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Intensive commercialization of the multifunctional Fern building under construction at Off Piotrkowska Center has begun. A modern building, the construction of which will start at the turn of 2024/2025, offers 4,700 sqm of service space and 2,700 sqm of office space.
Medivet, a provider of veterinary services and products, has leased more than 6,500 sqm of warehouse and office space at Fortress Logistics Park Bydgoszcz. The company will occupy circa 6,600 sqm in the facility.
In Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The façade of the building with its organic architecture will be covered with 140,000 plants.
Saint-Gobain Group has signed a 10-year lease for office space at Varso Tower. The company will occupy nearly 1,400 sqm on the 28th floor of the building.
The property map of ZDR Investments funds expanded, thanks to the acquisition of three retail parks in the towns of Prevalje, Ravne, and Slovenj Gradec in the northern part of Slovenia.
On 24 May 2024, we will inaugurate a new event in the real estate community - Eurobuild's Annual Running Tournament! Participants will run through the green surroundings of the First Warsaw Golf & Country Club in Rajszew. Run along with us!
The technology company Spyrosoft has extended its lease in the Nowy Targ office building in Wrocław. Employees have at their disposal roughly 2,800 sqm of office space.
Panattoni has delivered new space within Panattoni Park Tricity East III. Alfa Warehouses, a company specialising in warehouse logistics, is commencing its operations in the Gdańsk investment.
Bechtel has chosen Equator IV in Warsaw, an office building in CPI Property Group’s portfolio, to be the location of the head office of its Polish branch. The American company is to build the first nuclear power plant in Poland in Choczewo, Pomerania.
Maxprint, a wholesaler of office machinery and equipment, has renewed its lease at MLP Pruszków II logistics centre. The tenant currently occupies almost 3,200 sqm of warehouse space in the complex.
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CTP signed a contract with Scan Global Logistics for almost 13,000 sqm of space in CTPark Budapest East’s ULL2 Hall In December 2023. The logistics provider has already taken an additional 7,800 sqm of leased space in Q1 2024 in the ULL3 building, which is currently undergoing BREEAM certification.
The Cepelia pavilion at the junction of Al. Jerozolimskie and ul. Marszałkowska in Warsaw is undergoing renovation. A three-storey Empik store with a total area of 1,300 sqm will open in the building.
Euro Real Estate, a member company of the Wilhelm von Finck Group, acquired the City Tower Vienna from Immofinanz. With a purchase price of more than EUR 150 mln, this sale is the largest transaction in the office segment of Austria’s real estate market to date in 2024.
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.
135 of the 650 residences have already been sold in the pre-sale phase of JTRE’s new Downtown Yards project. The mixed-use neighbourhood in Bratislava is currently under construction.
CPI Property Group has signed a commitment agreement with British company Sona Asset Management regarding a proposed equity investment of EUR 250 mln in Poland.
Last week, Nordbygg, Northern Europe’s biggest trade fair for professionals in construction and real estate industry, took place at Stockholmsmässan in Ävsjö, Sweden. 35,000 visitors attended which, combined with the 5,000 people on the stands, gives a total of 40,000 participants. New features for Nordbygg 2024 included the strong involvement of the City of Stockholm and a popular online app.
According to data from Colliers, a trend called Shell & Core is gaining momentum in the Czech Republic. This is a strategy where developers construct and build out industrial buildings to the stage of providing basic structures and infrastructure and wait for buyers.
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 programme across its European business park portfolio.
Real estate investor and fund manager Cromwell Property Group has secured a EUR 66 mln green loan for the 61,000 sqm Janki shopping centre on the southern outskirts of Warsaw.
Pad Res, a joint venture between Griffin Capital Partners and Kajima Europe, is to build two photovoltaic farms in Pomerania with a total capacity of 117 megawatts.
German asset manager KGAL Investment Management is to establish a joint venture to build four solar and wind parks with specialist Polish developer Lasuno for its KGAL ESPF 5 impact fund.
The newly constructed warehouse, which has expanded CTPark Prague West, has been certified as the most environmentally friendly industrial building in the Czech Republic according to ‘BREEAM New Construction’ standards, with a record score of 92.1 pct. The building is home to Rhenus Logistics, which uses it as a cross-dock for its pan-European network for collection services and warehousing.
Owned by the Capital Park Group, the Warsaw mixed use complex Norblin Factory has received the final BREEAM certificates for both its office and retail sections. A photovoltaic system has been installed in the complex, and the managers are continuing their efforts to steadily reduce the property’s carbon footprint.
Energy consumption reduced by almost 48 pct, almost 4 mln litres of water saved in a year and CO2 emissions reduced by more than 3,900 tonnes - these are the savings generated by the Warsaw P180 office building, developed by Skanska in Warsaw by the Wilanowska metro station. The investment has just received LEED Core & Shell certification at the Platinum level.
Docks Bruxsel in Brussels has received a CO2 neutrality certificate from CO2logic/South Pole. It is the first large shopping centre in Europe to receive this certification.
Panattoni has received an "Outstanding" rating under the BREEAM International New Construction system for Panattoni Park Szczecin III halls A and B. This is the first such high level of certification in the industrial real estate market in Poland for a newly built investment.
CA Immo has concluded 45 lease agreements with a total of nearly 29,000 sqm of office space in Warsaw in the past year, 20 pct of which in Q4 of 2022. The company has also introduced a green lease initiative in 2022, governing mutual commitment of landlord and tenant to optimize sustainable building operations. Since May 2022, 23 green lease agreements have already been concluded.
.Ktw II office building, developed by TDJ Estate, has been certified BREEAM at the Excellent level. The document is the final assessment of the investment's environmental impact. The building achieved a score of 80.6 pct.
Globalworth received 47 various ESG related certifications for its Romanian portfolio in 2022, among them LEED, BREEM, WELL Health & Safety and Access4you accreditations.
Panattoni is supporting the upcycling of the machinery used to generate green energy. In 15 of its locations environmentally friendly outdoor furniture made from former wind turbines can already be found, and in 2023 similar furniture is to appear in another 100 locations.
Futureal’s Etele Plaza in Budapest has received BREEAM 'Very Good' certification in the retail category.
Bilfinger Tebodin has completed work on a 27 MW wind farm in Kostomłoty in the South-West of Poland. The investment was carried out by Polenergia, Poland's largest private energy group.
Ghelamco has completed its first three photovoltaic farms as part of its programme to achieve energy neutrality, announced in May 2022. The installations, with a capacity of nearly 3 MW, were built in three locations in the Opole region.
C3, the Circular Construction & Technology Center project in Bremen is the Strabag’s first competence centre for sustainable circularity. It will be focused on resource reprocessing, it will be energy self-sufficient and climate neutral.
Czech developer CTP has obtained the first BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ certification – the highest possible level – of its Romanian portfolio for the Clubhaus multifunctional building, part of the CTPark Bucharest West industrial park.
The fifth floor of the Spark C building in Warsaw, which houses the head office of the Skanska’s commercial development business unit in the CEE region, has just been obtained a renewal of its Well Commercial Interior certificate. This is the first such recertification in Poland and the CEE region, and the second in Europe.
All 17 properties in the Polish portfolio of Romanian developer Globalworth have obtained Well Health-Safety Rating certification.
Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects together with Czech architects OVA have won the competition to redesign a quarter of Vítězné náměstí (Victory ...
In Berlin Hyp’s most recent Trendbarometer, more than 200 real estate professionals expressed their opinions on opportunities and risks in the real e ...
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 ...
Kreo, Ghelamco's Kraków office project, has achieved BREEAM certification at the Outstanding level. The building also has a WELL and Green Building St ...
Eurobuild Awards 2023 is behind us, but if you haven't yet gotten your hands on the special "Eurobuild" supplement prepared for the Gala evening, you ...
The next edition of our monthly magazine is now available both in paper and digital versions! Traditionally, the new issue was first sent to our confe ...
Welcome to a special episode of Eurobuild FM! Next Monday, the May issue of the "Eurobuild CEE" monthly will be released, and today we have a preview ...
On 24 May 2024, we will inaugurate a new event in the real estate community - Eurobuild's Annual Running Tournament! Participants will run through the ...
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 ...
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 almos ...
Kamil Kowa has become the new CEO of Savills in Poland. He is a member of the management board of the company, and for the past nine years has held th ...
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 ...
The property map of ZDR Investments funds expanded, thanks to the acquisition of three retail parks in the towns of Prevalje, Ravne, and Slovenj Grade ...
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 ...
Saint-Gobain Group has signed a 10-year lease for office space at Varso Tower. The company will occupy nearly 1,400 sqm on the 28th floor of the build ...
EPP is taking over the management of nine M1 shopping centres and three Power Parks from Metro Properties Polska. Some of Metro Properties Polska's em ...
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 Winogrady district of Poznań, the construction of the Aura residential building, designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes, has begun. The f ...
The Cepelia pavilion at the junction of Al. Jerozolimskie and ul. Marszałkowska in Warsaw is undergoing renovation. A three-storey Empik store with a ...
The Symbiosy smart building platform developed in-house by Slovakian developer HB Reavis has been acquired by Massachusetts-based real estate experien ...
Medivet, a provider of veterinary services and products, has leased more than 6,500 sqm of warehouse and office space at Fortress Logistics Park Bydgo ...
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