News
Investment & finance
Rank Progress secures loan for retail park
POLAND Rank Progress has been granted a loan by MBank Hipoteczny for the construction of a retail park near Krosno.
Interior design
Modernisation for Olsztyn Helios
POLAND The Helios cinema in Olsztyn’s Aura shopping centre is to undergo a series of changes.
Investment & finance
Foncière Euris to finance construction of Serenada
POLAND Mayland Real Estate, the developer of Kraków’s Serenada shopping centre, has found a partner for the project.
ING loans EUR 33.5 mln for IFP Erste building in Warsaw
POLAND ING Bank Śląski has provided a EUR 33.5 mln loan to IFP Erste Immobielenfonds für Polen to refinance a building at Al. Jerozolimskie 156 in Warsaw.
Volksbank Romania offloads EUR 490 mln in loans
ROMANIA Deutsche Bank, H.I.G. and AnaCap Financial Partners LLP have jointly acquired a EUR 495 mln portfolio of non-performing and sub-performing loans from Volksbank Romania, whose strategic shareholders include the Austrian bank Volksbanken Holding eGen (51.6 pct) and the Republic of Austria (43.3 pct).
Investment & finance
Hines buys Ambassador
POLAND US property investor Hines has announced that the Hines Poland Sustainable Income Fund (HPSIF) has bought the Warsaw office building Ambassador from Spanish-owned Kronos Real Estate for an undisclosed sum.
EIB pours EUR 136.5 mln into Bucharest green housing
ROMANIA European Investment Bank (EIB) will lend EUR 136.5 mln to help increase energy efficiency in the Bucharest residential buildings.
Office & mixed-use development
PKO chooses Skanska in Wrocław and Łódź
POLAND PKO Bank Polski, the largest bank in Poland, is to locate its Wrocław and Łódź offices in buildings developed by Skanska.
Office & mixed-use development
SEB leases 22,740 sqm in Bratislava
SLOVAKIA SEB Asset Management has signed leases since the beginning of the year for a total of app. 22,740 sqm of space in Bratislava.
Office & mixed-use development
Skanska sells Budapest Green House for EUR 36 mln
HUNGARY Swedish development and construction colossus Skanska has decided to sell its Green House office building in Budapest to the Hungarian open-ended property fund Torony Real Estate Investment Fund managed by Diófa Fund Management, a part of the Hungarian banking conglomerate FHB Group.
Investment & finance
Immofinanz sells Czech and Polish parks
POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC Immofinanz Group has sold two logistics properties – Bokserska Distribution Park in Warsaw and Westpoint Distribution Park in Prague.
ET Logistik stays in MLP Pruszków I
POLAND Logistics company ET Logistik has decided to renew its 4,000 sqm lease in the MLP Group-owned Pruszków I warehouse and production park.
Office & mixed-use development
Historic CDT to become sleek Cedet
POLAND Immobel is starting the redevelopment and extension work on Centralny Dom Towarowy, the former department store building located at the junction of Al. Jerozolimskie and ul. Krucza in central Warsaw. The entire project will be worth over PLN 400 mln inclusive of the land plot.
Office & mixed-use development
Two new tenants fill Warsaw Sky Office Center
POLAND Marketing company ClickQuickNow has leased 220 sqm in Sky Office Center, an office building located in Warsaw’s Mokotów district. The company, which will be occupying the space for the next six years, completes the 4,800 sqm development.
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni Park Łódź East enters homestretch
POLAND Panattoni Europe has laid cornerstone for its fifth, 24,000 sqm warehouse at the 187,000 sqm Park Łódź East complex, which opens the final chapter in the park’s construction work. The development's general contractor is Kajima Poland, the company informed.
Eurobuild Awards: Trip to Disneyland thanks to Eurobuild Awards gala
“To spend a few days in Disneyland in France,” this is what a group of children was wishing for some time ago. We have helped to fulfill this very special dream by having a charity auction at the Eurobuild Awards gala last year.
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.
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.
