News
Orbis sees growth in profits
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.
Warehouse & industrial
Kolporter stays in Śląskie Centrum Logistyczne
POLAND Kolporter has prolonged its lease of almost 4,000 sqm in Śląskie Centrum Logistyczne in Sosnowiec.
Market interest in CEE data centres continues to surge
EUROPE/ CEE REGION In H1 2014, connectivity hubs in Europe have sold a total of 38MW of customer IT power, a 68 pct y-o-y increase. Currently dominated by London, Frankfurt and Amsterdam facilities, the European data centre industry is starting to blossom in the CEE region where more and more facilities of this kind is being developed, says CBRE in its latest report.
Goldman Sachs doubles its stake in O1 Properties
RUSSIA Goldman Sachs International has bought another 6 pct of O1 Properties’ shares, thus increasing its stake in the Russian developer to 12 pct.
Office & mixed-use development
Centrum Marszałkowska given go-ahead
POLAND BBI Development has received the final building permit for the Centrum Marszałkowska mixed-use project in the centre of Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
Plaza Centers keeps losing money but not visitors
CEE REGION In H1 2014, struggling shopping-centre developer Plaza Centers has seen its profit decreasing to EUR 12.6 mln, an 11 pct y-o-y slip and its total assets shrinking by EUR 67 mln over just six months, to EUR 519 mln, as the company continues to implement its debt restructuring plan.
Danone Bucharest headquarters changes hands
ROMANIA Cyprus-based development and investment company Secure Property Development & Investment has taken over EOS Business Park, a Bucharest office building fully leased out by Danone Romania, for EUR 5.85 mln.
Warsaw and Budapest drive CEE office performance
EUROPE/ CEE REGION In Q2 2014, European prime office rents have increased by 0.4 pct, slightly lower than at the beginning of the year when they hit 1.1 pct. Meanwhile, leasing volumes in Europe reached 2.8 mln sqm, a 19 pct quarter-over-quarter increase and an 11 pct year-over-year surge, according to the latest study by JLL.
Orco to delist from Prague next month
CZECH REPUBLIC Orco Property Group has announced a date for the delisting of all its 114,507,629 ordinary shares from the Prague Stock Exchange: September 22nd.
Investment & finance
Rank Progress sells Galeria Piła to Austrians
POLAND The Legnica-based developer Rank Progress has finalised the sales of Galeria Piła to Austrian property investor Immofinanz. The transaction was worth almost PLN 57.7 mln net.
Investment & finance
Jaguar sales push up Marvipol profits
POLAND Automotive company and developer Marvipol generated a net profit of over PLN 29 mln in H1 – three times more than the figure for the same period in 2013 and the best semi-annual result in the group’s history.
Retail & leisure
Second Multibox opens in Ostrów Wielkopolski
POLAND The second Multibox retail park in Ostrów Wielkopolski has now opened.
Growth in profits for Erbud
POLAND Erbud group generated profits of PLN 8.3 mln in H1, a more than threefold growth on the same period last year.
Investment & finance
Building permit for Galeria Północna in the autumn
CEE REGION Globe Trade Centre (GTC) expects to receive a building permit for its Galeria Północna shopping centre development in Warsaw’s Białołęka district this autumn.
Office & mixed-use development
Building permit for another Koneser building
POLAND BBI Development and Liebrecht & Wood can now start the construction of another building in the Centrum Praskie Koneser project in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
Convincing the unconvinced about Galeria Kabaty
POLAND Kabaty Investment, an SPV company of Tesco Polska, has revealed visualisations of the future Galeria Kabaty shopping centre in Warsaw.
Dom Development to invest another PLN 100 mln on land in H2
POLAND Dom Development is planning to buy plots up to a value of around PLN 100 mln in H2 2014, mostly in the Polish capital city.
Construction
Kajima to extend Wola Park, Strabag and partners to extend PH Bielany
POLAND Inter IKEA Centre Group Poland has selected the companies to work on the extension of two company’s properties: the Wola Park shopping centre in Warsaw and the Bielany retail park in Wrocław.
Polnord selling ul. Pereca plot
POLAND Polnord is set to sell a 1,960 sqm plot on ul. Pereca in Warsaw.
Architecture and urban planning
Plus Architekci design for Invest-Art
POLAND Plus Architekci has designed an estate of detached houses in Kępa Zawadowska in Warsaw’s Wilanów district for the developer of the project, Invest-Art.
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
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
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 acquisition – 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
First acquisition for Pearl
Revetas Capital has acquired a building at Reschgasse 20 in Vienna's Meidling district. This is the first transaction completed for Pearl, a new inves ...
Atal completes Budner takeover
EUR 72 mln refinancing deal for Newgate
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
Alides announces project in Żoliborz
Belgian real estate investor and developer Alides, is planning a new project in Warsaw's Żoliborz district. The planned development will comprise arou ...
Olivia Pulse to start rentals in Gdańsk
An end to housing subsidies
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.
