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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.
Green projects
Kraków's Galeria Bronowice BREEAM-certified
POLAND Galeria Bronowice in Kraków has received BREEAM certificate with ‘Good’ rating. BREEAM assessors highly appreciated the application of modern ventilation systems in the building, which have been equipped with detectors of carbon dioxide and other harmful substances as well as sensors which monitor the influx of fresh air and CO2 emission.
Green projects
Riviera becomes even greener
POLAND Riviera shopping centre in Gdynia has been granted BREEAM In-Use certificate with ‘Excellent’ rating in the asset and building management categories, scoring 73 pct and 79 pct respectively. It is the second green award for the property. In the past, the mall obtained BREEAM certificate with ‘Very Good’ rating.
Office & mixed-use development
Regus conquers K1
POLAND Serviced office operator Regus has leased over 900 sqm of space in the K1 office building in Kraków. Colliers International represented the tenant in this transaction.
Office & mixed-use development
Echo gets financing for Wrocław offices
POLAND Echo Investment has signed a EUR 48 mln loan agreement with BNP Paribas Bank Polska.
Architecture and urban planning
Grupa 5 Architekci to refurbish Kazimierz townhouse
POLAND Grupa 5 Architekci is to redevelop the historic Apteka Lichtsona house, which is located on the ul. Nadwiślańska corner of the market square and in Kazimierz Dolny.
Hotels
Jagusia spa clinic renovated
POLAND Renovation work on the hotel section of the Jagusia spa clinic in Kudowa-Zdrój has now been completed.
Construction
Unibep wins another Warsaw contract
POLAND Dom Development has chosen Unibep to be the general contractor for an estate in Warsaw’s Mokotów district.
Office & mixed-use development
Immobel and Multibud conquer Granary Island
POLAND A consortium of Immobel and Multibud has been selected by the local city council as the private investor and partner for the development of the northern cape of Granary Island [Wyspa Spichrzów] in Gdańsk.
Warehouse & industrial
More for JAS-FBG in Pruszków
POLAND JAS-FBG, a Polish company active in the logistics sector, has leased an additional 2,600 sqm in Segro Logistics Park Warsaw in Pruszków. Until now the company has been occupying over 10,000 sqm of warehouse and office space within the complex.
Property and Facility Management
SSPC assets change hands
LITHUANIA Owners of the Senukai group have restructured one of its subsidiaries, the SSPC retail asset management company, and sold off some of the SSPC assets, the Lithuanian online portal vz.lt informed.
Warehouse & industrial
JLL: Czech Republic leads the way in warehouse investment
CZECH REPUBLIC In 2014 the Czech logistics and industrial real estate investment volumes have hit new yearly high, according to JLL.
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
Tunnel boring soon to begin
Work is progressing on the High-Speed Rail (KDP) tunnel in Łódź, part of the Port Polska project. At the launch chamber in Retkinia, the concrete supp ...
Budimex begins earthworks on Poland's first nuclear power plant
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
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 benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
The Grand department store in Pardubice has achieved an Excellent rating under the internationally recognised BREEAM In-Use sustainability certificati ...
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
Galeria Jurajska recertified
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
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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
Green Development launches Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa
Green House Development is launching pre-sales of suites at Wave Ustka Thermal & Spa, the third development under the Wave brand on the Polish coast, ...
Mercure opens in Oradea
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
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
New railway station planned for Łapy
Polish State Railways (PKP) has launched a tender to appoint a contractor to build a new railway station in Łapy, with bids due by 28 August. Construc ...
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
EPP takes EUR 106 mln in financing
EPP has completed the EUR 106 mln refinancing of four M1 shopping centres in Bytom, Częstochowa, Poznań and Radom. The refinancing supports the compan ...
Horizon City wins financing
Polish office investment market sees strong first-half recovery
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
Tenants still active but few new buildings
Office take-up across Poland’s regional markets totalled 310,000 sqm in the first half of 2026, down 21 pct year on year. At the same time, net demand ...
FutureMeds expands in infinity
Basler moves to Lubicz Park
Property and Facility Management
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
Savills, which already manages an office portfolio in Poland for TFI PZU, has now also been appointed to manage three of the fund's retail assets.
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Public buildings
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
The City of Poznań and Dekpol Budownictwo have signed a contract for the major redevelopment of the Poznań Palm House. The city’s landmark attraction ...
Porr focusing on healthcare
Budimex wins PLN 86 mln Białystok hospital contract
Residential
Splot Wola nears completion
Matexi Polska is entering the final stage of its Splot Wola residential development at ul. Sowińskiego 28 in Warsaw, with more than 75 pct of the apar ...
Liberty Tower sells PLN 250 mln in six months
Still too few student beds
Retail & leisure
Nomad opens in Port Praski
Nomad has opened a new 290-sqm restaurant that overlooks the marina in Warsaw's Park Praski development.
Castorama opens Design Studio in Gemini Park
Work begins on Park Kaszuby
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Mitgar Port Operation takes up 7,500 sqm in CTPark Gdańsk Port
Mitgar Port Operation, one of the leading logistics providers to the automotive sector, has leased more than 7,500 sqm of modern warehouse space inCTP ...
