News
AMW sells 38 ha military plot in Ciechanów
POLAND Polish Military Property Agency (AMW) has put up for sale a 37.7 ha land plot in Ciechanów. Located on ul. Wojska Polska, app. 1.5 km from the city centre, the plot is packed with 84 military buildings.
Hotels
Zdrojowa Invest teams up with Carlson Rezidor
POLAND Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group has decided to open a five-star Radisson Blu Resort in Świnoujście as part of the Baltic Park Molo complex, developed by Zdrojowa Invest. This will be the first Radisson Blu Resort-branded hotel in Poland.
Investment & finance
Skanska wants to take over five star hotel in Warsaw
POLAND/EUROPE Skanska Central Europe Holding is about to take over SPS Investment, the majority stake owner of Warsaw’s Westin hotel.
Czarnecki takes over Hajdarowicz land plots in Kraków
POLAND Not Murapol but LC Corp, a company owned by the Polish millionaire Leszek Czarnecki, will buy a 6.4 ha Kraków land plot. The seller is the Jupiter fund, a part of the Gremi group that is owned by Grzegorz Hajdarowicz.
Construction
Underwater tunnel to link Crimea with Russia?
RUSSIA/UKRAINE Chinese investors have offered the Crimean authorities to build a 4 km long underwater tunnel on the bottom of the Kerch Strait. The tunnel would accommodate two-way railway tracks and a six-lane motorway.
Investment & finance
Czerwona Torebka sees improved sales in H1 2014
POLAND In the first half of 2014, Czerwona Torebka has managed to sell 54 units worth nearly PLN 31 mln. Their total leasable area reached 4,900 sqm, a three-fold y-o-y increase, the company informed
Bad-debt weakened Erste posts EUR 930 mln loss in H1
CEE REGION Austrian banking group Erste has seen a EUR 929.7 mln loss in the first half of 2014 driven by the writedowns and tax regulations across the CEE markets.
OTP Group acquires Romanian Millennium Bank for EUR 39 mln
ROMANIA Portuguese commercial bank Banco Comercial Português is selling its Romanian unit, Millennium Bank, to the Hungarian OTP Bank that operates across eight CEE markets.
Investment & finance
NEPI buys Piatra Neamț plot for mall
ROMANIA South African-owned investor in the Romanian property market NEPI have announced in an annual report that it has bought a 7.4 ha site in Piatra Neamț in the north-east of the country.
Warehouse vacancy grows in Kyiv area
UKRAINE At the end of Q2 2014 the primary vacancy level in the warehousing sector in the greater Kyiv area amounted to 10.1 pct, representing a 5.4 pct increase on to Q1, according to research by DTZ.
Developers shift interest to smaller cities
POLAND In H1 2014 over half of new retail space was completed in cities with less than 100,000 inhabitants, with another 22 pct in cities with populations of between 100,000 and 200,000, according to research by DTZ.
Japanese investors choose Etalon
RUSSIA EtalonPromstroy, Etalon Group’s industrial construction subsidiary, has been selected by Japanese investors Unipres Corporation as the general contractor for the design and construction of a 16,000 sqm automobile components factory.
Investment & finance
CEE office yields harden in H1 2014
CEE REGION The first half of the year has seen many European office rentals improving, along with the prime yields hardening in some of the CEE cities, including Bucharest (-50 bps), Budapest (-25 bps) and Prague (-25 bps), a study by Colliers International shows.
Retail & leisure
Klépierre builds multibillion retail empire
EUROPE Paris-listed pan-European shopping centre operator Klépierre is set to acquire the Netherlands-based retail group Corio for EUR 7.2 bln. The move comes as Klépierre, which owns assets worth EUR 14 bln, aims to strengthen its position on the market and become Europe’s “leading pure-play retail property company.”
Office & mixed-use development
Salamanca Group opens Infinity Tower in Sofia
BULGARIA London-based investor Salamanca Group has opened the 21,000 sqm Infinity Tower office building, a part of the Bulgaria Mall complex.
Warehouse & industrial
Toyota almost doubles-up in Prologis Park Prague-Jirny
CZECH REPUBLIC Toyota Tsusho Europe has leased more than 13,000 sqm of space in Prologis Park Prague-Jirny, increasing its space from the previously leased 7,500 sqm.
Metrostav takes on jumbo contract
CZECH REPUBLIC Metrostav has started work on adapting a section of Václav Havel International Airport in Prague for the use of giant Airbus A380 jumbo jets.
Investment & finance
Echo Investment in talks to sell two shopping malls
POLAND Warsaw-listed developer Echo Investment is negotiating a sale of two Polish shopping centres: Pasaż Grunwaldzki in Wrocław and Galaxy in Szczecin.
Hotels
Park Inn by Radisson opens in Pulkovo Airport
RUSSIA The Park Inn by Radisson Pulkovo Airport hotel in St Petersburg has been opened.
LC Waikiki expands in Ukraine
UKRAINE Turkish fashion retailer LC Waikiki has singed a 1,190 sqm lease for space in the Riviera shopping centre in Odessa.
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
Logicor opens Serenity Park in Mysłowice
Logicor has officially opened the first public park in the grounds of a logistics centre in Poland. Logicor’s Serenity Park in Mysłowice comprises 4 h ...
City Gate Office awarded latest LEED
Outstanding awarded to CTP
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
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 October issue is now out!
In the latest issue of the magazine, we take a closer look at retail parks, data centres and the PBSA market. We also ask whether, after a slowdown, i ...
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
Events
The Accessibility Forum is just around the corner
On November 17–18, Poznań will, for the third time, bring together experts, decision-makers, designers, entrepreneurs, and representatives of public a ...
Last day to register
PBSA enters the mainstream
Exclusive
The voice of the younger generation
In our latest exclusive interview, we spoke with Justyna Glinka, a senior associate at Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy, who has been appointed a ...
EGLS enters the scene
The cost of going green
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
Tourism set to boom around the Med
According to the report, Mediterranean and Southern European markets accounted for 44 pct of all inbound overnight tourist arrivals to Europe last y ...
Novotel comes to Croatia
Staycity to open first Aparthotel in Warsaw
Human resources
ULI announces new chairs
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Five new board members at JLL
Infrastructure
Nepi Rockcastle launches solar farm
Shopping centre operator and developer NEPI Rockcastle has opened Romania’s biggest industrial-scale solar farm in Chișineu-Criș in western Romania.
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
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
DL Invest moves into data centres
DL Invest Group has entered into a joint venture with Boosteroid, a global provider of cloud technologies and cloud gaming to build a network of moder ...
Brain Park Building C sold
ECE Work & Live enters Poland
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
Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics
With a proven track record across Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and Germany, Peakside Capital is emerging as one of the most influential players ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
One now full
CA Immo has leased the last remaining offices in the One building in Frankfurt to law firm Kallan Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft and TMF Deutschland, who n ...
Aon stays for longer
Office investment set to reach 1.4 bln
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
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
AFI starts work on Home V Korytech
AFI Czech Republic has begun work on its AFI Home V Korytech project in the Strašnice district of Prague. The PRS development will comprise 519 apartm ...
Student Depot extended in Poznań
StudentSpace comes to Warsaw
Retail & leisure
Retail continues to grow
Despite ongoing geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty, long-term retail growth is being fueled by urbanisation, tourism, and rapid technology ...
Another Smart Park to come to Wrocław
Explosive growth of retail space in Romania
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
Nonko signs up with MLP
Nonko, a logistics company that serves Chinese clients, has leased 4,100 sqm of modern warehouse space at MLP Wrocław.
