News
Hotels
Hilton in Wrocław to open by early 2016
POLAND Wrocław-based company West Real Estate, which is planning the construction of the Hampton by Hilton Wrocław City Center West hotel, is planning to begin the construction work proper on the building in spring 2015.
Hotels
Griffin welcomes students
POLAND New halls of residence at al. Niepodległości 36 in Poznań have been opened, offering almost 560 beds for students and tourists, as well as some retail and service space.
Construction
PTB Nickel to build Poznań residences
POLAND A residential building with a retail section including a Netto store on the ground floor is to be built on ul. Polna in Poznań’s Jeżyce district by PTB Nickel for Terra Haus Polna.
Echo to break residential record
POLAND Kielce-based developer Echo Investment has revealed that it has sold over 330 apartments since the beginning of this year, 120 of which were bought in Q3.
Construction
Skanska wins Podlaskie hospital contract
POLAND Skanska is to build the Regionalne Centrum Leczenia Bólu specialist pain treatment centre in Mońki, Podlaskie province.
Office & mixed-use development
Renovations for Długi Dom
POLAND Work is in progress on the redevelopment of the Długi Dom health centre in Uzdrowisko Cieplice, which is to be adapted into a modern spa facility.
Retail & leisure
Galeria Słoneczna in the first three quarters
POLAND Eighteen new shops have been opened in Galeria Słoneczna in Radom since the beginning of the year, while some brands have extended their stores.
Retail & leisure
Three new faces for Forum Radunia
POLAND Mango, Le Coq Sportif and City Sport have become the latest tenants of the newly-built Forum Radunia shopping centre in Gdańsk.
Retail & leisure
Esotiq spices up Plaza Rzeszów store
POLAND Underwear retailer Esotiq has enlarged and refurbished its shop in the Plaza Rzeszów shopping centre.
Residential
Second stage of Vilnius project begins
LITHUANIA Lithuanian construction company Conresta has started the second, EUR 2.26 mln (LTL 7.8 mln) phase of its Vilnius residential project, Karaliaučiaus Terasos.
Americans eye Sołowow’s stake in Echo Investment
POLAND The 46 pct stake in Kielce-based developer Echo Investment, put up for sale by the company’s founder and biggest shareholder Michał Sołowow earlier this year, has tempted a large US player.
Investment & finance
Polish and Romanian banks most eager to support developers
CEE REGION While less than one third of European banks are considering disposing of part of their commercial loan portfolios within the next 12-18 months, their share reaches 60 pct in Bulgaria, 57 pct in Hungary and 50 pct in both Croatia and Slovenia, according to KPMG’s latest study examining prospects for banks financing the real estate sector.
Warehouse & industrial
Delta packs into Panattoni Park Gliwice II
POLAND Panattoni Europe is launching the construction of a 10,559 sqm facility for Northern Irish packaging manufacturer Delta Packaging in Panattoni Park Gliwice II.
Budimex wins Jarocin ring road contract
POLAND The Poznań branch of General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) has chosen Budimex’s offer for the construction of the Jarocin ring road along the S11 route.
Investment & finance
PetroLot to sell three office buildings and plots near Warsaw Airport
POLAND Airship refuelling services company PetroLot is selling a number properties in the neighbourhood of Warsaw Airport. The starting price for all the properties is PLN 52.3 mln.
Starwood to sell LHG?
WORLD US equity group Starwood Capital is looking for buyers for its Louvre Hotels Group (LHG) chain, according to French media.
Office & mixed-use development
Prague hotel project becomes mixed-use
CZECH REPUBLIC Permission has been given by the city authorities for a hotel project under construction on Národní třídě in central Prague to become instead a mixed-use development.
Warehouse & industrial
Bodycote gears up for further expansion
POLAND Axi Immo has represented thermal processing services company Bodycote in the selection of an investment plot and in the lease negotiations for a 2,500 sqm production project on a 1 ha site in Siechnice near Wrocław’s eastern ring road.
Investment & finance
Metropolitan in Warsaw sold
POLAND The Metropolitan office building, designed by Norman Foster, has been sold.
Putin signs property tax rise
RUSSIA President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law to increase property taxes.
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
Santander loans EUR 10 mln to Panattoni
Panattoni has secured a loan of EUR 10 mln from Santander Bank Polska for the construction of the second stage of City Logistics Warsaw Airport IV.
Strong start to 2025
European RE investment rebounds
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
Supernova expansion for Eleport
Shopping centre operator Supernova Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Estonian electric vehicle charging station provider Eleport, wh ...
Scallier to take on five more retail parks
Andersa retail park to open in 2026
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 ...
