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Hotels
Ibis Styles to be built in Grudziądz
The Ibis Styles hotel is to be developed on ul. Piłsudskiego and should open in Q4 2015. It will offer 80 rooms, a restaurant and some conference rooms. The Ibis hotel brand currently operates in 22 countries with 233 hotels.
PKP looks for partner for Wrocław project
POLAND Polish State Railways (PKP) is looking for a partner to redevelop the Wrocław Świebodzki railway station including the neighbouring 28 ha site.
Retail & leisure
Budimex to build Vis à Vis in Łódź
POLAND Construction work on the Vis à Vis strip mall in Łódź is soon to begin.
Retail & leisure
H&M to enter Ukraine this year
UKRAINE The first two H&M stores in the country are to be opened in the second half of the year. Both locations are in Kyiv: one in the Respublika shopping centre and the other on Khreshchatyk street close to the Zara store in the city centre.
Kołobrzeg sells land
POLAND The town of Kołobrzeg has announced that it will begin the sale of land on ul. Mazowiecka on March 28th as well as a residential estate on ul. Unii Lubelskiej and ul. Okopowa on April 4th.
Retail & leisure
Working out in Magnolia
POLAND Pure Jatomi Fitness is to open a fitness centre in Magnolia Park in Wrocław.
Successful last quarter of the year for Fabryka Formy
POLAND The Fabryka Formy chain of fitness clubs generated net sales revenue in Q4 2013 almost 77 pct higher than the same period in 2012.
Record 2013 industrial demand – even without the ‘Amazon effect’
POLAND The decision by Amazon to build three massive distribution hubs in Poland “has significantly accelerated warehouse space demand” in the country, according to a report by Jones Lang LaSalle.
CPI now the top Czech retailer player
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech investor CPI Group is now the single largest owner of retail space in the country, according to research by Cushman & Wakefield that points to Czech retail returning to local ownership.
Office & mixed-use development
Schneider Electric in Skanska Green Court Bucharest
ROMANIA French electrical concern Schneider Electric is the first tenant of Skanska Green Court Bucharest complex with an office lease of 3,100 sqm.
Investment & finance
Brno says no – to Amazon
CZECH REPUBLIC Members of Brno city council have voted to reject contracts necessary for the construction of a distribution hub for online retailer Amazon on the outskirts of the city.
Office & mixed-use development
Pramerica brings Atrium 1 up to 97 pct
POLAND Life insurance company Pramerica Życie TUiR has leased 2,300 sqm in Atrium 1 in central Warsaw, bringing the total occupancy level in the office building up to 97 pct.
Warehouse & industrial
Plastics Group leases 2,000 sqm in Wrocław Business Park
POLAND Plastics Group, a regional distributor of plastic and aluminum products, has leased 1,980 sqm of warehousing and 120 sqm of office space in Wrocław Business Park.
Investment & finance
UGL accused of cooking books by former DTZ head
WORLD Australian construction group UGL has been accused of false accounting and racial discrimination in an unfair dismissal lawsuit brought by the former global CEO of DTZ, its property services wing.
Hotels
Raiffeisen Evolution buys all of Augustine
CZECH REPUBLIC Raiffeisen Evolution has acquired 100 pct of the five-star plus Augustine hotel in Prague’s Malá Strana castle district for an undisclosed sum.
Property and Facility Management
Real estate in a more mobile world
POLAND Mobile communication, Wi-Fi-based sales support services, IT systems in property management and social media – these were all listed by those attending the ‘Real Estate in the Era of New Media and Technologies’ conference as the main factors making an increasing impact on the real estate sector.
Successful Q4 for LPP
CEE REGION The fourth quarter of last year turned out to be a successful one for the LPP clothing store group, the owner of the Reserved, House, Cropp, Mohito and Sinsay chains.
Human resources
Lech Witecki dismissed by GDDKiA
POLAND Following a motion by Deputy Prime Minister Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has dismissed Lech Witecki, the current acting director of the General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA).
Investment & finance
PKP plans to develop plot near Gdynia station
POLAND The Polish State Railways (PKP) is looking for a joint investor to develop an area close to Gdynia’s main railway station.
Construction
Permit for three more Olivia buildings in Gdańsk
POLAND Three more Olivia Business Centre office buildings in Gdańsk have been granted building permits.
Categories
Architecture and urban planning
MoMA wins architectural grand prix
The 11th Architectural Awards of the Mayor of Warsaw [11. edycji Nagrody Architektonicznej Prezydenta m.st. Warszawy] were held on June 3rd, at Teatr ...
Poznań with a green Aura
Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest
Construction
2025 looks optimistic for the construction companies
According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030”, the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro ...
Strabag to build The Arc
Digitalisation to the rescue
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
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
Logicor opens Serenity Park in Mysłowice
Logicor has officially opened the first public park in the grounds of a logistics centre in Poland. Logicor’s Serenity Park in Mysłowice comprises 4 h ...
City Gate Office awarded latest LEED
Outstanding awarded to CTP
Eurobuild Awards
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards? The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's ...
Call for nominations and jury members!
Let's live this again!
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 October issue is now out!
In the latest issue of the magazine, we take a closer look at retail parks, data centres and the PBSA market. We also ask whether, after a slowdown, i ...
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
Events
Last day to register
For the 15th time, we invite you to one of the most important and prestigious events in the commercial real estate calendar in Central and Eastern Eur ...
PBSA enters the mainstream
Let's look into the future!
Exclusive
The voice of the younger generation
In our latest exclusive interview, we spoke with Justyna Glinka, a senior associate at Baker McKenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy, who has been appointed a ...
EGLS enters the scene
The cost of going green
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
Novotel comes to Croatia
Accor's Novotel brand is expanding in Southeastern Europe with the opening of Novotel Zagreb, the brand's first hotel in Croatia.
Staycity to open first Aparthotel in Warsaw
Romanian hotels grow
Human resources
ULI announces new chairs
ULI Poland has announced the appointment of new co-chairs to its Product Councils and a new Chair of the Young Leaders group. The leadership team shap ...
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Five new board members at JLL
Infrastructure
Nepi Rockcastle launches solar farm
Shopping centre operator and developer NEPI Rockcastle has opened Romania’s biggest industrial-scale solar farm in Chișineu-Criș in western Romania.
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
Interior design
JLL redesigns its Warsaw branch
JLL has completed the modernisation of its offices in the Warsaw Spire building. The theme behind the design was ‘ReThink. ReUse. ReSpire’, emphasisin ...
Grainy effect for Viterra
Mercedes-Benz stylish Prague office
Investment & finance
DL Invest moves into data centres
DL Invest Group has entered into a joint venture with Boosteroid, a global provider of cloud technologies and cloud gaming to build a network of moder ...
Brain Park Building C sold
ECE Work & Live enters Poland
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
Peakside Capital is building the future of sustainable logistics
With a proven track record across Poland, Central and Eastern Europe and Germany, Peakside Capital is emerging as one of the most influential players ...
Brownfield rather than greenfield – a model for sustainable development at City Point Targówek
Nordbygg 2024: Many innovations and strong interest
Office & mixed-use development
Aon stays for longer
Aon has extended its lease agreement for office space in Warsaw's Skyliner for another five years. The company first moved into the building owned by ...
Office investment set to reach 1.4 bln
Warta chooses Grundmanna Office Park
Property and Facility Management
Balmain takes on Adventum
The Balmain Group has taken over the management of a portfolio of four warehouses owned by Adventum International. The properties, totalling around 18 ...
Savills to manage for Yareal
Studio B under new management
Public buildings
Warsaw Uni building underway
The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul. Bednarska 2/4. The new building will house the faculti ...
MHP awarded with ULI prize
Museum of Modern Art opens
Residential
Student Depot extended in Poznań
Kajima Properties Europe has completed the extension of Student Depot Poznań, adding over 400 new beds to its portfolio. The project, which was deliv ...
StudentSpace comes to Warsaw
No drop in price from price transparency act
Retail & leisure
Retail continues to grow
Despite ongoing geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty, long-term retail growth is being fueled by urbanisation, tourism, and rapid technology ...
Another Smart Park to come to Wrocław
Explosive growth of retail space in Romania
Technology
Velis has a new name
Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu, adopting the title of its property management product. The rebranding aims to both re ...
Symbiotic fit for HB Reavis and HqO
Saski Crescent has WiredScore Platinum
Warehouse & industrial
Nonko signs up with MLP
Nonko, a logistics company that serves Chinese clients, has leased 4,100 sqm of modern warehouse space at MLP Wrocław.
