ESG
Skanska has entered into a partnership with the WasteTracker startup. The smart waste counter will help monitor and report on waste streams, supporting the process of responsible building management. The system will operate across Skanska's current portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe.
Hotels
The Moxy Hotels brand has announced the expansion of its European portfolio to 100 hotels by the end of 2025. 17 more hotels are to open by the end of next year, including Moxy Warsaw City.
Investment & finance
Prague-based warehouse developer P3 Group has issued a 7.6-year EUR 500 mln Green Bond. With this, P3 will have signed over EUR 6 bln in new debt since the implementation of its most recent funding strategy in December 2021.
Office & mixed-use development
Indian medical device producer Meril has leased 300 sqm for five years in the Oxygen Park office complex in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
Karimpol Polska has secured EUR 50 mln in financing from Bank Pekao for the second phase of the Skyliner II development on Rondo Daszyńskiego in Warsaw. The bank also financed the construction of the first tower of the complex.
Investment & finance
ECE Real Estate Partners is expanding its investment activities and has raised further circa EUR 100 mln of capital for its ECE Progressive Income Growth Fund that invests in high quality shopping centres in Europe and holds a portfolio of seven centres with a total market value of more than EUR 2.2 bln.
Office & mixed-use development
Savills has summarised H1 in the Kraków office market. Despite the challenges of rising vacancy rates and a significant drop in activity on the part of developers, Kraków's office market is showing signs of stabilisation and is looking ahead to further growth.
Investment & finance
Panattoni has launched a pan-European fund that will invest in modern, sustainable, income-producing logistics properties. The Panattoni Income Fund is domiciled in Luxembourg with an open-ended, evergreen structure.
Warehouse & industrial
European Logistics Investment, a logistics platform owned by Redefine Properties, Madison International Realty, and Griffin Capital Partners, has completed the construction of two warehouses in Silesia.
Investment & finance
Smart Park Poland has sold a retail park in Syców (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship) to the Saller Group. The area of the facility is 8,000 sqm.
Warehouse & industrial
VAT Romania broke ground for its new factory located in VGP Park Arad, a strategic logistics hub adjacent to the A1 motorway and key European routes.
Warehouse & industrial
United Distribution Holding, a distributor of global brands of beer and food products in Poland, decided to add more than 2,300 sqm of industrial space to its existing agreement at the Warsaw West Park-Pruszków distribution centre.
Warehouse & industrial
Garbe Industrial Real Estate has re-let around two thirds of the space in its property in Kelsterbach, near Frankfurt am Main. A wholesaler will be using the facility to store and distribute building materials.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni has fully commercialised City Logistics Kraków Airport II, its latest project in Małopolska. The second tenant for the development will occupy 20,050 sqm.
Office & mixed-use development
Strabag Real Estate will develop Plaza Nova, a mixed-use complex in Kraków. The facility will be built on the site of the former Plaza shopping mall, which was demolished last year.
Residential
According to Savills Rental Housing report, the share of residential transactions within total investment volumes in Prague has been increasing since 2023. Rental housing is expected to exceed last year's volume, making 2024 one of the most successful years for this sector.
Investment & finance
Nepi Rockcastle is in negotiations to acquire the 100,000 sqm gla Magnolia Park shopping centre in Wrocław from Union Investment Real Estate.
Warehouse & industrial
Chefs Culinar has become the first tenant at MLP Business Park Łódź. The company has leased over 1,600 sqm of warehouse and office space.
Retail & leisure
Refield is starting the development of the first retail park in Środa Wielkopolska. Pasaż Średzki is expected to open in 2026.
Warehouse & industrial
Amazon has launched its third logistics centre in the Silesian Voivodeship, after Sosnowiec and Gliwice. The facility in Gorzyczki features 211,000 sqm of space.
The Moxy Hotels brand has announced the expansion of its European portfolio to 100 hotels by the end of 2025. 17 more hotels are to open by the end of next year, including Moxy Warsaw City.
According to data from Cushman & Wakefield, the Bucharest hotel market is experiencing the highest supply growth among the CEE capitals between 2024 and 2026. The demand in the first half of the year compared to the same period of 2023 experienced an increase of 3 pct, however, it remained below the 2019 level.
B&B Hotels Polska has signed a 20-year lease for the facility at ul. Kosmatki in Warsaw. B&B Hotel Warsaw East will start receiving guests in September this year. The new four-star hotel will be the second facility of the B&B Hotels chain in Warsaw and the 15th in Poland.
Hotel Opatija, Curio Collection by Hilton celebrates its opening. The 54-room facility debuts as the first in Croatia and the brand’s 40th trading country.
Cloud IX, Budapest’s latest panoramic skybar, has been opened in the ibis & Tribe Budapest Stadium Hotel in the WING Liberty building. Opened last December in Budapest’s District IX, the hotel complex boasts a total of 332 rooms and a wide range of services.
IHG Hotels & Resorts and Novum Hospitality announced a long-term agreement that will double IHG’s presence in Germany to more than 200 hotels in almost 100 cities through Holiday Inn – the niu brand collaboration and European debuts for IHG’s Garner and Candlewood Suites.
CPI Property Group has sold a 50 pct stake in a subsidiary that owns eight hotel properties in the Czech Republic to Bratislava-based Best Hotel Properties (BHP), with whom it has also signed a JV agreement for the continued management of the hotels.
Radisson RED Belgrade has opened its doors as a new upscale lifestyle hotel, marking the debut of the Radisson RED brand in Southeast Europe.
The hotel market in Bucharest has experienced a moderate annual average growth in new offerings, at 0.9 pct between 2019 and 2023. This modest trend was primarily influenced by the cancellation of Urban Zoning Plans. Between 2024 and 2025, an estimated average annual growth rate of 4.1 pct in the number of rooms is expected, according to data from the real estate consulting company Cushman & Wakefield.
According to Cushman & Wakefield analysis, after a period when the Prague hotel market was lagging behind other European cities in terms of recovery from the impacts of the covid pandemics, all of its performance indicators increased significantly in 2023. The Prague hotel market proves its resilience and attractivity.
IHG Hotels & Resorts announced its first Holiday Inn & Suites property in Europe with the signing of Holiday Inn & Suites Budapest Centrale – part of its Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts brand.
Marriott International and the Dobry Hotel Group have signed an agreement to create The Luxury Collection brand's first hotel in Krakow in the historic Lubomirski Palace building.
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 brand in the lifestyle segment. The hotel is scheduled to open in Q2 2025.
Marriott Bonvoy's Autograph Collection Hotels brand is making its debut in Hungary with the opening of its first hotel in Budapest. The Dorothea Hotel is housed in three historic buildings and is named after Archduchess Dorothea, who contributed to the city's development in the 19th century.
One United Properties has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ennismore for opening Mondrian Bucharest, a highly exclusive lifestyle hotel in downtown Bucharest.
Canopy by Hilton Warsaw, the first lifestyle hotel of the Hilton chain in Poland, is to open in 2025 in the centre of the city.
Local developer Wing in cooperation with Budapest Ferenc Liszt Airport has begun the construction of the Tribe hotel at the airport.
Hampton by Hilton Budapest City Centre, the country's first hotel under the Hampton by Hilton brand, has opened in Budapest.
AC Hotels by Marriott, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio of 31 brands, has announced its brand debut in Croatia with the opening of AC Hotel by Marriott Split. The new hotel is housed on the high floors of the 135-metre-high Westgate Tower with spectacular views of the Adriatic Sea and Split’s unique cityscape.
In Cushman & Wakefield’s latest Hotel Operator Beat survey, Budapest was placed as the most attractive market in CEE, reaching 4.3 points on a 1–5 scale where 5 means very high interest. Prague is a little step down with 4.2 points, and Warsaw, Kraków and Bucharest complete the top 5 markets targeted by hotel operators.
In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The f ...
Strabag Romania has been selected by the developer and investor PPF Real Estate as the general contractor for the construction of its new office prope ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
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 ...
Skanska has entered into a partnership with the WasteTracker startup. The smart waste counter will help monitor and report on waste streams, supportin ...
The Eurobuild Awards Gala, the premier event for the region’s real estate market, is to take place this year on November 26th at the DoubleTree by Hil ...
The September ‘Eurobuild’ is now available in print and online - as always full of expert commentary and analysis, interesting topics and the latest n ...
Welcome to the really hot episode of Eurobuild FM! Our editorial team visited the construction site of The Form, a unique office building, which is be ...
The 13th JLL Real Estate Beach Volleyball Charity Tournament, which took place earlier this month, has raised over PLN 800,000 to build the third Rona ...
After a long break, we invite you to hot episode of the "Eye to eye" podcast! Today we talk with Władysław Grochowski, the head and founder of Arche.
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 ...
The Moxy Hotels brand has announced the expansion of its European portfolio to 100 hotels by the end of 2025. 17 more hotels are to open by the end o ...
Jarosław Szanajca plans to resign from the position of president of the management board of Dom Development at the end of the year and join the superv ...
Beyond.pl, a data centre, cloud, and managed services provider and owner of data centres in Poland, is expanding its colocation project for AI, machin ...
Designers from Colliers, under the supervision of architect Kateřina Štenclova, prepared the concept for the Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Prague. The ...
Prague-based warehouse developer P3 Group has issued a 7.6-year EUR 500 mln Green Bond. With this, P3 will have signed over EUR 6 bln in new debt sinc ...
CTP has expanded its Polish land bank by nearly half a million sqm. The company has purchased investment land in four locations that provide the oppor ...
Last week, Nordbygg, Northern Europe’s biggest trade fair for professionals in construction and real estate industry, took place at Stockholmsmässan i ...
Indian medical device producer Meril has leased 300 sqm for five years in the Oxygen Park office complex in Warsaw.
Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed property manager of the Vibe office building. Ghelamco’s latest development delivered 15,000 sqm to the Warsaw ...
The most famous palm tree in Poland will be owned by the Museum of Modern Art. One of Warsaw's best-loved art installations will soon undergo a major ...
According to Savills Rental Housing report, the share of residential transactions within total investment volumes in Prague has been increasing since ...
Refield is starting the development of the first retail park in Środa Wielkopolska. Pasaż Średzki is expected to open in 2026.
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
European Logistics Investment, a logistics platform owned by Redefine Properties, Madison International Realty, and Griffin Capital Partners, has comp ...
Will cheaper money in the eurozone stimulate the transaction market?
Will cheaper money in the eurozone stimulate the transaction market?
Walter Herz
Polish real estate market is witnessing the first major investment transactions. The second half of the year will show whether a potential further interest rate cut in the eurozone ...
Is the Polish commercial property market still attractive for German investors?
Is the Polish commercial property market still attractive for German investors?
Szymon Mojzesowicz, CEO Lege Advisors
Despite the difficult situation on the European market due to many unexpected events, Germany is still one of the largest foreign investors in Poland. In recent decades, German com ...
An open door to redefining the commercial real estate market in Poland
An open door to redefining the commercial real estate market in Poland
Walter Herz
The investment slowdown in the commercial real estate sector that we have been observing in Poland for over a year is primarily the result of the tightening of monetary policy arou ...