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Residential
Atal develops another residential estate
POLAND Atal is working on another residential estate in Warsaw, Nowe Bemowo. Located on ul. Narwik, the development will offer 90 apartments at PLN 5,800 per sqm with floor plans ranging from 28.6 sqm to 101.7 sqm.
Accor Group raises EUR 900 mln from bond issue
EUROPE French hotel giant Accor Group has issued perpetual hybrid bonds estimated at EUR 900 mln. Although the securities have no maturity date, they will be first callable after June 30th, 2020, with yield reaching 4.125 pct.
Retail & leisure
Shopping malls on rise in Poland
POLAND Retail real estate market in Poland is seeing a healthy growth as smaller cities willingly develop new shopping centres to enhance local offer and catch up with big cities, a study by JLL shows.
Warehouse & industrial
Prologis posts strong Q2 results in CEE
CEE REGION In Q2 2014, Prologis has signed new lease contracts for 157,000 sqm of space and renewals of more than 274,000 sqm. In total, the US-based company leased nearly 520,000 sqm in Central and Eastern Europe, up 86 pct y-o-y, while its occupancy rate in the region stood at 90.1 pct.
Segro Ożarów warehouse with furniture tenant
POLAND Denmark-based furniture retailer BelBazaar has signed a 700 sqm lease contract with Segro for its warehouse space in Ożarów. The new tenant will move into the 36,600 sqm Segro Business Park Warsaw facility in December 2014.
Strabag to build EUR 128 mln Kraków road project
POLAND Austrian construction company Strabag has signed a EUR 128 mln contract with the General Directorate for National Roads and Highways (GDDKiA) to construct a stretch of the Kraków S7 expressway, the so-called “Trasa Nowohucka.”
Investment & finance
CEE markets increasingly attract investors
CEE REGION In Q2 2014, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland have seen an enormous growth in the commercial real estate investment driven by low interest rates and strong appetite for properties, according to the latest research by CBRE.
Residential
Polish residential market flexes muscles
POLAND In Q2 2014, the residential developers in Poland have marketed a record number of apartments. Even though the sales remained strong, the number of the newly-offered units increased for the first time in two years, according to Reas. The record number marks the third strong consecutive quarterly growth.
Office & mixed-use development
Immofinanz Group retains tenants
POLAND Immofinanz Group has managed to renew its existing Warsaw lease contracts and signed some new deals for app. 14,000 sqm of office space in the city.
Office & mixed-use development
Tech company expands in Wrocław West House
POLAND Objectivity Bespoke Software Specialists has decided to extend its 4,000 sqm lease in West House 1B, an office building in Wrocław, by 1,160 sqm.
Office & mixed-use development
Ground broken on Kraków Browar Lubicz
POLAND Ground has been broken for the second part of Browar Lubicz, a residential, office and retail complex in Kraków.
Retail & leisure
Ciechanów shopping mall expands by 3,000 sqm
POLAND Eight-year old Galeria Mrówka, a Ciechanów shopping centre, has informed that it will undergo an extensive refurbishment and extension by the end of Q3 2015. The construction work, which is scheduled to begin in Q3 2014, will be performed by the mall’s owner, Rolbud.
Aldesa to build science centre in Warsaw
POLAND A consortium composed of Aldesa Construcciones Polska and Aldesa Construcciones has signed a contract with the University of Warsaw for constructing a teaching building for the Faculty of Physics.
Retail & leisure
Fitness club in Kraków Plaza
POLAND Fitness Platinium has joint the tenant list of the Plaza Kraków shopping centre.
Office & mixed-use development
Nike to open in Royal Wilanów
POLAND Capital Park Group has signed a lease deal with an authorized dealer of Nike for 426 sqm of retail space in Royal Wilanów in Warsaw. The under construction five storey building will house Nike’s largest single-brand outlet in Poland.
Office & mixed-use development
Gdańsk historical treasure to regain glory
POLAND In 2015, a 17th century tenement house located at 10 Rycerska St. in Gdańsk will start undergoing renovation that will tranform it into a truly unique office building.
Retail & leisure
New companies in Warsaw Zaułek Piękna
POLAND Three new companies are moving into Zaułek Piękna, an office building located at the junction of ul. Piękna and ul. Krucza in central Warsaw.
German Centos lands in Kaluga
RUSSIA Germany-based logistics company Centos Сentral Logistics has leased over 18,000 sqm of space in the Omega Lease Kaluga logistics centre, a part of Industrial Park Vorsino, located 70 km southwest of Moscow.
Carrefour to open in Fabryka Wołomin
POLAND French supermarket chain Carrefour has leased over 5,500 sqm in Fabryka Wołomin, a shopping centre that is being developed near Warsaw. Nearly 4,000 sqm of the newly-rented space will be dedicated to retail. The mall is scheduled to open in the autumn 2015.
Office & mixed-use development
Raiffeisen Polbank takes up 19,500 sqm in Warsaw tower
POLAND Raiffeisen Polbank has leased 19,500 sqm in Prime Corporate Center, an office building developed by Golub GetHouse on ul. Grzybowska in Warsaw, in the largest Polish lease deal since the beginning of the year.
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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
Tunnel to be built under Baltic
The Polish and Danish governments have entered preliminary discussions for the construction of a tunnel between Szczecin and Copenhagen underneath the ...
Grand station in little Brzeziny
Ghelamco gets go-ahead for Gdańska
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
Investment on the return
A clear recovery can be seen in the investment market, according to the latest research by Savills. The transaction volume in Europe increased by 11 p ...
real estate investment booms
Strong Romanian volumes in H1
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
First new tenant for V Office building
The refurbishment of the V Tower office building in Warsaw is nearing completion with the first tenant to move into the building in the autumn. The St ...
Warsaw offices squeezed by fewer deliveries
Landlord’s market begins for Warsaw offices
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
7R Park Gdańsk IV extended
Work has been completed on the second stage of 7R Park Gdańsk IV in Barniewice, in the Tricity area. Dekpol Budownictwo was the general contractor.
