News
Sandomierz to have new mall
POLAND Kalisz-based developer and general contractor FB Antczak has signed a contract on the construction of a new shopping centre in Sandomierz. The project’s investor is Wodrol.
Construction
Unibep to construct Czernieckiego estate
POLAND Unibep has signed a contract to construct the second stage of a residential complex on ul. Czarnieckiego in Poznań for its subsidiary, Unidevelopment, for PLN 28.1 mln net.
Office & mixed-use development
HP stays in UBC II
POLAND Hewlett-Packard has extended its lease in University Business Center II building on ul. Szturmowa street in Warsaw.
Green projects
BREEAMs for Domaniewska Office Park
POLAND Two buildings owned by Deka Immobilien in Warsaw have been granted BREEAM-in-Use certificates. Dom Alfa and Dom Beta, which are managed by Knight Frank, have both been awarded ‘Very Good’ ratings for asset and ‘Excellent’ ratings for building management.
Brochocki busy in Wrocław and Poznań
POLAND In the last few months of 2014, the Wrocław branch of real estate brokers Kancelaria Brochocki (Brochocki i Biegański Nieruchomości) participated in the sale of a 5,500 sqm building at ul. Walońska 3-5 in the city as well as 950 sqm of offices in a building on ul. Wagonowa. The buyer of the latter was Best Coffee Systems (the exclusive distributor of the Franke espresso machines in Poland).
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni launches latest Łódź project
POLAND Mirbud is to construct a warehouse for Panattoni to form part of Panattoni Park Business Center Łódź II.
Hotels
Three-star Petropol joins Best Western chain
POLAND The Petropol hotel in Płock, which has recently undergone major renovations, will now operate under the Best Western brand.
Media Expert in Millenium Hall
POLAND A Media Expert store is to be opened on Thursday in the Millenium Hall shopping centre in Rzeszów.
Residential
Wawel Service selling more each year
POLAND Wawel Service sold 255 apartments in Kraków and Warsaw in 2014 (in developer agreements signed, excluding reservations).
LafargeHolcim to sell off EUR 6.5 bln assets to CRH
CEE REGION Two merging cement and aggregates suppliers Holcim and Lafarg aim to sell EUR 6.5 bln assets, including plants and other facilities, to the Irish building materials company CRH. These will include Holcim's assets in Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia, as well as Lafarge's properties in Romania.
Warehouse developers pleased with 2014
CEE REGION Last year was a very good one for the two largest warehouse developers in the region. In 2014 Panattoni and Prologis built 650,000 sqm of warehouse space in total.
Hotels
Starwood keeps growing in CEE
CEE REGION In 2014, the US hotel giant Starwood, which operates such chains as Westin, Sheraton, Le Meridien, St. Regis, Aloft and W, has opened 74 new hotels worldwide which translated into app. 15,000 rooms in 26 countries. The company now aims to keep up with the pace of openings by adding, among others, new CEE locations to its portfolio.
Vacancy may top 2009 levels
RUSSIA In H1 2015 vacancy levels on the Moscow office market could reach 19–20 pct, that is, the peak levels of the 2008/2009 crisis, according to the latest CBRE report.
Investment & finance
CA Immo disposes of two office projects
HUNGARY/ BULGARIA CA Immo has sold two small office assets: the 8,000 sqm gla Europark office building in Sofia and the 6,400 sqm Buda Business Center office building in Budapest, for EUR 17 mln.
Green projects
A4 Business Park lands two BREEAMS
POLAND Two BREEAM certificates have been awarded to Echo Investment’s A4 Business Park in Katowice.
Office & mixed-use development
Hagibor Office Building goes bust
CZECH REPUBLIC The owners of the Hagibor Office Building in Prague-Strašnice have filed for insolvency.
Warehouse & industrial
Work begins on Poznań Airport Logistics Centre
POLAND Construction work has started on the first, 16,000 sqm warehousing building of Goodman’s Poznań Airport Logistics Centre.
Investment & finance
BPT Optima sells Young City site and Baltic assets
POLAND/BALTIC STATES BPT Optima, a fund managed by Northern Horizon Capital, has agreed to sell seven office and retail properties in Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda, totalling app. 112,000 sqm of leasable space, as well as the large-scale Young City urban regeneration site on the Gdańsk waterfront, including the historic former shipyard.
Retail & leisure
Gemini Park Tychy in starting blocks
POLAND Gemini Holding is gearing up for the launch of the construction work on the Gemini Park Tychy shopping centre, while the commercialization of the 36,000 sqm gla project is now in progress.
Retail & leisure
New tenants in HopStop Zamość Sadowa
POLAND Four new companies signed lease agreements for retail space in the HopStop Zamość Sadowa retail park that is currently being developed in Zamość.
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 ...
