News
Retail & leisure
Starbucks debuts in Romanian offices
ROMANIA Starbucks has leased 200 sqm in Novo Park, an office complex located in the northern part of Bucharest, as the US coffee shop chain is entering Romanian office buildings.
Office & mixed-use development
Intel expands its lease in Gdańsk
POLAND Intel has extended its existing 3,500 sqm lease deal for the office space in Allcon@park in Gdańsk by additional 1,100 sqm, the business park's developer informed.
Echo to develop luxury estate in Kraków
POLAND Echo Investment plans on developing a residential complex in Stare Dębniki near the Main Square (Rynek Główny) in Kraków. The construction work for the estate, comprised of 53 luxury apartments, is scheduled to start this autumn.
Retail & leisure
Wola Park begins to grow
POLAND The preparation has started for Wola Park’s extension, a move that will turn the shopping centre into Warsaw’s second largest shopping mall. By the end of next year, Wola Park is set to be 17,500 sqm larger, offering 77,500 sqm of space in total.
Strabag to construct EUR 300 mln steel plant in Russia
RUSSIA Strabag has signed a EUR 300 mln contract with Russian metallurgical company Tulachermet to construct a steel mill and a rolling mill in Tula, app. 200 km south from Moscow.
Warehouse & industrial
Chemical giant completes first stage of Wrocław construction
POLAND The world’s largest chemical manufacturer BASF has started production in its new, 40,000 sqm catalytic converter plant in Środa Śląska near Wrocław after it finished the first stage of the EUR 150 mln development.
Warehouse & industrial
German warehousing expert sets up CEE plant
CZECH REPUBLIC Germany-based industrial truck manufacturer Kion Group plans on opening a 20,000 sqm plant which will house app. 200 employees in Pilzeň in the Czech Republic as warehousing burgeons across the CEE region.
Another Peakside building BREEAM-certified
POLAND Poznań Financial Centre, an office building owned by Peakside Polonia Management, has been granted a BREEAM In-Use certificate.
Russian LSR records 67 pct sales growth in H1
RUSSIA In the first half of the year, St Petersburg-based developer LSR Group has seen a 67 pct y-o-y increase in residential sales.
Retail & leisure
McDonald’s to open new restaurants in Ukraine
UKRAINE McDonald's plans on opening three to four new restaurants in Ukraine by the end of the year, which would increase the total number of its Ukrainian restaurants to 83 to 84.
Office & mixed-use development
Brown Brothers expands in Orange Office Park
POLAND Financial services company Brown Brothers Harriman has extended its office space lease in Orange Office Park in Kraków by 2,000 sqm, to 6,800 sqm.
Residential
Unibep to build Miasto Wola
POLAND Unibep has signed a PLN 22 mln contract for constructing the first stage of Miasto Wola, a residential development in Warsaw.
Warsaw office space sees healthy growth
In the first half of the year, the total supply of modern office space in Warsaw stood at 4.3 mln sqm, growing by 190,300 as compared with Q4 2013, while in Q2 2014 alone, 105,900 sqm of the new space appeared on the market, informed the Warsaw Research Forum
Investment & finance
Retail drives commercial property yields in Europe
EUROPE/ CEE REGION In Q2 2014, European all-property yield rate has dropped by seven basis points, while the biggest changes occurred in the high street retail and shopping centre sectors, falling by 11 bps and 16 bps respectively, according to a survey by CBRE.
Hotels
Orco-owned Mamaison hotels change hands
CEE REGION Prague-based hotelier CPI Hotels, a part of the Czech investment group CPI, has become an operator for ten Orco Property Group-owned hotels located across the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Russia, nine of which have been forming a regional chain, Mamaison.
Office & mixed-use development
Łódź soldiers on with Brama Miasta
POLAND Hanna Zdanowska, the mayor of Łódź, has presented a new schedule for the development of the Brama Miasta office building.
Architecture and urban planning
Design for Małachowskiego Square in Warsaw chosen
POLAND A team comprising Grzegorz Stiasny, Jakub Wacławek, Jan Bagiński, Filip Dzimwasha, Adam Kluczek and Karolina Kuczyńska has won the second prize in the competition – and a recommendation for the implementation of the design – for the renovation of pl. Małachowskiego in Warsaw. A first prize has not been awarded.
Residential
Matexi to begin seventh Warsaw estate
POLAND The construction of Matexi’s seventh project in Warsaw is to start soon. The Staffa 9 residential building will be situated on a third of a hectare plot in Warsaw’s Bielany district, near the Słodowiec underground station.
Investment & finance
European bonanza? Banks to offload EUR 584 bln to non-core real estate
EUROPE/ CEE REGION 46 European banks and asset management agencies have a gross exposure of EUR 584 bln to non-core real estate which is subject to disposal or work-out strategies, according to the latest research by Cushman & Wakefield.
Challenging H1 on Ukrainian retail market
UKRAINE During the first half of 2014, 45,000 sqm of retail space was added to the total stock in the Ukrainian capital, according to research by DTZ.
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
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.
