News
Construction
Mostostal Warszawa wins Polish Air Navigation Services Agency contract
POLAND Mostostal Warszawa is to build a four-storey teaching and administration building for the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency.
Retail & leisure
Galeria Mazovia BREEAM certified
POLAND Płock’s Galeria Mazovia has been awarded the BREEAM green construction certificate with Very Good rating.
One mln sqm of new speculative space oversupplies Moscow I&L market
RUSSIA Around 71 pct, that is 1.1 mln sqm out of 1.6 mln sqm of industrial and logistics space completed on the Moscow warehouse market in 2014, was developed speculatively, according to CBRE.
Retail & leisure
Amazon to buy massive retail property portfolio?
UNITED STATES US online merchant Amazon is reportedly negotiating the terms of the purchase of some of over 4,000 retail locations owned by the bankrupt US electronics retailer RadioShack in order to transform the stores into its own showrooms and pick-up and drop-off points, according to Bloomberg.
Ringo Starr sells mansion to Vítek
CZECH REPUBLIC/UK Radovan Vítek, the owner of CPI Property Group, has bought the Jacobean mansion in Surrey of Ringo Starr for an estimated price of around GBP 13–16 mln, according to ‘Forbes’.
Construction
New Wrocław office building underway
POLAND Warsaw-based general contractor Warbud has started the preparation work on Wrocław 101, the six-storey 5,900 sqm office building that is being developed at ul. Piłsudskiego 101 in Wrocław.
Aedes launches development business
POLAND Kraków-based construction company Aedes has established a new company, AE Development, whose initial capital was provided by Aedes and amounts to PLN 100,000.
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.
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
Strabag to Build 170-Metre Roma Tower in Warsaw
Strabag, together with TKT Engineering, has been appointed general contractor for Roma Tower, a 170-metre residential skyscraper planned for central W ...
PORR wins PLN 539 mln contract for US air force base in Wrocław
BERGER Bau to Modernise Wrocław Student Residences
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
Warsaw and Kraków strengthen their AI credentials
Warsaw is strengthening its position on Europe’s artificial intelligence map, while Kraków stands out for its technology sector growth potential. Acco ...
EMEA data centre capacity exceeds 12.1 GW as energy constraints slow growth
Power, Power, Power
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
NEPI Rockcastle expands solar capacity
NEPI Rockcastle has opened its second large-scale photovoltaic park in Romania, bringing its in-house renewable energy capacity to the equivalent of 3 ...
Nowe Bielawy retail parks renew BREEAM Excellent ratings
Greenfield Băneasa Earns BREEAM Excellent Certification
Eurobuild Awards
Candidate and jury registration are still open for the Eurobuild Awards!
The deadlines for nominating candidates and registering for the jury for the 16th Eurobuild Awards have been extended! Both the candidate and jury reg ...
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
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 32nd Annual Polish Commercial Real Estate Conference is now on the horizon!
On November 19th, 2026, Eurobuild Conferences will welcome investors, developers, financial institutions, corporate executives and real estate profess ...
Statement by the CEO of Eurobuildcee sp. z o.o.
The October and Expo Real edition of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
Warsaw Spire commemorates Polish soldiers’ capture of Predappio
On 28th October, the Warsaw Spire skyscraper in Warsaw displayed the inscription “PREDAPPIO 28 X 1944, LA POLONIA NON È LIQUIDATA” (“Poland has not be ...
Panattoni celebrates 40 years of the company’s history
Will Poland dominate the AI market?
Exclusive
Uniqa opens up
Recently UNIQA Real Estate Management announced that it was opening up its portfolio to third-party investors and then, soon afterwards, announced tha ...
Leading the renaissance of local investors
The man from NASA
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
Mercure Gdynia Centrum earns four-star rating
Mercure Gdynia Centrum has officially been awarded a four-star rating following an application by the hotel’s owner, Essendi. The decision marks the c ...
Wave Hotels launches in Poland
Green House Development launches pre-sales for final phase of Wave Świnoujście
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
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
Erste Bank provides EUR 126 mln refinancing for two Zagreb shopping centres
Manta d.o.o., owner of the City Center One East and City Center One West shopping centres in Zagreb, has signed a loan agreement worth EUR 126 mln wit ...
REICO Long Lease acquires 62,500 sqm logistics facility from Prologis
Poland’s investment market rebounds
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
Krakowski Bank Spółdzielczy takes serviced space at DL Space Atrium
Krakowski Bank Spółdzielczy has leased serviced space at DL Space Atrium, part of DL Invest Group’s mixed-use complex at 138 Korfantego Avenue in Kato ...
GEO plans mixed-use development on former railway land
Regional office demand could reach 700,000 sqm in 2026
Property and Facility Management
CBRE takes over 11 Dekada retail properties
CBRE has been appointed to manage and lease a portfolio of 11 Dekada retail properties owned by Hungary’s Appeninn Group. The portfolio comprises near ...
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
Torus launches sales at 143-unit Mozaika project in Gdańsk
Grupa Torus has launched apartment sales at its Mozaika development on Droszyńskiego Street, between Gdańsk’s Oliwa and Przymorze Małe districts. The ...
Skanska launches second phase of Habitat residential project in Prague
Restored Pafawag boiler house completes Wrocław residential development
Retail & leisure
ShockPrice opens first store in Łódź region in Focus Mall
Focus Mall in Piotrków Trybunalski is expanding its retail offer. On 5th November, ShockPrice opened its first off-price store in the Łódź region at t ...
Xtreme Fitness expands in Galeria Mosty
BIG Poland expands to 15 retail parks with Konstantynów opening
Technology
CBRE moves into defence
CBRE is expanding its advisory services for the defence and dual-use technology sectors in Poland. Jan Banasikowski, who has been with the company for ...
Drone Deliveries could reach shoppers in 15 minutes
Skanska implements digital access control system at Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Logicor starts construction of sixth warehouse at Mysłowice park
Logicor has started construction of a sixth building at its logistics park in Mysłowice, southern Poland. The new 21,860 sqm facility will bring the c ...
