News
Lawyers move within Nowy Świat complex
POLAND International law office Greenberg Traurig will be the first tenant of the Nowy Świat 2.0 building that is currently being developed as part of the Centrum Bankowo-Finansowe Nowy Świat office complex in Warsaw.
Mirbud opens Centrum Janowo
POLAND JHM Development, a subsidiary of the stock exchange-listed Mirbud, opened a PLN 8 mln small retail and services facility in Rumia.
Green projects
Galeria Echo even more green
POLAND Galeria Echo, a shopping centre developed by Echo Investment in Kielce, has obtained two BREEAM In-Use certificates with "Very Good" rating.
Investment & finance
Standard Life buys Palác I.P. Pavlova 5
CZECH REPUBLIC Standard Life Investments has acquired the Palác I.P. Pavlova 5 office and mixed-use building in central Prague for its Global Real Estate Fund.
Warehouse & industrial
New tenant in Europolis Park Błonie
POLAND Polish-registered lighting distributor GTV has leased 5,000 sqm of warehousing and office space in Europolis Park Błonie near Warsaw.
Government-backed mortgages see 16,000 applications
POLAND It has been a year since the Apartment for the Young ("Mieszkanie dla Młodych") governmental programme has launched in Poland. The state-owned Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), which coordinates the initiative, received a total of 15,972 applications and granted PLN 366 mln of subsidized mortgages over that time.
Dayli to have even 350 stores in 2017
POLAND By the end of 2015, Kerdos Group aims to open app. 50 new Dayli chemist shops and app. 20 franchised locations (within a new franchise programme that is currently being developed). The retailer, which owns the Dayli chemist chain, continues to grow its physical and online presence across the European markets it operates on. With four recent openings, the Dayli chain currently has 169 chemist shops in total.
Investment & finance
Tesco closes down CEE stores
CZECH REPUBLIC/HUNGARY Tesco is set to shut down another hypermarket in the Czech Republic along with 13 Hungarian stores, as the company is implementing an international recovery program that aims to dramatically cut costs.
Investment & finance
Griffin to buy PKO BP developer
POLAND A Griffin Group-managed investment fund has signed a letter of intent with PKO Bank Polski on buying Qualia Development, a real estate company owned by the PKO BP bank.
Auchan allowed to buy Piaseczno plots
POLAND The town council of Piaseczno has passed a resolution which allows Auchan Polska to bypass a tender procedure when buying three plots adjacent to the company’s shopping centre.
PHN buys office building
POLAND The Management Board of Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) has signed a letter of intent concerning the purchase of an app. 15,000 sqm office building.
CPI to invest in Polish retail projects
CZECH REPUBLIC CEE investment and development company CPI Property Group aims to buy five retail assets in Poland for a total amount of app. CZK 500 mln (PLN 70 mln) as it sees retail investment opportunities in the Czech Republic dry up and turns its eyes towards the Polish market, reports the Hospodářské noviny daily.
Warehouse & industrial
Automotive tenant enters Budapest park
HUNGARY Auto parts supplier Daejung has opened its first Hungarian, 4,700 sqm manufacturing facility within the Europolis Park Budapest M1 industrial and logistics park whose majority shareholder is the German developer CA Immo.
Retail & leisure
World’s first Avon Studio opens in Warsaw
POLAND The world’s first Avon Studio, a special store concept developed by the cosmetics manufacturer and retailer Avon, has opened in the Złote Tarasy shopping centre in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
Inditex takes 5,600 sqm in Forum Radunia
POLAND Seven Inditex shops are to open in the Forum Radunia shopping centre that is currently being developed in Gdańsk.
Pilkington’s Szczecin factory to get larger
POLAND Korean NSG Group, the owner of Pilkington’s Polish companies, aims to extend the Pilkington IGP glass manufacturing plant in Szczecin.
Office & mixed-use development
Nuvalu to lease for Immofinanz
POLAND The Nuvalu consultancy has been granted an exclusive mandate for leasing two Warsaw office buildings, Crown Point and Crown Tower. Both properties belong to the Austrian developer Immofinanz Group.
Office & mixed-use development
Large mixed-use complex to be built in Lublin
POLAND Centrum Zana Group is planning to build a 100,000 sqm office, services and residential complex on a 5-ha plot on al. Kraśnicka in Lublin. Between 10 to 20 new buildings are to be developed on the parcel which previously accommodated a public transit terminal.
2014 Moscow office rentals drop by 20 pct
RUSSIA The average headline rent on the Moscow Class A office market has decreased by 20 pct, to USD 650 per sqm a year, according to the preliminary 2014 results published by Knight Frank.
Russian investment market to hit 10-year low
RUSSIA Russian real estate investment volumes will not exceed USD 3 bln this year, which will equal the lowest level of the last 10 years, says JLL in its latest forecast.
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.
