News
Property and Facility Management
Upside for other developers
POLAND Upside Property Management, the manager and owner of the three shopping centres in Poland, has commissioned Versus Investment to commercialise the retail area of Centrum Kwiatkowskiego in Gdynia.
Griffin negotiates new acquisitions
POLAND Griffin is negotiating the purchase of four new commercial projects in Poland worth EUR 160 mln in total. Two of the projects are located in Warsaw and the other two in the regional markets.
Construction
Doraco to build Warsaw’s Cedet
POLAND Immobel has signed chosen Korporacja Budowlana Doraco as the general contractor for Cedet, a mixed-use redevelopment project that is set to be erected in Warsaw on a land plot now taken by the legendary Smyk children’s department store.
East Capital with Tallinn’s Metro Plaza
ESTONIA East Capital Baltic Property Fund II, managed by Stockholm-based asset manager East Capital, has acquired Metro Plaza, a Class A office building in Tallinn, for EUR 21.8 mln with a yield of 7 pct.
Investment & finance
Bucharest office leasing sees improvement in Q3
ROMANIA According to CBRE, in Q3 2014, the total leasing activity (TLA) in Bucharest reached the level of 70,000 sqm. For the second consecutive quarter, new leases, expansions and pre-leases in the city accounted for more than 80 pct of TLA, the analysts point out.
Hotels
Starwood rolls out Bluetooth-enabled entry system
WORLD US hotel giant Starwood, which operates such hotel chains as Westin, Sheraton, Le Meridien, St. Regis, Aloft, W and Element, has introduced a new mobile app functionality that allows hotel guests to use their mobiles as a room key.
Retail & leisure
Delsey expands Polish chain
POLAND French brand Delsey Paris, which sells suitcases and travel bags, is to extend its chain in Poland with another four outlets.
Construction
Unibep to build again in Port Praski
POLAND Unibep has been awarded a contract to construct a residential building as part of the Port Praski development project in Warsaw.
Construction
PKP looking for company to redevelop Kraków Płaszów station
POLAND PKP has invited tenders for the redevelopment of Kraków Płaszów station. The launch of the construction work is planned for the beginning of January 2015 and should take a year.
Investment & finance
Medicover invests more in Wilanów
POLAND The Medicover group is to extend its hospital in Warsaw’s Wilanów district and for this has purchased an area of over 2.5 ha near al. Rzeczypospolitej in the direct vicinity of one of its existing clinics.
Retail & leisure
LPP brands in Factory centres
POLAND Neinver Polska, the owner of the Factory outlet centres, has signed lease contracts with the LPP clothing group.
Townhouse with Russian Embassy view up for sale
POLAND Warsaw city council has put up for sale the former house and dressings factory of Rudolf Strzelecki at ul. Kujawska 1 in Mokotów district.
Sea City apartments on their way
POLAND Dalmor, part of the Polskiego Holdingu Nieruchomości (PHN) group, has signed a joint venture contract with mLocum, part of mBank, to develop the Molo Rybackie residential project in the Sea City part of Gdynia.
Dom Development eyes Kraków and Bemowo
POLAND Dom Development is now eyeing plots located in the “attractive parts” of such Warsaw districts as Targówek, Mokotów, Bemowo and Ursynów, reveals Jarosław Szanajca, the president of the board of Dom Development in an interview given to ‘Eurobuild CEE’.
Investment & finance
NEPI buys EUR 148 mln Bucharest mall
ROMANIA New Europe Property Investments (NEPI) has completed the acquisition of Promenada Mall, a 40,300 sqm Bucharest shopping mall owned by RE Project Development SRL and Manierita Limited, for EUR 148 mln.
Porr to build Bałtyk
POLAND Porr has been awarded a contract by Garvest to be the general contractor for its Bałtyk office building development in Poznań. The construction works is scheduled to start in mid-November, with the preparation work having already started.
Retail & leisure
Inbap debuts in Bartoszyce
POLAND The Inbag retail park in Bartoszyce in the Warmian-Masurian Province has opened its doors to customers, attracting app. 10,000 visitors within the first six hours of operations, the facility’s developer, Inbap Closed-End Investment Fund for Non- Public Assets, informed.
Office & mixed-use development
REINO acquires Skanska’s Kraków office building
POLAND Polish investment fund REINO Dywidenda FIZ has bought one of the two buildings that form Kapelanka 42, a 30,000 sqm gla office complex in Kraków, for EUR 29 mln.
Sinsay enters Leszno market
POLAND The Galeria Leszno shopping centre in Leszno will now house a Sinsay store. LPP-owned fashion retailer Sinsay will take up app. 370 sqm of space.
Work starts on Wrocław Business Garden
POLAND Works on the first phase of Business Garden Wrocław, a project of Vastint Poland, previously known as SwedeCenter have started.
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
GTC teams up with Paul
GTC, together with PAUL Tech AG, has announced a strategic partnership to sustainably upgrade GTC’s residential portfolio in Germany. Almost 4,800 res ...
Well comes to Panattoni
LightOn with Outstanding design
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
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
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
Demand for PBSA continues to accelerate
We’ve asked Susanna Graziano, the business development manager of ASK4, who is actively engaged in the evolving Polish PBSA and flex-living markets, t ...
More than 15 minutes of fame
Capitalising on the landlord's market
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 hotel market continues to recover
The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024, in terms of RevPAR and occupancy rate, while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone ...
Condo to be built on the Baltic
Marriott plans to expand Four Points by Flex portfolio
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
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
CPK has already acquired over 2,000 ha under the Voluntary Acquisition Programme. This means that more than half of the land required for the CPK Airp ...
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
Grand station in little Brzeziny
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
Conseq and Accolade purchase 7R BTS Bielsko-Biała West I
Conseq and Accolade have purchased the 7R BTS Bielsko-Biała West I warehouse building with an area of 20,000 sqm in Międzyrzecz, near Bielsko-Biała.
Santander loans EUR 10 mln to Panattoni
Strong start to 2025
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
Atlas Estates secures major loan from Bank Pekao
Atlas Estates has been granted a significant loan facility from Bank Pekao SA. The loan will primarily be used for the refinancing of the Hilton Warsa ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
Bucharest office market down 31 pct on H1 2024
Crosspoint Real Estate, the international associate of Savills in Romania, brokered office lease transactions totalling over 6,000 sqm in the first ha ...
Construction of U•Center 3 begins
First new tenant for V Office building
Property and Facility Management
Savills to manage for Yareal
Savills has taken over the comprehensive management of a portfolio of properties in Warsaw owned by Yareal Polska. The portfolio includes buildings C, ...
Studio B under new management
Cushman feels the Vibe
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
Zeitraum – Racławicka to open for next semester
The Zeitraum – Racławicka student residence is to open in Krakow's Krowodrza district.
Noli Studios Gdansk Old Town unveiled
Heimstaden starts apartment sales
Retail & leisure
Romania now attractive to foreign retailers
Romania’s retail market continues to attract a growing number of international brands, according to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real est ...
Supernova expansion for Eleport
Scallier to take on five more retail parks
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
Third centre for MSK Pharma
After developing MSK Bensheim I and MSK Bensheim II, Panattoni has been commissioned to build a third centre for pharmaceutical company MSK Pharma Gro ...
