News
Interior design
Remodelling of CH Batory completed
POLAND Work has now been completed on the refurbishment of the interiors and façade of the Batory shopping centre in Gdynia.
Retail & leisure
Third Stop.Shop opens in Kętrzyn
POLAND Immofinanz Group has opened its third Stop.Shop strip mall in Poland.
City Service Grupa Techniczna wins Galeria Warmińska contract
POLAND City Service Grupa Techniczna (CSGT) has been selected as the facility manager of Galeria Warmińska in Olsztyn.
Retail & leisure
First few tenants in Liwa
POLAND The first few tenants have signed up for space in the Liwa shopping centre in Kwidzyn – a project planned by the Inbap FIZAN fund.
Retail & leisure
Large mall to open in conflict-torn Ukraine
UKRAINE The Prospect shopping centre in Kyiv is set to open on September 25th, the project’s developer Arricano Real Estate has announced.
CEE markets co-determine Auchan’s H1 surge
EUROPE/CEE REGION In H1 2014, French grocer Auchan has posted a healthy growth, driven mostly by its Eastern European and Chinese operations. From running a total of 1,006 hyper- and 2,746 super- markets around the globe, Groupe Auchan generated a consolidated revenue incl. tax of EUR 31.2 bln, up 4.7 pct y-o-y.
Office & mixed-use development
Skanska signs first tenant for Bucharest office development
ROMANIA French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has leased app. 2,200 sqm of space in the second building of the Green Court Bucharest office complex in Bucharest, becoming its first tenant. The company plans on moving into the Skanska development’s Building B in June 2015.
Investment & finance
Mint Investments buys Astra and Euro
CZECH REPUBLIC Mint Investments has announced the acquisition of Palác Euro and Palác Astra in Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí) in Prague for EUR 40 mln.
Warehouse & industrial
Segro takes more Action in Nadarzyn
POLAND Polish IT and household appliances and electronics distributor Action has leased an additional 2,000 sqm in Segro Logistics Park Warsaw, Nadarzyn, bringing the total area it occupies up to 14,000 sqm.
Retail & leisure
Estonian book retailer builds cinema chain
ESTONIA Estonian cinema operator Apollo Cinema is purchasing Solaris Property Partners-owned Solaris Cinema, a seven-screen cinema in the Solaris shopping center in Tallinn.
Redan secures investor for Textilmarket
POLAND Clothing group Redan has signed an investment contract to sell a minority stake in Adesso – the owner of the Textilmarket chain of discount stores.
GDDKiA announces S7 tenders
POLAND The General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) has announced tenders for the construction of two sections of S7 expressway between Koszwały and Nowy Dwór and between Nowy Dwór Gdański and Kazimierzów near Elbląg.
Construction
Work progresses on Bydgoszcz station
POLAND After three months of work, Budimex and Lech have laid the foundation stone for the new railway station in Bydgoszcz.
Technology
Marriott and MIT work on guest-connecting LinkedIn-powered solution
WORLD Hotel giant Marriott has joined forces with the researchers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop Six Degrees, an app-based social and business networking system that allows hotel guests to find and meet their future business partners as well as old work and university mates staying at the Marriott hotels.
Investment & finance
Asbud takes over Karolkowa Business Park
POLAND Israeli development group Asbud has become the sole owner of Karolkowa Business Park in Warsaw’s Wola district.
Residential
PHN partners up with mLocum for Port Rybacki
POLAND Polish state-owned investor PHN acting through its subsidiary Dalmor has reached an agreement with developer mLocum regarding the construction of the Port Rybacki residential project in Gdynia.
Romanian construction permits on decline
ROMANIA In July, the number of construction permits granted for residential buildings in Romania dropped by 7.5 pct y-o-y, and 0.4 pct month-over-month, says the country’s National Institute of Statistics.
Warehouse & industrial
Viktória Park Logistics Centre with new tenant
HUNGARY Zagreb-headquartered logistics and distribution company Orbico has leased out 6,000 sqm of industrial space in Viktória Park Logistics Centre located just outside of Budapest.
Investment & finance
Israeli developer sees increased rental income in Russia, profit dips
RUSSIA AFI Development, a Russian subsidiary of the Israeli-based Africa Israel Investments development and construction holding, has seen a 9 pct y-o-y increase in rental and hotel operating income in the first half of the year, to US 74.8 mln (EUR 56.9 mln). However, the company’s revenues plunged to US 76.2 mln (EUR 58 mln), compared to US 123.9 mln (EUR 94.3 mln) in H1 2013.
Global City Holdings profits up to EUR 13.9 mln
POLAND The net profit of Global City Holdings (formerly Cinema City International) for the first half of the year increased to EUR 13.9 mln from EUR 8.1 mln in H1 2013.
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
Strong start to 2025
The first half of 2025 brought a surge of activity to Poland’s commercial real estate market, with a total investment volume of around EUR 1.7 bln acr ...
European RE investment rebounds
Czech real estate investment booms
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
Construction of U•Center 3 begins
Forte Partners has begun construction work on the office component of U Center 3, following the receipt of the building permit at the end of June 2025 ...
First new tenant for V Office building
Warsaw offices squeezed by fewer deliveries
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
Scallier to take on five more retail parks
Scallier has obtained the exclusive rights to commercialise five new retail parks in Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Ruda Śląska, Zabrze, and Darłowo. Construction ...
Andersa retail park to open in 2026
Redkom to open Białystok retail park
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
Nemera expands in Western Pomerania
Nemera, a supplier of drug delivery devices, has opened a second manufacturing plant in Szczecin, with an area of 9,000 sqm, doubling its production s ...
