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Listen carefully! The pets of the real estate industry wish everyone a very merry Christmas
For eleven months of the year the pages of 'Eurobuild CEE' are devoted to the experts of the real estate sector. This December is an exception. For this holiday season, their pets have spoken wishing everyone a very merry Christmas in the name of their owners.
Investment & finance
H&M shows strong growth
WORLD The H&M clothing chain registered a 13 pct growth in sales in Q4 of the 2013 financial year (September to November) compared to the same period of the previous year.
Hotels
Mercure opens 19th Polish hotel
POLAND The three-star Mercure Wisła Patria in Wisła has joined the Mercure hotel chain – the nineteenth Mercure hotel to open in Poland.
Trasa Uniwersytecka joins up Bydgoszcz
POLAND Trasa Uniwersytecka, a 1.6 km road connecting the northern part of Bydgoszcz with the city centre, has been opened.
Retail & leisure
Hour Passion to debut in Poland
POLAND Swatch Group is to open its first store in Poland under the Hour Passion brand.
Investment & finance
BBI prepares for sale of Plac Unii
POLAND BBI Development has received 9,999,900 shares in Immobilia Fund Sif Sicav in exchange for the same number of shares in Realty 3 Management Projekt Developerski 5 (PD5), the company responsible for the design of the Plac Unii office and shopping centre in Warsaw.
Biedronka to build distribution centre
POLAND Jerónimo Martins Polska has won the auction for a 15 ha plot on ul. Szczecińska in Gorzów Wielkopolski.
Hotels
Sheraton Kraków and Hilton Sofia in new hands
CEE REGION Insolvent Irish investor Quinn Insurance and its administrators Grant Thornton Dublin have sold the Sheraton Kraków and Hilton Sofia hotels for a combined EUR 62 mln.
Architecture and urban planning
WXCA wins Baltic Sea Art Park competition
ESTONIA Polish architectural studio WXCA has won the Baltic Sea Art Park international architectural competition and has been awarded a prize of EUR 5,000 for its KGAMMP design.
Office & mixed-use development
Webhelp expands in Bucharest
ROMANIA French BPO services provider Webhelp has leased 1,400 sqm in the Premium Plaza office building in Piaţa Victoriei square in Bucharest.
Warehouse & industrial
CAT makes itself bigger in Segro Ożarów
POLAND An additional warehouse is to be built in Segro Business Park Warsaw, Ożarów for existing tenant CAT Logistics Cargo.
Fairytale of New Moscow
RUSSIA An undisclosed Russian company is planning to invest up to RUB 3 bln (EUR 66 mln) in the development of a fairytale theme park in the New Moscow area, a high ranking city official has revealed to ‘RIA Novosti’.
CTP secures EUR 69 mln in refinancing
CZECH REPUBLIC CTP and UniCredit Bank have recently concluded loan agreements totalling EUR 69 mln.
Retail & leisure
Galaktika expands further
RUSSIA Moscow-based M1 Solutions is planning to open the second phase of the Galaktika shopping centre in Smolensk in early 2015.
Office & mixed-use development
Globalworth buys BOB and BOC
ROMANIA Globalworth Real Estate Investments has purchased the BOB and BOC office buildings in the Upground complex in Bucharest for EUR 152 mln.
Retail & leisure
Riga Mall to open in Moscow in 2015
RUSSIA Riga Mall, a 146,000 sqm shopping centre on the Novorizhskoye highway in the north-west Moscow, is to be opened in H2 2015.
Hotels
Orco returns to court
CROATIA Orco has resumed legal proceedings against the state of Croatia over Sunčani Hvar, a company listed on the Zagreb stock exchange, which was set up by the two parties in order to develop the tourist potential of the island of Hvar.
Investment & finance
Tančící Dům sold for EUR 13.3 mln
CZECH REPUBLIC The Tančící Dům building in Prague, which was sold last week as previously reported, changed hands for CZK 360 mln (EUR 13.3 mln).
Retail & leisure
Carry in two locations
POLAND Clothing retailer Carry has leased stores in the Karolinka shopping centre in Opole and the Pogoria shopping centre in Dąbrowa Górnicza.
Warsaw sets budget for disabled access
POLAND The city of Warsaw has amended the 2014 budget and earmarked PLN 1 mln to improve access for the disabled within the city.
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
Poland more at risk to climate change
Poland has jumped by as many as 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, ranking countries most affected by climate change, according to the latest r ...
Logicor creates a public park
B10 takes WiredScore Platinum
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
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 3
Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM. This time, we asked experts from our home country for their input.
A breath of fresh air from France, or comments from Cannes part 2
Poland versus the West
EurobuildCEE
Fresh perspectives for the autumn!
The September edition of Eurobuild welcomes autumn with fresh insights and inspiration. While the weather cools down, the real estate market is heatin ...
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
Events
Race'N'Raise supports rural children's education
Logicor has raised over PLN 40,000 in the 4th Race'n'Raise charity cycle race to support the EFC Foundation's Horizons Scholarship Program.
CPK arises
Back to the Future Conference
Exclusive
Building momentum for the future
The Bricomarché chain is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Poland. On this occasion, we speak with Katarzyna Jańczak-Stefanide, General Manager of t ...
Ziv Zviel of Atlas Estates
Not just for the rich
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
Romanian hotels grow
Occupancy rates increased by around 4 pct in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2024, according to a report by Cushman & ...
Leonardo expands in JM Tower
Self service in Opole
Human resources
Panattoni bets big on data centres
Panattoni is launching a new strategic initiative to develop data centres in Europe, the UK, India and the Middle East. Four experienced specialists h ...
Five new board members at JLL
A change of guard at Eurobuild
Infrastructure
Strabag constructs Deleni wind farm
Strabag has been commissioned to erect 23 GE Vernova wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6.1 MW by PPC Renewables Romania. The 140 MW wind farm Del ...
Tender awarded for CPK rail changes
Most of the land now acquired for CPK
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
Quantum acquires Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd
Panattoni City Dock Mannheim Süd has been sold to Hamburg-based project developer and investment manager Quantum for an undisclosed price. The busines ...
More Polish investment in Poland
Yanfeng warehouse sold to Clarion Partners
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
Berlin Hyp gains new HQ
Berlin Hyp has completed construction of its new headquarters in Berlin. The B-One office building will house all of the bank's Berlin employees as we ...
BlmA stays on in Potsdam
Skyliner II shooting up
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
Work begins on Awangarda Mogilska
Skanska Residential Development has begun construction work on the first stage of its Awangarda Mogilska development in Kraków. A total of 278 apartme ...
More Resi4Rent apartments in Kraków
Massive PRS portfolio purchase by Vantage
Retail & leisure
BIG to start building in Konstantynów
The Big Konstantynów retail park has been issued a building permit, while CCC and Worldbox brands have joined the tenants.
Retail park set to open in Trzebiatów
Three Multibox parks under development
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
Nika expands in Pardubice
Nika Logistics, a company owned by Šmídl Holding, has extended its lease in the DMC Pardubice complex and expanded its warehouse space. The company ex ...
