Office & mixed-use development
CTP opened its state-of-the-art office building I in Brno's Vlněna complex, which was created by revitalising a former brownfield site. The 60-metre-high building, designed by architectural Studio acht, boasts innovative technologies including a drone mail system.
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Warehouse & industrial
Industrial Park Poland by Hillwood has gained access to the A2 motorway. Hillwood Poland has obtained an occupancy permit for the extended and upgraded access roads that connect the emerging industrial and logistics park to the motorway.
Investment & finance
CL Property, a Polish developer specialising in multi-functional industrial and logistics space, has announced a transaction with DSV for the Citylink Łódź project. A new DSV logistics centre will be built on the 5.7-ha property located on ul. Zakładowa.
ESG
Warsaw has adopted a green standard to make urban construction more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. The capital is the first city in Poland to implement such a solution.
Investment & finance
According to JLL, the Polish investment market saw a significant increase in activity in H1 2024. Despite continuing challenges related to the cost of capital, a return of large transactions was recorded, suggesting a potential end to the slowdown phase.
Technology
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both refresh the company's image and unify its operations. Velis Real Estate Tech will remain the company's administrative name.
Residential
The AFI Home platform is making its debut in a third Polish city. The development on ul. Długa in Wrocław offers 232 furnished flats.
Warehouse & industrial
The Polish industrial and logistics market continues its strong growth momentum, reveals BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland in its latest report “At A Glance – Industrial and Logistics Market in Poland” for the Q2 of 2024.
Office & mixed-use development
The French Institute has decided to change its Warsaw headquarters in September 2026. It has chosen the historical building of the former Bellona Publishing House, currently undergoing modernization as part of The Bridge.
Investment & finance
European Real Estate Fund has commenced its deployment programme with the acquisition of a logistics portfolio in Poland. Three multi-tenanted properties will form the initial investment in a EUR 300 million joint venture with White Star Real Estate.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni is planning to extend its operations to all three Baltic states but is to concentrate particularly on Lithuania. As part of the new strategy the company intends to unify its cross border services, which will allow its clients to take advantage of BTS solutions both in Poland and the Baltic states.
Office & mixed-use development
Siemens Healthineers has expanded its cooperation regarding office space lease with Deka Immobilien, the owner of the International Business Center complex in Warsaw.
Warehouse & industrial
MDC2 and Fortress Real Estate Investments have finalised the lease of around 25,000 sqm within MDC2 Park Łódź South. The tenant, Oriflame Holding, owner of the Oriflame cosmetics brand, will start operations at the new location in Q1 2025.
Retail & leisure
Newgate Investment has acquired a completed retail park in Zgorzelec with over 5,400 sqm GLA. The seller was Smart Park Poland.
Infrastructure
Beyond.pl, a data centre, cloud, and managed services provider and owner of data centres in Poland, is expanding its colocation project for AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing solutions launched in January this year. The company announced that it is working to increase the target capacity of its campus in Poznań by almost 2 times.
Public buildings
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 overhaul.
Warehouse & industrial
According to the 2024 Savills Nearshoring Index study, the Czech Republic is the second most attractive location for industrial occupiers looking to ‘nearshore’ supply chains. Portugal ranks first, Poland in third place, Sweden being fourth, and Japan rounding out the top five.
Residential
Preparations are underway for the expansion of the Port Praski project. A housing estate and an attractive public space are planned along the quays of the former Warsaw port. The project will be evaluated by local residents as part of a dialogue about the investment.
Office & mixed-use development
According to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, the net office take-up in Bucharest across Q2 exceeded the renewal and renegociation transactional volume for the first time during the last two years, with a positive impact on the average vacancy rate, given that no new office projects were delivered in H1.
Strabag Romania has been selected by the developer and investor PPF Real Estate as the general contractor for the construction of its new office property, The Arc. The investment will bring a ten-story, class A office building to the 6th District of Bucharest.
In Berlin Hyp’s most recent Trendbarometer, more than 200 real estate professionals expressed their opinions on opportunities and risks in the real estate industry at the moment. In addition, the expert survey focused on the effects of megatrends such as demographic developments, digitalisation and urbanisation.
According to the report released by research firm Spectis, “Modular construction market in Poland 2024-2029”, top 100 manufacturers of prefabricated buildings made of wood, steel, concrete, or LECA generated revenue of nearly PLN 10 bln in 2022, with 47 pct of the figure contributed by sales in the modular building segment.
Polish construction company Erbud has signed a cooperation agreement with South Korean giant Daewoo Engineering & Construction to jointly implement projects in the energy and key industrial, infrastructural and military sectors across Poland.
Moscow city authorities have “asked” development and construction companies to enlist their workers to fight in the war in Ukraine in exchange for orders. One of these corporations is to provide the Russian defence ministry with 30 volunteers ready to be posted to the front by the end of August.
Skanska has been commissioned to construct a new building for Polish video game developer CD Projekt on its main campus in Warsaw’s Praga Północ district.
Viega has launched an interactive training centre near its headquarters in Attendorn. Over five floors, Viega World occupies a total of 12,000 sqm of space.
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, has opened a tender to select a contractor for the design-and-build project of its future headquarters in Warsaw.
Erbud has been awarded a PLN 29.8 mln contract to modernise the Rector’s Office of the Medical University of Warsaw (WUM).
Atlas Ward Polska has started work on two logistics parks with a total area of over 70,000 sqm on the eastern outskirts of Szczecin for Panattoni.
Polish industrial developer MDC2 has chosen Rex-Bud Budownictwo to be the general contractor for MDC2 Park Gliwice in Upper Silesia.
Yareal has commissioned FineTech Construction to be the general contractor responsible for completing the final stages of its Lixa office complex in Warsaw.
Prices for building materials in Poland increased by close to 30 pct over the last twelve months according to Savills.
Erbud is to reconstruct the Nabrzeże Szyprów shore in Gdańsk for PLN 28.5 mln.
Hochtief Polska has completed construction work on an educational building for the University of Warsaw on ul. Dobra for the department of applied linguistics.
International investor Cain International and its local development partner, White Star Real Estate, have secured a EUR 36 mln loan from PKO BP to complete the development of The Park Kraków.
Polish construction firm Erbud has merged its subsidiary Mod21 with German wooden modular buildings specialist GWI to establish a new company, also called Mod21.
Erbud has been awarded a PLN 298.4 mln contract to build a distribution centre for discount retailer Lidl near Błonie, west of Warsaw.
Erbud has announced a PLN 52.8 mln contract with Polish Export Trade & Investment to build three residential buildings in Warsaw’s Praga-Południe district.
Skanska has announced a strategic partnership with concrete supplier Holcim Romania to help it reach carbon neutrality by 2045.
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 ...
Warsaw has adopted a green standard to make urban construction more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. The capital is the first city in Po ...
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 ...
According to data from Cushman & Wakefield, the Bucharest hotel market is experiencing the highest supply growth among the CEE capitals between 2024 a ...
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 ...
CL Property, a Polish developer specialising in multi-functional industrial and logistics space, has announced a transaction with DSV for the Citylink ...
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 ...
CTP opened its state-of-the-art office building I in Brno's Vlněna complex, which was created by revitalising a former brownfield site. The 60-metre-h ...
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 ...
The AFI Home platform is making its debut in a third Polish city. The development on ul. Długa in Wrocław offers 232 furnished flats.
Newgate Investment has acquired a completed retail park in Zgorzelec with over 5,400 sqm GLA. The seller was Smart Park Poland.
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 ...
Industrial Park Poland by Hillwood has gained access to the A2 motorway. Hillwood Poland has obtained an occupancy permit for the extended and upgrade ...
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?
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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 ...
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Walter Herz
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