

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24 June 2020

Employers in no rush to return to workplaces

14 May 2020

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

Corporate social responsibility

22 March 2024

Not only for horses

Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.

11 May 2023

Panattoni sticks to the fairway

08 March 2022

Colliers ends operations in Russia, Belarus

E-commerce

12 January 2023

This is the end

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22 September 2020

Wildberries now growing in Ukraine

21 May 2020

Wildberries growing in April

ESG

30 July 2025

B10 takes WiredScore Platinum

The B10 office building in Wrocław, owned by Vastint Poland, has been certified with a WiredScore Platinum rating. The certification is an assessment ...

25 July 2025

Moderna Office goes Platinum

14 July 2025

GTC teams up with Paul

Eurobuild Awards

27 November 2024

The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!

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08 August 2024

Call for nominations and jury members!

04 January 2024

Let's live this again!

Eurobuild FM

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30 June 2025

Race'N'Raise supports rural children's education

Logicor has raised over PLN 40,000 in the 4th Race'n'Raise charity cycle race to support the EFC Foundation's Horizons Scholarship Program.

30 May 2025

CPK arises

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Back to the Future Conference

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Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate

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23 June 2025

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Capitalising on the landlord's market

Eye to eye

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Eye to eye… with Władysław Grochowski

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For Ukraine

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Nansen Refugee Award goes to Poland!

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25 April 2022

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13 April 2022

Former Russian building to house Ukrainian refugees

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20 September 2023

EIB grants CTP solar-powered €200m loan

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20 September 2023

Cromwell granted €66m green loan for Janki

31 July 2023

Pad Res to build 2 PV farms in Pomerania

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Hotels

Mercure comes to Transylvania

The Mercure Hotels & Resorts chain has opened its first hotel in Transylvania. The Mercure Alba Iulia has 118 rooms as well as modular meeting spaces. ...

07 August 2025

Redefining luxury

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Human resources

10 July 2025

Panattoni bets big on data centres

Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists h ...

27 June 2025

Five new board members at JLL

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A change of guard at Eurobuild

Infrastructure

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Most of the land now acquired for CPK

CPK has already acquired over 2,000 ha under the Voluntary Acquisition Programme. This means that more than half of the land required for the CPK Airp ...

01 April 2025

Tunnel to be built under Baltic

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Grand station in little Brzeziny

Interior design

12 June 2025

JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch

JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...

02 October 2024

Grainy effect for Viterra

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Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office

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Newgate on shopping spree

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Panattoni enlarges its Swedish portfolio

Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.

17 January 2025

CTP purchases land in Kragujevac

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CTP secures major brownfield site

Material partner

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Atlas Estates secures major loan from Bank Pekao

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Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek

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Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest

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Dionisie Lupu sold

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25 October 2024

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Velis has a new name

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