News
Elster Group to take up 7,000 sqm in Timişoara park
ROMANIA German electric and gas utility provider Elster Rometrics has signed a ten-year lease for 7,000 sqm of industrial/ office space in Globalworth’s Timişoara Airport Park (TAP) located near the Traian Vuia International Airport northeast of the Romanian city of Timişoara.
Tesco renews 126,000 sqm Prologis deals
SLOVAKIA Tesco has renewed its lease deals for the 126,000 sqm of distribution space it takes in two Slovak Prologis parks.
Office & mixed-use development
BNP Paribas leases Warsaw Spire space
POLAND BNP Paribas Securities Services has leased 4,000 sqm of office space in the Warsaw Spire office project which is currently being developed in Warsaw’s Wola district by Ghelamco Poland.
Green projects
Green IKEA shops
POLAND IKEA’s Polish stores have obtained the Green Shop certificate, which is awarded by the Partnership for Environment foundation, achieving the first, top degree under the system.
Wikana sells land for Aria Park estate
POLAND Lublin-based developer Wikana has sold two properties on ul. Koncertowa in Lublin. A new residential estate under the name of Aria Park, which would include 200 apartments in five-storey buildings, was to have been constructed on the 1.5 ha plot. The name of the buyer has not been disclosed.
Investment & finance
Atrium completes Focus Mall purchase
POLAND CEE shopping centre developer Atrium European Real Estate has finalized the EUR 122 mln acquisition of Focus Mall, a 41,000 sqm gla shopping mall in Bydgoszcz, from the Aviva Investors investment fund.
Investment & finance
BGK buys first flats for renting
POLAND Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego has bought up the first apartments for a new governmental programme – the housing rental fund.
Decision on division of Marvipol
POLAND The management board of development and automotive group Marvipol has passed a resolution on starting the process for the division of the company into two separate entities.
Atrem wins Łódź tech park contract
POLAND Atrem has been chosen to be the general contractor of a building to be constructed in the science and technology park on ul. Brukowa in Łódź
Technology
Amazon deploys army of high-speed mobile warehouse robots
UNITED STATES With the pre-Christmas season in full swing, Amazon has come up with yet another idea on how to speed up and save on the fulfillment process. The US giant rolled out a fleet of 15,000 robots that will replace human “pickers” across its ten newly-opened high-tech US distribution hubs.
Retail & leisure
Tarasy Zamkowe attracts more tenants
POLAND A number of new tenants have been secured for the Tarasy Zamkowe shopping centre, which is under construction in Lublin.
CPI offloads plots
CZECH REPUBLIC CPI Property Group has sold two development sites to an undisclosed outside investor for EUR 20 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Amazon technologists move into Gdańsk office project
POLAND Ivona Software, a Polish technology company that belongs to the US e-commerce giant Amazon, has leased 2,700 sqm of office space in the Olivia Business Centre complex that is currently being developed in Gdańsk.
IDI Gazeley buys French and Hungarian portfolio
HUNGARY US investor Brookfield Logistics Properties’ global logistics platform IDI Gazeley has today announced the acquisition of a portfolio of logistics assets totalling 228,000 sqm and comprising 13 buildings located in France and Hungary.
Plaza Centers sells another Romanian asset
ROMANIA Israeli-financed CEE shopping center developer Plaza Centers is selling its 41,000 sqm land plot in the Romanian city of Hunedoara to an undisclosed buyer for EUR 1.2 mln.
Retail & leisure
Krosno’s Miejsce Piastowe now open
POLAND Rank Progress has opened a new retail park in Miejsce Piastowe near Krosno. The 4,700 sqm retail scheme, which will offer 230 parking spaces, was constructed by AMB Group.
Hotels
First Alto hotel almost ready
POLAND The first Alto hotel is set to open at the beginning of 2015 in Żory. The Alto brand, operated and owned by the Polish hotel chain Qubus, was created to serve minor Polish markets.
Investment & finance
Passerinvest buys back BB Centrum Alpha
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech development and investment company Passerinvest Group has completed the acquisition of the Alpha building of the BB Centrum office park in Prague.
Investment & finance
Starwood Capital Group buys 50,000 sqm Kraków project
POLAND Starwood Capital Group has acquired through its property investment fund, Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund X, the app. 48,800 sqm Quattro Business Park in Kraków from the Polish developer Buma Group. The parties did not disclose terms of the transaction.
Retail & leisure
Grona Park in Zielona Góra opens
POLAND The Grona Park shopping centre, a project by Vantage Development, has been opened in Zielona Góra.
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.
