POLAND The General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) has announced tenders for the construction of two sections of S7 expressway between Koszwały and Nowy Dwór and between Nowy Dwór Gdański and Kazimierzów near Elbląg.
Construction
POLAND After three months of work, Budimex and Lech have laid the foundation stone for the new railway station in Bydgoszcz.
Technology
WORLD Hotel giant Marriott has joined forces with the researchers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop Six Degrees, an app-based social and business networking system that allows hotel guests to find and meet their future business partners as well as old work and university mates staying at the Marriott hotels.
Investment & finance
POLAND Israeli development group Asbud has become the sole owner of Karolkowa Business Park in Warsaw’s Wola district.
Residential
POLAND Polish state-owned investor PHN acting through its subsidiary Dalmor has reached an agreement with developer mLocum regarding the construction of the Port Rybacki residential project in Gdynia.
ROMANIA In July, the number of construction permits granted for residential buildings in Romania dropped by 7.5 pct y-o-y, and 0.4 pct month-over-month, says the country’s National Institute of Statistics.
Warehouse & industrial
HUNGARY Zagreb-headquartered logistics and distribution company Orbico has leased out 6,000 sqm of industrial space in Viktória Park Logistics Centre located just outside of Budapest.
Investment & finance
RUSSIA AFI Development, a Russian subsidiary of the Israeli-based Africa Israel Investments development and construction holding, has seen a 9 pct y-o-y increase in rental and hotel operating income in the first half of the year, to US 74.8 mln (EUR 56.9 mln). However, the company’s revenues plunged to US 76.2 mln (EUR 58 mln), compared to US 123.9 mln (EUR 94.3 mln) in H1 2013.
POLAND The net profit of Global City Holdings (formerly Cinema City International) for the first half of the year increased to EUR 13.9 mln from EUR 8.1 mln in H1 2013.
Retail & leisure
POLAND Echo Investment has won a tender for the purchase of investment land next to its Galeria Sudecka shopping centre project in Jelenia Góra.
Investment & finance
CEE REGION In H1 2014, Vienna-headquartered developer Warimpex has seen a EUR 10.8 mln loss y-o-y with a 7 pct y-o-y decrease in total revenues. The latter broke down into a 9 pct y-o-y drop in the company's hotels revenues dropping, a 33 pct y-o-y slide in the development & services revenues and a 19 pct y-o-y surge in the investment properties revenues.
Investment & finance
POLAND Construction and development company P.A. Nova’s sales revenue increased by app. PLN 12 mln, from PLN 67 mln after the first six months in 2013 to almost PLN 79 mln in the January–June 2014 period.
CEE REGION Orco Property Group registered as loss of EUR 63 mln for the first half of the year, which the company attributes mostly to the loss of revenue and impairments due to the disposal of shares in its German residential subsidiary GSG Group and the site for its proposed Bubny retail development in Prague.
POLAND Echo Investment closed the first half of the year with a net profit of PLN 424.8 mln, which constitutes a growth of almost 40 pct on the same period in 2013.
Construction
POLAND Capital Park has obtained the final building permit for the Art Norblin project on ul. Żelazna in Warsaw. The work is to start in Q1 2015.
Investment & finance
POLAND In the first half of the financial year Mirbud group generated revenue of PLN 501.3 mln, representing an almost twofold growth on the PLN 267.5 mln registered in H1 2013.
POLAND The construction of the Nowy Rynek shopping centre in Jelenia Góra has now moved up to ground level.
Residential
POLAND An occupancy permit has been issued for the six-storey Dyrekcyjna 33 building in Wrocław, a project by Cieszyn-based developer Atal.
Interior design
POLAND A bathroom designed by Polish interior designer Ewelina Niska has gone through to the finals of the prestigious SBID International Design Awards competition, which is organised by a British interior design association.
POLAND The profit generated by Grupa Orbis in the first half of the year amounted to PLN 22 mln – an almost 20 pct increase on H1 2013.
CBRE and 4CF have been selected as strategic advisors for the Airport City project, part of the Port Polska development programme. The two companies w ...
Dekpol Budownictwo is eentering Romania. In December 2025, the company signed an agreement with a developer to carry out design work for the first sta ...
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 ...
The Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate, with the Polish Council of Shopping Centres, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and the Urban ...
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.
We are pleased to announce that Kazimierz Krupa, an economic journalist and capital market analyst, has been appointed editor-in-chief of Eurobuild CE ...
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 ...
Recently, Martin Ohly was appointed to the newly created position of head of Germany at 7R, so what better opportunity could there be to find out abou ...
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 ...
The Czech hotel market is building on an exceptionally strong year in 2025, marked by a significant increase in transaction volumes and investor inter ...
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has appointed Simon Durkin as Chief Executive Officer Europe, ULI, succeeding Lisette van Doorn, commencing early March ...
Expanding airport capacity in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa will play a key role in sustaining long-term tourism growth and supporting demand fo ...
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 ...
7R has issued series D bonds with an aggregate nominal value of PLN 52 mln. The bonds will mature in three years and carry an interest rate of 4.25 pc ...
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
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Savills has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent for the commercialisation of Sobański Palace, a prestigious heritage property in Warsaw.
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 ...
The institutional private rented sector (PRS) is becoming an increasingly important part of the residential market, recording supply growth and attrac ...
Europe’s luxury retail market is going through a period of recalibration, marked by moderate sales growth but continued strong interest from brands in ...
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 ...
Garbe Industrial has leased a total area of around 4,800 sqm in Norderstedt, just outside Hamburg, to IT service provider Cancom, which is to use the ...