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Warehouse & industrial
German warehousing expert sets up CEE plant
CZECH REPUBLIC Germany-based industrial truck manufacturer Kion Group plans on opening a 20,000 sqm plant which will house app. 200 employees in Pilzeň in the Czech Republic as warehousing burgeons across the CEE region.
Another Peakside building BREEAM-certified
POLAND Poznań Financial Centre, an office building owned by Peakside Polonia Management, has been granted a BREEAM In-Use certificate.
Russian LSR records 67 pct sales growth in H1
RUSSIA In the first half of the year, St Petersburg-based developer LSR Group has seen a 67 pct y-o-y increase in residential sales.
Retail & leisure
McDonald’s to open new restaurants in Ukraine
UKRAINE McDonald's plans on opening three to four new restaurants in Ukraine by the end of the year, which would increase the total number of its Ukrainian restaurants to 83 to 84.
Office & mixed-use development
Brown Brothers expands in Orange Office Park
POLAND Financial services company Brown Brothers Harriman has extended its office space lease in Orange Office Park in Kraków by 2,000 sqm, to 6,800 sqm.
Residential
Unibep to build Miasto Wola
POLAND Unibep has signed a PLN 22 mln contract for constructing the first stage of Miasto Wola, a residential development in Warsaw.
Warsaw office space sees healthy growth
In the first half of the year, the total supply of modern office space in Warsaw stood at 4.3 mln sqm, growing by 190,300 as compared with Q4 2013, while in Q2 2014 alone, 105,900 sqm of the new space appeared on the market, informed the Warsaw Research Forum
Investment & finance
Retail drives commercial property yields in Europe
EUROPE/ CEE REGION In Q2 2014, European all-property yield rate has dropped by seven basis points, while the biggest changes occurred in the high street retail and shopping centre sectors, falling by 11 bps and 16 bps respectively, according to a survey by CBRE.
Hotels
Orco-owned Mamaison hotels change hands
CEE REGION Prague-based hotelier CPI Hotels, a part of the Czech investment group CPI, has become an operator for ten Orco Property Group-owned hotels located across the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Russia, nine of which have been forming a regional chain, Mamaison.
Office & mixed-use development
Łódź soldiers on with Brama Miasta
POLAND Hanna Zdanowska, the mayor of Łódź, has presented a new schedule for the development of the Brama Miasta office building.
Architecture and urban planning
Design for Małachowskiego Square in Warsaw chosen
POLAND A team comprising Grzegorz Stiasny, Jakub Wacławek, Jan Bagiński, Filip Dzimwasha, Adam Kluczek and Karolina Kuczyńska has won the second prize in the competition – and a recommendation for the implementation of the design – for the renovation of pl. Małachowskiego in Warsaw. A first prize has not been awarded.
Residential
Matexi to begin seventh Warsaw estate
POLAND The construction of Matexi’s seventh project in Warsaw is to start soon. The Staffa 9 residential building will be situated on a third of a hectare plot in Warsaw’s Bielany district, near the Słodowiec underground station.
Investment & finance
European bonanza? Banks to offload EUR 584 bln to non-core real estate
EUROPE/ CEE REGION 46 European banks and asset management agencies have a gross exposure of EUR 584 bln to non-core real estate which is subject to disposal or work-out strategies, according to the latest research by Cushman & Wakefield.
Challenging H1 on Ukrainian retail market
UKRAINE During the first half of 2014, 45,000 sqm of retail space was added to the total stock in the Ukrainian capital, according to research by DTZ.
Investment & finance
CEE real estate markets excel in transparency
CEE REGION Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have been ranked among the top 25 transparent real estate markets in the world, while Romania and Serbia have made some of the world's best improvements in this field, according to the latest Global Real Estate Transparency Index compiled every two years by JLL.
Investment & finance
Prologis buys 94,200 sqm in two halls from Invesco RE
POLAND/HUNGARY Prologis has acquired two logistics facilities in Poland and Hungary from Invesco Real Estate through its Prologis European Properties Fund II (PEPF II).
Office & mixed-use development
LDZ quits Brama Miasta Łodzi project
POLAND General meeting of shareholders of LDZ Brama has decided not to sign a contract with the borough of Łódź for the construction of Brama Miasta Łodzi, the company informed.
Residential
Polnord residential project underway
POLAND Polnord has received an official building permit for Brama Sopocka, its residential development in Gdynia, and has already started work on the project.
Atlas doesn’t give up on Wola skyscraper
POLAND Central and East European developer Atlas Estates is determined to build another residential tower on ul. Grzybowska in Warsaw's Wola district. A few years ago, a Hilton hotel and two residential towers were built on the adjacent plots owned by Atlas Estates.
Big names join Yareal supervisory board
POLAND Prof. Witold Orłowski, Prof. Andrzej Blikle, Bogusław Kott and Maciej Witucki have been appointed to the supervisory board of Yareal Polska. Prof. Witold Orłowski, one of the most accomplished economists in Poland, specialized in Applied Econometrics and Macroeconomics, will serve as the board’s president.
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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
Bringing people together
We take the opportunity to talk with Jacek Kostrzewski, the managing director of engineering consultancy Gleeds, to find out how his passion for sport ...
Laying the groundwork for success
The French connection
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.
