News

POLAND Polish State Railways (PKP) has obtained a permit to construct a new central railway station in Bydgoszcz.

Residential

Dom Development sells 1,605 apartments

POLAND Dom Development has published its preliminary financial results for 2013. Net sales over the year increased to 1,605 apartments, up by 169 apartments (app. 11.8 pct) on 2012 sales.

Investment & finance

This year “will be better” for Wikana

POLAND Lublin-based developer Wikana sold 162 apartments in 2013. The company is expecting better sales in 2014 due to the marketing of new projects.

Almost 4,000 sqm leased in Sukcesja

POLAND Sports Direct and H&M are to open stores in the Sukcesja shopping centre, which is under construction in Łódź.

Galeria Malta keeps four tenants

POLAND Four brands are to stay for longer in Galeria Malta in Poznań, which is owned by Neinver Polska.

Overview of the Polish office map

POLAND Mature markets (Kraków, Wrocław, Poznań, the TriCity, Katowice and Łódź) account for 83 pct of the total volume of modern office space outside Warsaw in Poland, while developed markets (Szczecin, Lublin, Kielce and Bydgoszcz) make up 12 pct of the total, according to Knight Frank’s ‘Office Markets in Medium-Sized Cities’ report.

Lviv secures EUR 11 mln for infrastructure

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

UKRAINE Lviv city council has been provided with financing for the modernisation of its road and public transport network.

Medhotel to open in Esztergom

Office & mixed-use development

HUNGARY A four-star medical hotel is under construction in the town of Esztergom near Budapest in an investment of HUF 1.2 bln (app. EUR 4 mln).

P&G stays in Iride

ROMANIA Procter & Gamble has renewed its office lease for a further five years in Iride Business Park in northern Bucharest and has also extended its premises to 6,000 sqm in building ‘2’.

Etalon beats personal best

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

RUSSIA Russian residential developer Etalon Group delivered 467,000 sqm of net sellable area (NSA) in 2013 – the best result in the company’s 26-year history.

Office & mixed-use development

LeasingTeam for Marynarska Business Park

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

POLAND Recruitment, outsourcing and HR consulting company LeasingTeam has taken up more than 1,000 sqm of office space in the Marynarska Business Park in Warsaw’s Służewiec district.

Warehouse & industrial

Iron Mountain enters Europolis Park Błonie

Property and Facility Management

POLAND Information management and data protection company Iron Mountain Polska has leased 7,200 sqm of warehouse space and an office area of 250 sqm in Europolis Park Blonie.

JLL to manage Aerodom

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

RUSSIA Jones Lang LaSalle has been contracted for the property and facility management of the construction stage of the Aerodom business centre on Leningradskiy Prospekt in northern Moscow.

Two industrial parks to be privatised

ROMANIA The gradual privatisation is being prepared of two industrial parks near the city of Braşov.

Intersport unfazed by fall in revenue

POLAND Sports store chain Intersport Polska has registered a cumulative revenue of PLN 219.9 mln net for 2013, representing a 5.6 pct decrease on 2012.

SARP honours Wojciech Szczurek

POLAND The Association of Polish Architects (SARP) has awarded the Bene Merenti – the organisation’s highest award – to Wojciech Szczurek, the mayor of Gdynia.

Gant declared bankrupt open to arrangements

POLAND A Wrocław court has declared Gant bankrupt open to arrangements.

Nine new faces for Galeria Sfera

POLAND Over the final three months of 2013, nine new leases were signed for space in Galeria Sfera in Bielsko-Biała.

No buyers for Katowice estate

POLAND No bids were entered in an auction to sell the Osiedle Książece estate in Katowice, organised by the court administrator of Energomontaż-Południe.

Wojas buys Wojas Shoes