CZECH REPUBLIC/SLOVAKIA Vienna-listed Conwert Immobilien Invest has sold its entire Czech property portfolio of 46,249 sqm to a Czech company, as well as two properties in Žilina and an undeveloped plot in Bratislava to a Slovakian investor in a share deal.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND A 7.7-ha plot situated between ul. Milionowa and ul. Tymienieckiego in Łódź has been purchased in an auction by Griffin Group. Now the new owner plans on constructing a 100,000 sqm mixed-use complex on the parcel previously owned by Opal Property Developments.
Retail & leisure
WORLD In the first nine months of 2014, the Spanish fashion retail giant Inditex, which operates such brands as Zara, Bershka, Stradivarius and Oysho, has opened 230 new stores across 50 countries. Meanwhile, the retailer expanded its online presence to 27 markets worldwide.
Technology
WORLD US-based fashion retailer Gap has joined forced with the pan-European e-commerce platform Zalando to gain better access to the European markets.
Investment & finance
POLAND CEE developer S+B Gruppe AG is selling a newly-opened 300-room Hampton by Hilton hotel in Warsaw to the German asset manager Union Investment.
Construction
POLAND Construction work has started on the new Warszawa Zachodnia (Warsaw West) railway station.
Green projects
POLAND The Riviera shopping centre in Gdynia has obtained a BREEAM certificate at the ‘Very Good’ level.
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND The construction of a small office building has started at ul. Kopernika 21 in Warsaw’s Śródmieście district.
Architecture and urban planning
POLAND Warsaw city council has opened a competition for the spatial development concept for a section of post-industrial area land that was formerly the site of the Zakłady Tłuszczowe factory in Targówek Fabryczny district.
Retail & leisure
POLAND Clothing brand Carry has become the latest tenant of the Twierdza Zamość shopping centre.
POLAND Capital Park has bought two retail facilities in Warsaw’s Ursynów district. One is located on the ground floor of a residential building at the junction of ul. Belgradzka and ul. Rosola.
POLAND Business services centres with foreign capital have leased around 200,000 sqm in around 100 contracts signed in major office markets outside Warsaw so far this year, according to research by JLL.
Investment & finance
POLAND The Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) has acquired the Jasna 26 and Libra Business Centre office buildings in Warsaw.
WORLD New York’s Upper Fifth Avenue is now the world’s most expensive shopping boulevard, displacing Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay at the top of Cushman & Wakefield’s ‘Main Streets Across the World 2014-2015’ survey, which has just been published.
POLAND The Warsaw market is awaiting the completion of over 84,100 sqm gla of retail that is currently under construction, according the latest study by JLL.
Investment & finance
CZECH REPUBLIC German investor Union Investment is to buy the Palladium shopping centre on Náměstí Republiky in Prague 1 for EUR 565 mln – the highest price ever paid for a single building in the country’s history, according to ‘Hospodářské noviny’.
Construction
POLAND US investment fund Amstar and BBI Development have agreed a new contract with Italian constructor Inso to restart the construction work on the Złota 44 residential skyscraper project in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
POLAND Multi Corporation has chosen Warbud as a general contractor of its multi-functional retail project Forum Radunia in Gdańsk.
Retail & leisure
UKRAINE Ukrainian toy retailer Planettoys has leased 1,600 sqm in the Retroville shopping centre, which is being built in Kyiv.
Technology
WORLD German steel supplier ThyssenKrupp has developed a rope-free elevator system. The company used linear motors in elevator cabins and horizontal shaft-changing cabin systems to transform conventional elevator transportation model into metro-like system.
The Urban Land Institute Poland has published the ‘New Urban Poland’. Using 14 projects from Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Wrocław, the pu ...
According to the latest BauWatch crime report only 56 pct of building site managers across the EU believe crime to be rising, but in Poland this figur ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
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 ...
City Point Okęcie Logistics Park, a joint venture between Partners Group and Peakside Capital Advisors, has achieved BREEAM Outstanding certification ...
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 ...
We spoke with Zdena Noack, managing director of Zeitraum Student Housing, during the opening of Zeitraum Racławicka in Kraków.
The April-May edition of Eurobuild CEE has now hit the shelves! It features interviews with Monika Woźniak-Zawioła and Daniel Tudor as they bring The ...
ULI Poland is to hold the 'Matrix of Real Estate' conference from April 15th -16th at the Norblin Factory in Warsaw to discuss the impact of geopoliti ...
Monting Development, a company set up by Danilo Djurović and Poland’s most famous footballer Robert Lewandowski, has hit the headlines recently (as we ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real ...
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
The Central Communication Port (CPK) has selected the general contract engineer for the new national airport as part of the Port Polska programme. The ...
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 ...
Polish consultancy JWA, which specialises in sustainable construction and real estate certification in Central and Eastern Europe, is opening its firs ...
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...
Leasing transactions for modern office space in Bucharest increased by 14 pct in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period last year, whil ...
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 ...
The city of Warsaw has allocated PLN 5 million for the construction of al. Centralna, a green passageway between the Warsaw Śródmieście railway statio ...
Matexi Polska has completed the Żelazna 54 development in Warsaw's Wola district, and the project has now been granted an occupancy permit.
Rituals Cosmetics has opened a 180 sqm store in the Gemini Park Tychy shopping centre.
Skanska CDE has become the first company in Poland to introduce a Neutral Host In-Building (NHIB) infrastructure model, based on the BTS hotel, in its ...
The Tri-City warehouse and industrial market is entering a new phase of development, combining stable demand with the growing importance of the manufa ...