News
Americans eye Sołowow’s stake in Echo Investment
POLAND The 46 pct stake in Kielce-based developer Echo Investment, put up for sale by the company’s founder and biggest shareholder Michał Sołowow earlier this year, has tempted a large US player.
Investment & finance
Polish and Romanian banks most eager to support developers
CEE REGION While less than one third of European banks are considering disposing of part of their commercial loan portfolios within the next 12-18 months, their share reaches 60 pct in Bulgaria, 57 pct in Hungary and 50 pct in both Croatia and Slovenia, according to KPMG’s latest study examining prospects for banks financing the real estate sector.
Warehouse & industrial
Delta packs into Panattoni Park Gliwice II
POLAND Panattoni Europe is launching the construction of a 10,559 sqm facility for Northern Irish packaging manufacturer Delta Packaging in Panattoni Park Gliwice II.
Budimex wins Jarocin ring road contract
POLAND The Poznań branch of General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) has chosen Budimex’s offer for the construction of the Jarocin ring road along the S11 route.
Investment & finance
PetroLot to sell three office buildings and plots near Warsaw Airport
POLAND Airship refuelling services company PetroLot is selling a number properties in the neighbourhood of Warsaw Airport. The starting price for all the properties is PLN 52.3 mln.
Starwood to sell LHG?
WORLD US equity group Starwood Capital is looking for buyers for its Louvre Hotels Group (LHG) chain, according to French media.
Office & mixed-use development
Prague hotel project becomes mixed-use
CZECH REPUBLIC Permission has been given by the city authorities for a hotel project under construction on Národní třídě in central Prague to become instead a mixed-use development.
Warehouse & industrial
Bodycote gears up for further expansion
POLAND Axi Immo has represented thermal processing services company Bodycote in the selection of an investment plot and in the lease negotiations for a 2,500 sqm production project on a 1 ha site in Siechnice near Wrocław’s eastern ring road.
Investment & finance
Metropolitan in Warsaw sold
POLAND The Metropolitan office building, designed by Norman Foster, has been sold.
Putin signs property tax rise
RUSSIA President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law to increase property taxes.
Lowest ever supply on St Petersburg office market
RUSSIA Four business centres with 38,800 sqm of office space in total were completed in St Petersburg in the third quarter of this year.
Residential
Royal Triangle added to Prague villa district
CZECH REPUBLIC Svoboda & Williams has been granted the exclusive mandate to sell and rent units in the Royal Triangle residential project Prague 6, in the Ořechovka villa district close to Prague Castle.
Funding boost for Apartments for the Young scheme
POLAND The ‘Apartments for the Young’ programme to house young couples is to be provided with additional funding of PLN 191 mln in 2014 – according to Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, which is responsible for the financial servicing of the project.
Office & mixed-use development
Tristan keeps Mokotów tenant
POLAND Healthcare advertising company Connectmedica has prolonged its lease in the Mokotów Nova building in Warsaw until 2020.
Office & mixed-use development
ANR to move to GBC
POLAND The Agricultural Property Agency (ANR) is to move into the Gdański Business Center office complex in Warsaw next spring.
Office & mixed-use development
Teleperformance in GPP Business Park
POLAND TPG Katowice, a subsidiary of Teleperformance Germany, has leased 2,300 sqm in GPP Business Park, a project located on ul. Konstruktorska within the Katowice Special Economic Zone.
Office & mixed-use development
Less office buildings among megatall skyskrapers
WORLD Only 43 pct of the 100 tallest skyscrapers in the world are office buildings. The statistics show that this number has been gradually decreasing since the year 2000, when 85 pct were office towers, according to research by JLL.
Residential
JHM Development to spend PLN 110 mln on new projects
POLAND JHM Development is getting ready for starting a number of new residential developments. In the next few months the developer is set to begin projects in Katowice (196 apartments), Rumia (237 apartments) and Łódź (81 houses), just to name a few.
Awbud to build Pentair factory
POLAND Awbud has been chosen the general contractor for a Pentair Poland factory, which is set to be built in Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone. The contract is worth a net amount of PLN 28.9 mln.
Residential
Warsaw authorities approve another skyscraper
POLAND Development company Atlas Estates has obtained construction permit for a nearly 165-metre skyscraper on ul. Grzybowska in Warsaw’s Wola district.
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
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massi ...
Work progresses on Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station
Poland heading for a two-tier market
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
Strabag snaps up Olivia Star
Strabag Group has purchased the Olivia Star office tower in Gdańsk. This is the largest office building in a regional city with 40,000 sqm gla and the ...
Not only for horses
Panattoni sticks to the fairway
Data centres
Data centres spread out across the region
The EMEA data centre market is entering a new phase where power availability, not demand, is defining growth, forcing a structural shift in how and wh ...
Poland to be the new data hub
Data centres to transform Polish economy
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
Punkt goes Platinum
The Punkt office building in Gdańsk has been awarded LEED v4 Platinum certification. This is the first Torus Group development certified under this ve ...
Outstanding for Prologis
Silesia City Center now Excellent
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
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
More than 70 representatives of the Polish logistics real estate market participated in the third edition of EQT on the Move: Ride the Lakes. The even ...
Let's play volleyball again
August 7th – mark the date
Exclusive
A statement deal – Tomasz Nowakowski of Lewandpol Group
A few weeks ago, Lewandpol Group hit the headlines with its EUR 107 mln acquisition of the 19,300 sqm Central Point office building in Warsaw city cen ...
Bringing people together
Laying the groundwork for success
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
Pbb refinances Radisson Blu Bucharest
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (Pbb) has provided EUR 123 mln in investment financing to funds managed by Cerberus Capital Management and Revetas Capital for ...
Griffin and Primestar join forces
aHouse to build hotel in Grodzisk Mazowiecki
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
PKP to modernise two more stations
Polish State Railways (PKP) has announced tenders to prepare designs for the reconstruction of the Lubań Śląski and Kudowa-Zdrój railway stations.
Port of Poland moves closer with location decisions
Budimex builds in Slovakia
Interior design
New food hall in Poznań
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 ...
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
New look for Otis offices
Investment & finance
Poles turning online for mortgages
Poles are taking out mortgages online while the memory of Swiss Franc loans is fading with each generation. This is the result of a new study by Busin ...
Spain now most attractive European economy
Skanska sells Studio A to Stena
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
CA Immo to build from wood
CA Immo has begun leasing the space for its Skygreen at Hallesche Ufer 74–76 in Berlin. A modern, sustainable 18,400 sqm six-storey office building u ...
Offices above the warehouse
Improved Water pressure in City Tower
Property and Facility Management
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
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 ...
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Tensions in the gulf promote energy efficiency
Public buildings
Warszawa Wschodnia station to be modernised
Polish Railway Lines (PKP) has signed a contract with general contractor Torpol for the modernisation of Warszawa Wschodnia station (Warsaw East), wor ...
Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated
A new look for central Warsaw
Residential
Cavare commercialises Jankego apartments
Cavare is taking on the role of an independent PRS property operator. The company has opened a leasing office in Katowice at ul. Jankego 15, and has b ...
Alides announces project in Żoliborz
Olivia Pulse to start rentals in Gdańsk
Retail & leisure
M Park opens in Nasielsk
LCP Poland, part of M Core, has opened M Park Nasielsk about 50 km north of Warsaw, in what is the company’s fourth M Park opening since the beginning ...
Czech Republic attracts retail brands
Karuzela Lubliniec grows
Technology
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
The Łukasiewicz Research Network - Automotive Industry Institute has completed a PLN 36 mln project, of which PLN 24.7 mln comes from the Regional Dev ...
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Rentujemy to revolutionise the market
Warehouse & industrial
Unilever expands in Poznań
An automated 36m high-bay warehouse is being built next to the Unilever factory in Poznań.
