Construction
POLAND Belgian developer Matexi Polska has chosen general contractors for two Warsaw residential projects: Staffa 9 and Kolska od Nowa.
POLAND According to the ‘Office Market in Wrocław Q2 2014’ report prepared by Knight Frank, the vacancy rate on the Wrocław office market in Q2 averaged 9.9 pct, falling from the 12.8 pct registered in the previous quarter. It was also the best figure in the last five quarters.
POLAND Residential developer Grupa Robyg generated a net profit of PLN 21.6 mln in the first half of the year, up from the PLN 15.2 mln recorded in the same period last year.
UNITED STATES/ FINLAND Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Eastern Finland have come up with an innovative technology that helps to monitor concrete structures and quickly respond to any damages as they occur, boosting construction safety and reducing fallout from the cracks.
Investment & finance
POLAND Swiss investor Papag has obtained the approval of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKIK) for its acquisition of Praktiker Polska and Praktiker Real Estate Polska (originally reported in this publication in March).
Investment & finance
POLAND Clothing retailer Monnari Trade, the owner of the Monnari brand, is planning to open eleven stores in shopping centres in some of the largest cities in Poland in H2 2014.
Investment & finance
POLAND Nowe Powierzchnie has been given permission from the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) to acquire the Matras bookstore chain from the SEAF group.
POLAND Marvipol has issued 20,650 ordinary unsecured bonds with a value of PLN 20.65 mln. The money will be used to purchase land for residential development in Warsaw.
Architecture and urban planning
POLAND The Cud nad Wisłą club in Warsaw has been redesigned according to a concept drawn up by the architects of the 81.WAW.PL studio.
Office & mixed-use development
ROMANIA Siemens has leased out an entire, 3,000 sqm building in the Liberty Technology Park Cluj office complex in Cluj-Napoca, to launch a R&D centre for its IT subsidiary, Evosoft. The new offices will ultimately house over 200 engineers involved in the software development across all Siemens units.
Investment & finance
CROATIA The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has arranged a EUR 30 mln loan for a Turkish developer to renovate two Croatian marinas and help increase nautical tourism in the country.
EUROPE In the first half of the year, French hotel operator Accor has seen a 2.8 pct y-o-y increase in like-for-like revenues as its total revenues hit EUR 2.5 bln. Meanwhile, like-for-like gains in the Northern, Central and Eastern Europe region (NCEE) alone went up 3.2 pct.
POLAND Warsaw has been ranked sixth in JLL’s global Investment Intensity Index as it outperformed such cities as Paris, New York and Tokyo, the company informed. The top five positions were taken by London, Oslo, Munich, Stockholm and Copenhagen.
POLAND About 63 pct of retail space currently under construction is located in cities with populations under 400,000, according to research by Knight Frank.
Investment & finance
CZECH REPUBLIC PointPark Properties has agreed to buy eleven Czech logistics parks from Tristan Capital Partners and VGP for EUR 523 mln.
Investment & finance
CZECH REPUBLIC HB Reavis Group has sold its River Garden Office I building in Prague’s Karlín business district to Prvý realitný fond (PRF) managed by Slovakian company IAD Investments.
Investment & finance
CZECH REPUBLIC The Naxos auction house is selling Technopark Pardubice, with the lowest bid having been set at CZK 160 mln (app. EUR 5.7 mln).
Office & mixed-use development
POLAND German publishing house CH Beck has renegotiated its lease of 1,500 sqm of office space in the North Gate office building in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
POLAND Elbfonds Development is planning to change the name of Centrum Józefosław in Piaseczno near Warsaw to Marcredo Compact Józefosław.
Retail & leisure
CZECH REPUBLIC/SLOVAKIA TREI Real Estate GmbH, the real estate arm of the Tengelmann Group, has opened two Vendo speciality retail centres in Galanta (Slovakia) and Mohelnice (Czech Republic) of between 3,000 sqm and 4,000 sqm of leasable space.
The Urban Land Institute Poland has published the ‘New Urban Poland’. Using 14 projects from Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Wrocław, the pu ...
According to the latest BauWatch crime report only 56 pct of building site managers across the EU believe crime to be rising, but in Poland this figur ...
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 ...
City Point Okęcie Logistics Park, a joint venture between Partners Group and Peakside Capital Advisors, has achieved BREEAM Outstanding certification ...
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.
The April-May edition of Eurobuild CEE has now hit the shelves! It features interviews with Monika Woźniak-Zawioła and Daniel Tudor as they bring The ...
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 ...
Monting Development, a company set up by Danilo Djurović and Poland’s most famous footballer Robert Lewandowski, has hit the headlines recently (as we ...
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 ...
aHouse Development will deliver a new hotel on ul. Daleka in the centre of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, marking the company’s entry into the hospitality real ...
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
The Central Communication Port (CPK) has selected the general contract engineer for the new national airport as part of the Port Polska programme. The ...
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 ...
Polish consultancy JWA, which specialises in sustainable construction and real estate certification in Central and Eastern Europe, is opening its firs ...
Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg, Sweden. The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility.
Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures. Traditional infrastructure ...
Leasing transactions for modern office space in Bucharest increased by 14 pct in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period last year, whil ...
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 ...
Matexi Polska has completed the Żelazna 54 development in Warsaw's Wola district, and the project has now been granted an occupancy permit.
Rituals Cosmetics has opened a 180 sqm store in the Gemini Park Tychy shopping centre.
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 ...
The Tri-City warehouse and industrial market is entering a new phase of development, combining stable demand with the growing importance of the manufa ...