News
Retail & leisure
Warszawa-Włochy station decision in mid-year
POLAND A decision over the modernisation plans for the Warszawa-Włochy station is to made in mid-2015, ‘Eurobuild CEE’ has discovered.
Investment & finance
Gliwice to sell A1/A4 land
POLAND Gliwice city council has invited tenders for the purchase of a plot at the interchange of the A1 and A4 motorways.
Retail & leisure
Plan prepared for retail at Art Norblin
POLAND Capital Park, the investor behind the Art Norblin project in Warsaw, together with Mediadem Consulting design team, which was chosen in a competition, have drawn up a development concept for the retail section of the complex.
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.
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.
