News
Biedronka enters Central Station
POLAND The Biedronka supermarket chain is to open a store in Central Station [Dworzec Centralny] in Warsaw at the end of March or early April 2015.
Home Invest to invest – PLN 80 mln in land
POLAND Home Invest is planning to spend PLN 80 mln on the purchase of land in Warsaw this year.
Retail & leisure
1,000th Rossmann opens in Złote Tarasy
POLAND Rossmann has opened its 1,000th drugstore in the Złote Tarasy shopping centre in Warsaw. This is the first outlet of the brand in the mall, which is owned by Unibail-Rodamco.
Retail & leisure
Posnania 80-pct leased
POLAND Posnania, a shopping centre that is currently being built in Poznań, is now more than 80-pct leased as eight new retailers signed a total of 2,500 sqm of space.
Retail & leisure
Toys”R”Us enters Wola Park
POLAND US toyshop chain Toys”R”Us has decided to open its second Warsaw outlet in Wola Park, a shopping centre owned by Inter IKEA Centre Group Poland.
H&M sees EUR 2 bln profit
WORLD Swedish fashion retailer H&M has increased its profit after tax by 17 pct to SEK 19.975 bln (app. EUR 2.1 bln) for the full financial year from December 1st 2013 to November 30th 2014.
Retail & leisure
CCC choses Forum Lviv
UKRAINE Polish footwear manufacturer and retailer CCC has leased 800 sqm in the Forum Lviv shopping centre on Pid Dubom street in Kyiv.
Property and Facility Management
Apsys to manage Kometa and Tulipan again
POLAND After a two-year break Apsys Polska is taking over the management over two shopping centres which belong to the Pradera and Valad funds: Łódź’s Tulipan and Toruń’s Kometa.
Investment & finance
Marvipol obtains financing for Warsaw estate
POLAND Warsaw-based developer Marvipol has signed a PLN 30 mln loan agreement with Bank Ochrony Środowiska to finance a large Warsaw project.
Investment & finance
Polish land in demand
POLAND Transactions on the residential land market will be dominant in 2015. They also dominated last year and turned out to be so attractive that investors from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, India, the Republic of South Africa and China have been coming to Poland to survey what is on offer –these are some of the conclusions of Daniel Puchalski, the director of the investment land service department at JLL, while recently discussing the consultancy’s ‘Investment Land Market in Poland’ report.
Office & mixed-use development
Natpoll Business Center takes in Biedronka
POLAND Biedronka has leased an area for one of its discount stores on the ground floor of the extended Natpoll Business Center office complex at ul. Migdałowa 4 in Warsaw’s Ursynów district.
Home&You exits Russia
RUSSIA Polish home furnishings chain Home&You has closed one of its two remaining stores in Kaliningrad and is now selling off the stock and store furniture in its last remaining outlet in the country.
Retail & leisure
20 international brands to enter Ukrainian market this year
UKRAINE More than twenty international retailers are expected to enter the Ukrainian market this year, according to the director of the UTG consultancy, Eugenia Loktionova.
Retail & leisure
Silpo enters New Life
UKRAINE The Silpo supermarket chain has leased 3,300 sqm in the New Life shopping centre in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district.
Fiege extends P3 Mszczonów deal by 25,000 sqm
POLAND German-based logistics provider Fiege Group has renewed and extended its lease in the P3 Mszczonów logistics centre. The company will now be occupying a total of 46,000 sqm of space within the park.
Retail & leisure
First C&A in Jelenia Góra
POLAND A C&A store is to open in one of Jelenia Góra’s shopping centres.
Technology
Inditex continues to implement its garment-tracking system
WORLD Spanish retail giant Inditex continues to roll out a RFID-supported inventory monitoring tool across its Zara stores worldwide. By 2016, the fashion retailer aims to deploy the solution in all Zara stores (1,985 outlets as of October 31st, 2014) and implement it across the rest of its brands thereafter.
Algorithmic fitting tool to help fashion retailers
UNITED STATES The US technology startup Fashion Metric has developed a SaaS solution that precisely calculates a customer's full set of body measurements in seconds for ordering custom-made clothing or selecting the best ready-to-wear size online.
Office & mixed-use development
Bratislava office stock hits 1.54 mln sqm
SLOVAKIA By the end of the Q4 2014, the total class ‘A’ and ‘B’ office stock in Bratislava amounted to more than 1.54 mln sqm. Almost 60 pct of the space was represented by class ‘A’ office space and more than 40 pct by class ‘B’ space, according to the Bratislava Research Forum.
Russia and Hungary among IKEA’s fastest growing markets
CEE REGION In its last financial year, the Swedish furniture retailer and shopping centre developer IKEA Group has seen a 5.9 pct increase in sales, while registering 270 mln visits to its 14 Russian shopping centres and over 700 mln visits to its 315 IKEA stores worldwide.
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 ...
