News
Office & mixed-use development
Three CTParks extensions
CZECH REPUBLIC Three tenants, Elektrometall, Alliance Healthcare and Henniges, have recently enlarged their leases in the CTPark Network-run industrial parks.
Retail & leisure
Russia’s largest Debenhams to open in August
RUSSIA Debruss, a Russian franchise partner of the British department store chain Debenhams, is planning to open its first, 8,400 sqm flagship store in the Avia Park shopping centre in Moscow.
Office & mixed-use development
Microsoft signs 11,000 sqm Prague lease
CZECH REPUBLIC Microsoft has chosen its new Czech headquarters. The company is set to move its sales and marketing business line as well as Skype unit to a 11,500 sqm office in Prague’s BB Centrum Delta building.
Warehouse & industrial
Sweets maker leases 9,000 sqm in Wrocław
POLAND Colian Logistic, a part of the Polish FMCG company Colian Group that holds such brands as Grześki, Jeżyki, Jutrzenka and Goplana, has leased 9,300 sqm of warehouse and office space in Panattoni Park Wroclaw III.
Warehouse & industrial
IQ Metal takes North-West passage
POLAND IQ Metal Polska has leased 11,000 sqm of warehouse space in the North-West Logistic Park in Szczecin.
Warehouse & industrial
Demand springs up for Hungarian warehouses
HUNGARY In February and March alone Prologis has signed a total of over 76,250 sqm lease agreements for warehousing space in Hungary. The concluded agreements were comprised of 13,250 sqm new leases and 63,000 sqm renewals.
Construction
Skynet continues to work for Jula
POLAND Skynet Polska is to carry out some of the construction work on the 3,000 sqm Jula store which is currently being developed within Galeria Echo in Kielce.
Architecture and urban planning
Museum of Warsaw roofed courtyard conceptualized
POLAND The Museum of Warsaw has decided on the winning project in the architectural competition for the design of its mixed-use courtyard.
WFC retains tenants
POLAND The World Bank and Genworth Financial, two tenants of the Warsaw Financial Center office building, have renewed their lease contracts in the building.
Office & mixed-use development
New office building on the Warsaw map
POLAND Portico Project Management has developed a small office building in Warsaw’s Wola district, Portico Office Building.
Office & mixed-use development
First tenants in The Tides
POLAND The Tides building, which is currently being developed on ul. Wioślarska in Warsaw’s Powiśle district, has signed its first three tenants.
Technology
Starwood gears up for Apple Watch era
WORLD Starwood has developed a smartwatch app for users of Apple Watch that is set to allow its users to unlock the hotel room door from the Apple Watch device, with no room key required.
Investment & finance
Wrocław’s West House 1B changes hands
POLAND The West House 1B office building, which was developed by the Archicom group within the West Forum Business Centre complex in Wrocław, has changed its owner. The property was purchased by GNT Ventures Wrocław, a part of the Irish capital group GNT which owns such assets as the Madison shopping centre in Gdańsk and the BPH Office Park complex in Gdańsk.
Investment & finance
Warsaw city hall sells more plots to Ceraco
POLAND Warsaw city hall has decided to bypass tender procedure and sell to Ceraco the perpetual usufruct of the plots the development company needed for the construction of an office building located in the city centre. The developer will acquire two small parcels with a combined area of 84 sqm located near ul. Waryńskiego and ul. Polna for PLN 84,000.
Investment & finance
Auchan Polska given green light to sell Reals to Schiever
POLAND Auchan Polska has obtained the approval of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection to sell off eight Real hypermarkets to the French company Anciens Etablissmements Georges Schiever et Fils, which is the dominant entity in the Schiever group.
Immofinanz fires back at unsatisfactory CA Immo bid
EUROPE Immofinanz has made a voluntary partial public offer on the purchase of an up to 29 pct stake in CA Immo. The move comes just a few days after CA Immo and O1 jointly offered to acquire 13.5 pct of the total Immofinanz issued shares for EUR 2.80 per share in a voluntary tender offer, at least EUR 1.20 below Immofinanz’s expectations.
Investment & finance
African investor buys Opole mall, plans extension
POLAND/ MAURITIUS Gontar, a subsidiary of the Rockcastle Global Real Estate company which operates in South Africa and Mauritius, has concluded an agreement on the purchase of the Coucal-owned Solaris Centre shopping mall in Opole. The total purchase price for the transaction reached EUR 52 mln at an initial yield of 7.7 pct.
Investment & finance
PKP wins financing for Gliwice station
POLAND PKP has signed an app. PLN 81.5 mln contract with the Centre for EU Transport Projects on supplementary financing for the modernization of a railway station in Gliwice.
Construction
Second stage of Gdańsk’s Alchemia topped off
POLAND The second stage of the mixed-use Alchemia complex in Gdańsk has been topped off.
Green projects
Eco-friendly Alpha Park underway
POLAND Red Real Estate Development group is experimenting with green solutions in the Alpha Park residential estate, which it currently being developed in Warsaw’s Ursus district.
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
Strabag snaps up Olivia Star
Strabag Group has purchased the Olivia Star office tower in Gdańsk. This is the largest office building in a regional city with 40,000 sqm gla and the ...
Not only for horses
Panattoni sticks to the fairway
Data centres
Data centres spread out across the region
The EMEA data centre market is entering a new phase where power availability, not demand, is defining growth, forcing a structural shift in how and wh ...
Poland to be the new data hub
Data centres to transform Polish economy
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
A statement deal – Tomasz Nowakowski of Lewandpol Group
A few weeks ago, Lewandpol Group hit the headlines with its EUR 107 mln acquisition of the 19,300 sqm Central Point office building in Warsaw city cen ...
Bringing people together
Laying the groundwork for success
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
Pbb refinances Radisson Blu Bucharest
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (Pbb) has provided EUR 123 mln in investment financing to funds managed by Cerberus Capital Management and Revetas Capital for ...
Griffin and Primestar join forces
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
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
PKP to modernise two more stations
Polish State Railways (PKP) has announced tenders to prepare designs for the reconstruction of the Lubań Śląski and Kudowa-Zdrój railway stations.
Port of Poland moves closer with location decisions
Budimex builds in Slovakia
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
Poles turning online for mortgages
Poles are taking out mortgages online while the memory of Swiss Franc loans is fading with each generation. This is the result of a new study by Busin ...
Spain now most attractive European economy
Skanska sells Studio A to Stena
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
CA Immo to build from wood
CA Immo has begun leasing the space for its Skygreen at Hallesche Ufer 74–76 in Berlin. A modern, sustainable 18,400 sqm six-storey office building u ...
Offices above the warehouse
Improved Water pressure in City Tower
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
Cavare commercialises Jankego apartments
Cavare is taking on the role of an independent PRS property operator. The company has opened a leasing office in Katowice at ul. Jankego 15, and has b ...
Alides announces project in Żoliborz
Olivia Pulse to start rentals in Gdańsk
Retail & leisure
Scallier builds in Bolesławiec
Scallier is building a modern retail park on al. Tysiąclecia in Bolesławiec.
M Park opens in Nasielsk
Czech Republic attracts retail brands
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
Unilever expands in Poznań
An automated 36m high-bay warehouse is being built next to the Unilever factory in Poznań.
