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Hotels
Ritz-Carlton to open in Budapest
HUNGARY Ritz-Carlton hotel group is planning to open a hotel in Budapest next year.
Demand for Polish warehouses rises sharply
POLAND Warehouse take-up in the first quarter of 2015 amounted to app. than 600,000 sqm, which represents a 32 pct rise y-o-y, according to the latest report by Cushman & Wakefield.
Warehouse & industrial
Raben re-leases 40,000 sqm in Prologis parks
POLAND Logistics service provider Raben Polska has renewed two leases totalling 40,000 sqm in Prologis parks in Chorzow and Blonie.
Investment & finance
Direkt Invest Polen dismisses Elbfonds management
POLAND Direkt Invest Polen Funds 2,3,5,7 have changed their fund management from Elbfonds Verwaltung to Hamburg-based manager Elbtreuhand Immobillien Fondsverwaltungsgesellschaft.
SEB pays out EUR 326 mln
EUROPE The investors of SEB ImmoInvest are to receive a special payout of EUR 2.80 per unit certificate on May 8th.
Residential
Yareal starts work on Gocław estate
POLAND The Unimax construction company has started work related to the construction of the first stage of the Kolorowy Gocław estate in Warsaw, which is Yareal’s largest residential project so far.
Investment & finance
REAListic prospect of conflict
POLAND Auchan Poland has completed the halfway stage in its rebranding of the network of Real hypermarkets it has recently acquired from Metro. However, the process is not straightforward. It is possible that some stores might even be closed down, say representatives of the French company.
Retail & leisure
Media Markt stays in King Cross Marcelin in Poznań
POLAND Electrical goods retailer Media Markt has extended its lease of 7,200 sqm in the King Cross Marcelin shopping centre in Poznań.
Immofinanz to rebrand warehouse portfolio to LOG.IQ
EUROPE Immofinanz Group is to rebrand its 59 logistics centres in Europe as LOG.IQ.
Architecture and urban planning
Hotel in TV Tower
LITHUANIA The Architects Association of Lithuania (LAS) and the owner of the Vilnius television tower have chosen the winners of the competition for the modernisation and renovation project of the building.
Office & mixed-use development
Business centre rises from bakery
LITHUANIA Demolition and clearing work has started on the site of a former bakery plant in the Žvėrynas district of Vilnius to prepare it for the construction of a new business centre.
Warehouse & industrial
Polish deals dominate for Prologis in Q1
CEE REGION Prologis leased app. 532,000 sqm of warehouse space in the CEE region in Q1 2015 – 77 pct more than in the same period of 2014.
Retail & leisure
Not just cosmetic changes
What stage has your network of chemist shops now reached? Anna Wierzbicka, president of the board, Dayli: We are most developed in the southwest of the country. We are not present in the north and east of Poland.
Auchan to open another Lviv store
UKRAINE Auchan Ukraine is planning to open its second hypermarket in Lviv by the end of this year.
Investment & finance
BGK to rent out Gdańsk flats
POLAND Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), through BGK Nieruchomości, has purchased its second project for its Apartments for Rent Fund. The building is located on ul. Kilińskiego in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz and constitutes the second stage of the Browar Gdański project, which is being carried out by Przedsiębiorstwo Budowlane Górski.
Investment & finance
Warimpex has ambitious plans despite losses
CEE REGION Warimpex registered losses of EUR 35.3 mln in 2014. However, the company is planning new projects.
Office & mixed-use development
Port Praski to spread its wings
POLAND The Port Praski company has been given permission by the courts to build flood protection for its project in Praga on Warsaw’s eastern bank.
Interior design
JLL buys Neo-Świat to fit into Tétris
POLAND JLL has acquired Polish company Neo-Świat to become part of its Tétris design and fit-out business.
Warehouse & industrial
Lindab fills up Karlovarská Business Park
CZECH REPUBLIC Swedish simplified construction products company Lindab has leased 2,368 sqm in Karlovarská Business Park close to Václav Havel Airport Prague in Ruzyně (Prague-West), moving from smaller premises nearby.
Office & mixed-use development
Three land in Meteor
CZECH REPUBLIC Three new tenants are to move into building ‘C’ of the Meteor Centre Office Park near the Křižíková metro station in Karlín (Prague 8) in June and July.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
Praga to tower up over Warsaw
High-rise developments may be developed near the National Stadium metro station. The city's spatial policy clearly aims to break down the division bet ...
ULI releases New Urban Poland report
Plans created for Airport City around CPK
Construction
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massi ...
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
Poland heading for a two-tier market
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
Data centres
Poland to be the new data hub
During the presentation of the 'Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland' report, we took the opportunity to speak ...
Data centres to transform Polish economy
Data 4 starts in France with EUR 5 bln investment
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
Punkt goes Platinum
The Punkt office building in Gdańsk has been awarded LEED v4 Platinum certification. This is the first Torus Group development certified under this ve ...
Outstanding for Prologis
Silesia City Center now Excellent
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
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 June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The June issue of EurobuildCEE magazine has now hit the shelves! And one of its recurring themes is how best to operate in an increasingly mature and ...
This sporting real estate life
The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
More than 70 representatives of the Polish logistics real estate market participated in the third edition of EQT on the Move: Ride the Lakes. The even ...
Let's play volleyball again
August 7th – mark the date
Exclusive
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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
Griffin and Primestar join forces
Warsaw-based private equity investment manager Griffin Capital Partners and Berlin-based hospitality operator Primestar Group have launched Prime Grif ...
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Swissôtel comes to Gdynia
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
Budimex builds in Slovakia
Budimex has handed over the motorway junction of the D1 and D4 roads in Slovakia, 90 days ahead of the deadline specified by the consgtruction contrac ...
Green light for Port of Poland
Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
The Wiedeńska Town House in the centre of Poznań, which dates back to the early 20th century, has been renovated and converted into a food hall with i ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Welcome loan for Wita
Echo Investment has signed a loan agreement with Bank Pekao to finance its Wita mixed-use complex, which is being developed on a 3 ha site in central ...
Mood improves over office sector
Patron and Trei sell six retail parks
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
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Excellent Fern at Off Piotrkowska
Office & mixed-use development
UniCredit in Prime position
A branch of UniCredit bank has opened in the DL Prime complex, which was developed by DL Invest Group on ul. Piwna in Gliwice.
Jetset moves into V Tower
Brenntag in Brama Miasta B
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Warszawa Wschodnia station to be modernised
Polish Railway Lines (PKP) has signed a contract with general contractor Torpol for the modernisation of Warszawa Wschodnia station (Warsaw East), wor ...
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
A new look for central Warsaw
Residential
Neighbourhood becoming more important in home purchases
According to 'The Living 2040' report, today's residents are more aware, pragmatic, and demanding of the place they live.
Warsaw fourth most unaffordable European city
StudentSpace to build second centre in Warsaw
Retail & leisure
More tenants for Soho by Yareal
Yareal Polska continues to expand the retail tenant mix for its flagship, mixed-use complex in Warsaw's Praga Południe district. SOHO by Yareal now in ...
New Yorker arrives in Jędrzejów
Looking good and feeling good in Norblin Factory
Technology
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
The Łukasiewicz Research Network - Automotive Industry Institute has completed a PLN 36 mln project, of which PLN 24.7 mln comes from the Regional Dev ...
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Warehouse & industrial
Government leases 50,000 sqm
Europe's largest indoor NATO drone test facility has officially opened at Panattoni Park Swindon. The official opening results from the lease of almos ...
