News
Retail & leisure
Olsztyn says “no’ to Rank Progress mall
POLAND Olsztyn council has refused consent for the construction of the Jaroty shopping centre, which Rank Progress has been planning to build on ul. Jarocka in the city.
Retail & leisure
Ogrody tenants list gets longer
POLAND The Ogrody shopping centre, which is currently being extended in Elbląg, has signed new lease contracts.
Investment & finance
GTC: down EUR 132 mln in three months
CEE REGION The management board of Globe Trade Centre (GTC) has informed that the fair value of GTC’s property portfolio which is to be included in the company’s financial report for 2014 (ended December 31st, 2014) would be app. EUR 132 mln lower than the value indicated in the financial statement published at the end of September 2014.
Investment & finance
Colliers to manage Warsaw’s Metropolitan
POLAND Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management-owned and Cushman & Wakefield-managed Metropolitan, a 38,000 sqm gla office building in central Warsaw, will now be managed by Colliers International.
Residential
Apartments for Rent Fund becomes all the rage
POLAND BGK Nieruchomości, which is implementing the Apartments for Rent Fund project, has garnered more than 800 applications for the rental offer of 49 apartments on ul. Saperska in Poznań – the first project purchased as part of the state-subsidised programme.
Residential
Final stage of Gdańsk estate under construction
POLAND Inpro has started the construction and sale of the final stage of the Wróbla Staw Mieszkania estate, which is being developed in Gdańsk Jasień.
Office & mixed-use development
New faces in Kliwer
POLAND Six companies have leased space in the Kliwer office building in Warsaw, occupying a total area of 1,600 sqm, which constitutes 25 pct of the leasable area of the building.
Architecture and urban planning
‘Szkieletor’ to open soon? Hold your horses
POLAND The construction work on the so-called Szkieletor in Kraków is likely to start at the beginning of 2016, ‘Eurobuild CEE’ has found out.
Investment & finance
Atrium agrees to buy Arkády Pankrác
CZECH REPUBLIC Atrium European Real Estate Limited has signed an agreement to acquire a 75 pct stake in the Arkády Pankrác shopping centre in Prague for EUR 162 mln.
Warsaw office vacancies on the rise
POLAND At the end of 2014, the total area of modern office stock in Warsaw reached app. 4.39 mln sqm, according to the latest report by the Warsaw Research Forum.
Retail & leisure
Carrefour redevelops another property
POLAND Carrefour Polska has modernized its retail property in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. The renovation work involved a 1,200 sqm extension of the shopping arcade, a change of the store format (from a supermarket to a hypermarket) and the interior and facade remodelling.
Gazit-Globe becomes Atrium’s majority shareholder
WORLD Gazit-Globe, an Israeli real estate investor that holds a 39.99-pct stake in Atrium European Real Estate (AERE), is acquiring 52,069,622 ordinary shares of AERE, which account for an app. 13.87 pct stake in the company. The shares are being taken over from a consortium managed by CPI CEE Management, which will now have no AERE shares, for a total of app. EUR 229 mln in an off-market transaction.
Budapest industrial space sees high demand
HUNGARY In Q4 2014, demand for the Budapest industrial space showed a strong performance as the total volume of lease transactions reached 128,465 sqm, increasing two-fold q-o-q and hitting the Q4 2013 take up level, according to the Budapest Research Forum (BRF).
Technology
Smartwatch-supported groceries underway
UNITED KINGDOM Organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market has teamed up with the multinational technology provider Rehabstudio to develop a shopping system that allows for doing highly-personalized in-store groceries with a help of wearables such as smartwatches.
Warsaw continues to dominate the region
POLAND Warsaw has been ranked 14th in the most attractive places in Europe for investing in real estate, in the Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe 2015 survey that has just been published by PwC and the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
Biedronka and Sphinx at Wrocław Główny station
POLAND Two new tenants – a Sphinx restaurant and a Biedronka grocery discount store – have started the design work for their new outlets at the Wrocław Główny station.
Murapol planning another Kraków project
POLAND Murapol has finalised the purchase of a 0.85 ha site on ul. Poznańska in Kraków.
Office & mixed-use development
New tenants in new Carpathia
POLAND GD&K Group has secured a new lease agreement for its Carpathia office development in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
TK Maxx enters Katowice
POLAND A TK Maxx store is to be opened in Galeria Katowicka. The tenant has leased an area of over 2,000 sqm in the mall in Katowice, with the new store scheduled to open at the end of February.
Orbis extends franchise chain
POLAND The Orbis hotel group has signed a franchise contract with the Four Hotel company for a hotel that is being developed on ul. Pszenna in Gdańsk.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
Poznań with a green Aura
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Construction
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
Strabag to build The Arc
Digitalisation to the rescue
Coronavirus
Vaccination centre provided by Globalworth
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Employers in no rush to return to workplaces
Catella sees hope and chances for real estate after Covid-19
Corporate social responsibility
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.
Panattoni sticks to the fairway
Colliers ends operations in Russia, Belarus
E-commerce
This is the end
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 ...
Wildberries now growing in Ukraine
Wildberries growing in April
ESG
Poland more at risk to climate change
Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, according to the latest r ...
Logicor creates a public park
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
Eurobuild Awards
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
Call for nominations and jury members!
Let's live this again!
Eurobuild FM
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
The September edition of Eurobuild welcomes autumn with fresh insights and inspiration. While the weather cools down, the real estate market is heatin ...
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
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.
CPK arises
Back to the Future Conference
Exclusive
Building momentum for the future
The Bricomarché chain is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Poland. On this occasion, we speak with Katarzyna Jańczak-Stefanide, General Manager of t ...
Ziv Zviel of Atlas Estates
Not just for the rich
Eye to eye
Eye to eye… with Władysław Grochowski
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.
Eye to eye… with Paweł Sapek
Eye to eye with… Daniel Bienias
For Ukraine
Nansen Refugee Award goes to Poland!
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 ...
Build Europe supports refugees and appeals to European Commission
Former Russian building to house Ukrainian refugees
Green projects
EIB grants CTP solar-powered €200m loan
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 ...
Cromwell granted €66m green loan for Janki
Pad Res to build 2 PV farms in Pomerania
Hotels
Romanian hotels grow
Occupancy rates increased by around 4 pct in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2024, according to a report by Cushman & ...
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Self service in Opole
Human resources
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 ...
Five new board members at JLL
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Infrastructure
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Strabag has been commissioned to erect 23 GE Vernova wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6.1 MW by PPC Renewables Romania. The 140 MW wind farm Del ...
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
Interior design
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 ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
Quantum acquires Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd
Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd has been sold to Hamburg-based project developer and investment manager Quantum for an undisclosed price. The busines ...
More Polish investment in Poland
Yanfeng warehouse sold to Clarion Partners
Land acquisitions
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.
CTP purchases land in Kragujevac
CTP secures major brownfield site
Material partner
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Excellent Fern at Off Piotrkowska
Office & mixed-use development
BlmA stays on in Potsdam
The Federal Agency for Real Estate (BImA) has extended its lease for 8,000 sqm of office space at Behlertstrasse 3A in Potsdam with Sonar Real Estate. ...
Skyliner II shooting up
Grant Thornton to move into the Bridge
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
Work begins on Awangarda Mogilska
Skanska Residential Development has begun construction work on the first stage of its Awangarda Mogilska development in Kraków. A total of 278 apartme ...
More Resi4Rent apartments in Kraków
Massive PRS portfolio purchase by Vantage
Retail & leisure
Retail park set to open in Trzebiatów
A retail park is to open soon in Trzebiatów (West Pomerania). The centre is to comprise three buildings with a total area of 6,200 sqm and parking f ...
Three Multibox parks under development
Pasaż Łańcucki to open in 2027
Technology
Velis has a new name
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 ...
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum
Warehouse & industrial
Atrikom Fulfillment comes to Mettmann
Atrikom Fulfillment will occupy a total area of around 5,500 sqm in Garbe's multi-user logistics centre in Mettmann (North Rhine-Westphalia). The comp ...
