News
Construction
New Wrocław office building underway
POLAND Warsaw-based general contractor Warbud has started the preparation work on Wrocław 101, the six-storey 5,900 sqm office building that is being developed at ul. Piłsudskiego 101 in Wrocław.
Aedes launches development business
POLAND Kraków-based construction company Aedes has established a new company, AE Development, whose initial capital was provided by Aedes and amounts to PLN 100,000.
Sandomierz to have new mall
POLAND Kalisz-based developer and general contractor FB Antczak has signed a contract on the construction of a new shopping centre in Sandomierz. The project’s investor is Wodrol.
Construction
Unibep to construct Czernieckiego estate
POLAND Unibep has signed a contract to construct the second stage of a residential complex on ul. Czarnieckiego in Poznań for its subsidiary, Unidevelopment, for PLN 28.1 mln net.
Office & mixed-use development
HP stays in UBC II
POLAND Hewlett-Packard has extended its lease in University Business Center II building on ul. Szturmowa street in Warsaw.
Green projects
BREEAMs for Domaniewska Office Park
POLAND Two buildings owned by Deka Immobilien in Warsaw have been granted BREEAM-in-Use certificates. Dom Alfa and Dom Beta, which are managed by Knight Frank, have both been awarded ‘Very Good’ ratings for asset and ‘Excellent’ ratings for building management.
Brochocki busy in Wrocław and Poznań
POLAND In the last few months of 2014, the Wrocław branch of real estate brokers Kancelaria Brochocki (Brochocki i Biegański Nieruchomości) participated in the sale of a 5,500 sqm building at ul. Walońska 3-5 in the city as well as 950 sqm of offices in a building on ul. Wagonowa. The buyer of the latter was Best Coffee Systems (the exclusive distributor of the Franke espresso machines in Poland).
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni launches latest Łódź project
POLAND Mirbud is to construct a warehouse for Panattoni to form part of Panattoni Park Business Center Łódź II.
Hotels
Three-star Petropol joins Best Western chain
POLAND The Petropol hotel in Płock, which has recently undergone major renovations, will now operate under the Best Western brand.
Media Expert in Millenium Hall
POLAND A Media Expert store is to be opened on Thursday in the Millenium Hall shopping centre in Rzeszów.
Residential
Wawel Service selling more each year
POLAND Wawel Service sold 255 apartments in Kraków and Warsaw in 2014 (in developer agreements signed, excluding reservations).
LafargeHolcim to sell off EUR 6.5 bln assets to CRH
CEE REGION Two merging cement and aggregates suppliers Holcim and Lafarg aim to sell EUR 6.5 bln assets, including plants and other facilities, to the Irish building materials company CRH. These will include Holcim's assets in Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia, as well as Lafarge's properties in Romania.
Warehouse developers pleased with 2014
CEE REGION Last year was a very good one for the two largest warehouse developers in the region. In 2014 Panattoni and Prologis built 650,000 sqm of warehouse space in total.
Hotels
Starwood keeps growing in CEE
CEE REGION In 2014, the US hotel giant Starwood, which operates such chains as Westin, Sheraton, Le Meridien, St. Regis, Aloft and W, has opened 74 new hotels worldwide which translated into app. 15,000 rooms in 26 countries. The company now aims to keep up with the pace of openings by adding, among others, new CEE locations to its portfolio.
Vacancy may top 2009 levels
RUSSIA In H1 2015 vacancy levels on the Moscow office market could reach 19–20 pct, that is, the peak levels of the 2008/2009 crisis, according to the latest CBRE report.
Investment & finance
CA Immo disposes of two office projects
HUNGARY/ BULGARIA CA Immo has sold two small office assets: the 8,000 sqm gla Europark office building in Sofia and the 6,400 sqm Buda Business Center office building in Budapest, for EUR 17 mln.
Green projects
A4 Business Park lands two BREEAMS
POLAND Two BREEAM certificates have been awarded to Echo Investment’s A4 Business Park in Katowice.
Office & mixed-use development
Hagibor Office Building goes bust
CZECH REPUBLIC The owners of the Hagibor Office Building in Prague-Strašnice have filed for insolvency.
Warehouse & industrial
Work begins on Poznań Airport Logistics Centre
POLAND Construction work has started on the first, 16,000 sqm warehousing building of Goodman’s Poznań Airport Logistics Centre.
Investment & finance
BPT Optima sells Young City site and Baltic assets
POLAND/BALTIC STATES BPT Optima, a fund managed by Northern Horizon Capital, has agreed to sell seven office and retail properties in Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda, totalling app. 112,000 sqm of leasable space, as well as the large-scale Young City urban regeneration site on the Gdańsk waterfront, including the historic former shipyard.
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
Logicor opens Serenity Park in Mysłowice
Logicor has officially opened the first public park in the grounds of a logistics centre in Poland. Logicor’s Serenity Park in Mysłowice comprises 4 h ...
City Gate Office awarded latest LEED
Outstanding awarded to CTP
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
The power of community
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
EurobuildCEE
The October issue is now out!
In the latest issue of the magazine, we take a closer look at retail parks, data centres and the PBSA market. We also ask whether, after a slowdown, i ...
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
Events
Last day to register
For the 15th time, we invite you to one of the most important and prestigious events in the commercial real estate calendar in Central and Eastern Eur ...
PBSA enters the mainstream
Let's look into the future!
Exclusive
The voice of the younger generation
In our latest exclusive interview, we spoke with Justyna Glinka, a senior associate at Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy, who has been appointed a ...
EGLS enters the scene
The cost of going green
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
Novotel comes to Croatia
Accor's Novotel brand is expanding in Southeastern Europe with the opening of Novotel Zagreb, the brand's first hotel in Croatia.
Staycity to open first Aparthotel in Warsaw
Romanian hotels grow
Human resources
ULI announces new chairs
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Five new board members at JLL
Infrastructure
Nepi Rockcastle launches solar farm
Shopping centre operator and developer NEPI Rockcastle has opened Romania’s biggest industrial-scale solar farm in Chișineu-Criș in western Romania.
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
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
DL Invest moves into data centres
DL Invest Group has entered into a joint venture with Boosteroid, a global provider of cloud technologies and cloud gaming to build a network of moder ...
Brain Park Building C sold
ECE Work & Live enters Poland
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
Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics
With a proven track record across Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and Germany, Peakside Capital is emerging as one of the most influential players ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
Aon stays for longer
Aon has extended its lease agreement for office space in Warsaw's Skyliner for another five years. The company first moved into the building owned by ...
Office investment set to reach 1.4 bln
Warta chooses Grundmanna Office Park
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
Student Depot extended in Poznań
Kajima Properties Europe has completed the extension of Student Depot Poznań, adding over 400 new beds to its portfolio. The project, which was deliv ...
StudentSpace comes to Warsaw
No drop in price from price transparency act
Retail & leisure
Retail continues to grow
Despite ongoing geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty, long-term retail growth is being fueled by urbanisation, tourism, and rapid technology ...
Another Smart Park to come to Wrocław
Explosive growth of retail space in Romania
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
Nonko signs up with MLP
Nonko, a logistics company that serves Chinese clients, has leased 4,100 sqm of modern warehouse space at MLP Wrocław.
