News
New Czech retail supply drying up, JLL
CZECH REPUBLIC This year a total of around 125,000 sqm of retail space is expected to be built in the Czech Republic – a 35 pct decrease on last year’s volume, according to research by JLL.
Alpha Bank buys MLP Bucharest Sud for EUR 14.2 mln
ROMANIA AGI-RRE Hera, a subsidiary of Greek bank Alpha Bank, has paid EUR 14.2 mln to buy the MLP Bucharest Sud logistics park in southern Bucharest.
Office & mixed-use development
Corso Court cornerstone laid
CZECH REPUBLIC Skanska Property has laid the cornerstone for its Corso Court office project in Prague’s Karlín business district.
Office & mixed-use development
Skanska signs record CEE tenant for Wrocław offices
POLAND IT giant HP has leased app. 16,400 sqm of space in Dominikański, a Skanska office development in Wrocław, where it will move at the end of 2015 or in early 2016 to merge two of its three Wrocław-based Global Business Center offices.
Office & mixed-use development
Turkish Embassy buys Rakowiecka City
POLAND Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) has sold Rakowiecka City, its modernist four-storey 1,820 sqm tenement house located at ul. Rakowiecka 19 in Warsaw, to the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey.
Retail & leisure
To-be-extended Fashion City opens in Rzgów
POLAND A retail, production and exhibition centre, Miasto Mody (Fashion City), has just opened in Rzgów.
Retail & leisure
Grona Park enters new phase
POLAND The Grona Park retail park which is under construction in Zielona Góra has reached its shell stage. The park's developer, Vantage Development, emphasizes that work progresses in accordance with the schedule.
Office & mixed-use development
Pod Różami estate underway
POLAND Ground has been broken for Dom Development’s Pod Różami residential estate on ul. Włodarzewska in Warsaw’s Ochota district.
Stokrotka to blossom in Galeria Jastrzębie
POLAND This week, a Stokrotka delicatessen is going to open in Galeria Jastrzębie in Jastrzębie-Zdrój. The retailer will take up 1,000 sqm of space previously leased by another grocer, Delima.
Cushman & Wakefield in the green
WORLD In H1 2014, Cushman & Wakefield’s gross revenue increased to nearly USD 1.28 bln, a 23.7 pct y-o-y increase. The company’s commission and service fee revenue increased USD 174.2 mln, a 24.2 pct increase, to a record USD 895.2 mln, compared to USD 721 mln in H1 2013.
Echo Investment to issue another tranche of bonds
POLAND Warsaw-based developer Echo Investment has decided to issue another tranche of bonds addressed to individual investors. Series ‘C’ will include 750,000 of 3.5-year bonds worth PLN 100 each, the company informed.
Retail & leisure
NEPI shopping mall opens in Bucharest
ROMANIA South Africa-based developer New Europe Property Investments (NEPI) has opened its 25,000 sqm Bucharest shopping mall, Vulcan Value Centre.
PHN to construct build-to-suit retail project in Łódź
POLAND Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) is set to start the construction work on a 1,100 sqm retail building in Łodź’s Retkinia district in late 2014 or early 2015, the company informed.
Warehouse & industrial
Prologis signs leases in Wrocław
POLAND Prologis has signed four leases in the Small Business Unit Building (SBU), which offers small warehouse modules in Prologis Park Wrocław III.
UPS to invest USD 25 mln in Poland
POLAND UPS has plans to invest USD 25 mln in two projects in the Łódź area: one in the town of Stryków, app. 20 km northeast of Łódź, and the other in the city itself.
Retail & leisure
Galeria Pomorska completes second phase
POLAND Resolution Property has completed a four-storey car park with 900 spaces in Galeria Pomorska in Bydgoszcz, which marks the completion of the second phase of the mall’s enlargement.
Investment & finance
Offices draw largest investment across Baltics
CEE REGION In H1 2014, the Baltic countries have seen office sector dominating their real estate investment volumes, while their total value reached EUR 385 mln, a 18.4 pct y-o-y drop, says Colliers.
Warehouse & industrial
Czech e-retailer leases 12,000 sqm in Prologis park
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech online electronics retailer Alza.cz has leased 12,600 sqm of warehousing space in Prologis Park Prague Úžice.
Segro finalises EUR 208 mln loan for SELP
CEE REGION UK-based Segro has managed to arrange a EUR 208 mln loan for European Logistics Partnership (SELP), its 50/50 joint venture with Canadian pension fund Public Sector Pension Investment Board, to co-finance the EUR 472 mln logistics property purchase it is making across Europe.
16,000 sqm leased in Torgoviy Park N1 in Zhukovskiy
RUSSIA A Lenta hypermarket, an H&M fashion store and a Deti children’s store will occupy over 16,000 sqm in total in Torgoviy Park N1, which being developed by Norman Asset Management in Zhukovskiy, 40 km southeast of Moscow.
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
Construction begins on EUR 400 mln Munich Arena project
Construction has officially started on Munich Arena, a new live entertainment complex scheduled to open in 2029. The development, valued at more than ...
Strabag to Build 170-Metre Roma Tower in Warsaw
PORR wins PLN 539 mln contract for US air force base in Wrocław
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
Warsaw and Kraków strengthen their AI credentials
Warsaw is strengthening its position on Europe’s artificial intelligence map, while Kraków stands out for its technology sector growth potential. Acco ...
EMEA data centre capacity exceeds 12.1 GW as energy constraints slow growth
Power, Power, Power
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
NEPI Rockcastle expands solar capacity
NEPI Rockcastle has opened its second large-scale photovoltaic park in Romania, bringing its in-house renewable energy capacity to the equivalent of 3 ...
Nowe Bielawy retail parks renew BREEAM Excellent ratings
Greenfield Băneasa Earns BREEAM Excellent Certification
Eurobuild Awards
Candidate and jury registration are still open for the Eurobuild Awards!
The deadlines for nominating candidates and registering for the jury for the 16th Eurobuild Awards have been extended! Both the candidate and jury reg ...
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
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
Franck Delage of S&P is the keynote speaker at Eurobuild Annual Conference!
The keynote speaker at Eurobuild’s 32nd Annual Polish Commercial Real Estate Conference will be one of Europe’s foremost real estate and capital marke ...
The 32nd Annual Polish Commercial Real Estate Conference is now on the horizon!
Statement by the CEO of Eurobuildcee sp. z o.o.
Events
Join us on Nov 19th at the Eurobuild Annual Conference!
The 32nd Polish Real Estate Market Conference organised by Eurobuild Conferences is just around the corner! This year it takes place in the august sur ...
Warsaw Spire commemorates Polish soldiers’ capture of Predappio
Panattoni celebrates 40 years of the company’s history
Exclusive
Uniqa opens up
Recently UNIQA Real Estate Management announced that it was opening up its portfolio to third-party investors and then, soon afterwards, announced tha ...
Leading the renaissance of local investors
The man from NASA
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
Mercure Gdynia Centrum earns four-star rating
Mercure Gdynia Centrum has officially been awarded a four-star rating following an application by the hotel’s owner, Essendi. The decision marks the c ...
Wave Hotels launches in Poland
Green House Development launches pre-sales for final phase of Wave Świnoujście
Human resources
Ghelamco reshuffles management team in Poland
Agnieszka Ciupak has been appointed managing director of Ghelamco in Poland. She joins Przemysław Dąbrowski, Jakub Kutzmann and Krzysztof Gozdecki as ...
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Change at the top for ULI Europe
Infrastructure
Port Polska and Kielce plan cargo terminal
Port Polska and the City of Kielce have signed a letter of intent covering plans for a cargo terminal in Obice, near Kielce. The centre would handle b ...
New railway station planned for Łapy
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Interior design
ING Hubs Poland opens new HQ in The Form
ING Hubs Poland is officially moving into its new headquarters in The Form office building in Warsaw’s Wola business district. The more than 6,000 sqm ...
New food hall in Poznań
New look for Eurocentrum lobby
Investment & finance
Falcon secures EUR 52.1 mln from mBank to refinance seven OTO Parks
Falcon Investment Management has secured EUR 52.1 mln in financing from mBank to refinance seven of its 11 retail parks operating under the OTO Park b ...
GARBE Industrial sells fully leased logistics property near Regensburg
Poland remains a leading investment destination in Europe
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
Prime office rents in Bucharest Rise 9.5 pct y-o-y
Prime headline office rents in Bucharest reached EUR 23 per sqm per month in Q3 2026, rising 9.5 pct year-on-year, according to the Bucharest Office M ...
PIB Group consolidates Warsaw offices in WTT
Towarowa22 to Revitalise Historic Warsaw Pavilion
Property and Facility Management
CBRE takes over 11 Dekada retail properties
CBRE has been appointed to manage and lease a portfolio of 11 Dekada retail properties owned by Hungary’s Appeninn Group. The portfolio comprises near ...
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
Public buildings
Prague 14 begins construction of primary school in Jahodnice
Prague 14 has begun construction of a new primary school in Jahodnice. The school, at U Hostavického potoka Street, will accommodate 540 pupils, with ...
Construction begins on emergency care unit at Prague’s Thomayer University Hospital
Dekpol to redevelop the Poznań Palm House
Residential
PSN to restore historic Prague building
PSN is preparing to redevelop a historic residential building on Strossmayerovo Square in Prague. The Rezidence Strossmayer project will comprise 21 a ...
Bucharest home sales to rise 23 pct in Q4
Agrobex completes second stage of Nove Garby
Retail & leisure
Redkom Development to open 24,000 sqm Świderek retail park in December
Park Handlowy Świderek, a nearly 24,000 sqm retail park developed by Redkom Development in Otwock, is scheduled to open on 3 December 2026. The develo ...
Retail parks drive Poland’s retail market growth
ShockPrice opens first store in Łódź region in Focus Mall
Technology
CBRE moves into defence
CBRE is expanding its advisory services for the defence and dual-use technology sectors in Poland. Jan Banasikowski, who has been with the company for ...
Drone Deliveries could reach shoppers in 15 minutes
Skanska implements digital access control system at Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
Polish Warehouse demand hits record high
Poland's warehouse market recorded its strongest-ever demand for the first nine months of a year in 2026, with gross take-up reaching 5.3 mln sqm, up ...
