News
Warehouse vacancy grows in Kyiv area
UKRAINE At the end of Q2 2014 the primary vacancy level in the warehousing sector in the greater Kyiv area amounted to 10.1 pct, representing a 5.4 pct increase on to Q1, according to research by DTZ.
Developers shift interest to smaller cities
POLAND In H1 2014 over half of new retail space was completed in cities with less than 100,000 inhabitants, with another 22 pct in cities with populations of between 100,000 and 200,000, according to research by DTZ.
Japanese investors choose Etalon
RUSSIA EtalonPromstroy, Etalon Group’s industrial construction subsidiary, has been selected by Japanese investors Unipres Corporation as the general contractor for the design and construction of a 16,000 sqm automobile components factory.
Investment & finance
CEE office yields harden in H1 2014
CEE REGION The first half of the year has seen many European office rentals improving, along with the prime yields hardening in some of the CEE cities, including Bucharest (-50 bps), Budapest (-25 bps) and Prague (-25 bps), a study by Colliers International shows.
Retail & leisure
Klépierre builds multibillion retail empire
EUROPE Paris-listed pan-European shopping centre operator Klépierre is set to acquire the Netherlands-based retail group Corio for EUR 7.2 bln. The move comes as Klépierre, which owns assets worth EUR 14 bln, aims to strengthen its position on the market and become Europe’s “leading pure-play retail property company.”
Office & mixed-use development
Salamanca Group opens Infinity Tower in Sofia
BULGARIA London-based investor Salamanca Group has opened the 21,000 sqm Infinity Tower office building, a part of the Bulgaria Mall complex.
Warehouse & industrial
Toyota almost doubles-up in Prologis Park Prague-Jirny
CZECH REPUBLIC Toyota Tsusho Europe has leased more than 13,000 sqm of space in Prologis Park Prague-Jirny, increasing its space from the previously leased 7,500 sqm.
Metrostav takes on jumbo contract
CZECH REPUBLIC Metrostav has started work on adapting a section of Václav Havel International Airport in Prague for the use of giant Airbus A380 jumbo jets.
Investment & finance
Echo Investment in talks to sell two shopping malls
POLAND Warsaw-listed developer Echo Investment is negotiating a sale of two Polish shopping centres: Pasaż Grunwaldzki in Wrocław and Galaxy in Szczecin.
Hotels
Park Inn by Radisson opens in Pulkovo Airport
RUSSIA The Park Inn by Radisson Pulkovo Airport hotel in St Petersburg has been opened.
LC Waikiki expands in Ukraine
UKRAINE Turkish fashion retailer LC Waikiki has singed a 1,190 sqm lease for space in the Riviera shopping centre in Odessa.
Polish warehouse market keeps growing
POLAND The volume of newly delivered warehouse space in Poland in the first half of the year amounted to 326,000 sqm, compared to the 198,000 sqm delivered in H1 2013, according to an industrial market report by Colliers International.
Moscow warehouse supply triples
RUSSIA Around 630,000 sqm of new warehouse space was delivered in the first half of the year in the Moscow Region – almost three times more than in H1 2013, according to JLL.
Warehouse & industrial
Rico enters Poland
POLAND Rico Logistics, part of the Rico Group, is to open its first Polish office.
Call for submissions for Warsaw University of Technology zoning plan competition
POLAND Warsaw University of Technology has called for submissions for zoning and architectural plan for its central campus. The winners in the competition will be awarded prizes worth PLN 160,000. The deadline for preliminary applications is August 14th, 2014.
CBRE revenue up 22 pct
WORLD CBRE generated USD 2.1 bln in revenue in the second quarter of the year, representing a 22 pct increase from the figure of USD 1.7 bln recorded in Q2 2013.
Robyg buys Żoliborz plot
POLAND Robyg Żoliborz Investment has finalised the purchase of a plot in Warsaw’s Żoliborz district.
Office & mixed-use development
Scientists to stay longer in Catalina
POLAND PRA Health Sciences has prolonged its lease contract and extended the area it occupies in the Catalina office building in Warsaw.
Investment & finance
PKP publishes list of parties interested in Warszawa Główna Osobowa
POLAND Six entities are interested in the development of the area of the former Warszawa Główna Osobowa railway station, the Polish State Railways (PKP) has announced.
Galardia nearly full
POLAND Jysk, Altero, Martes Sport, Briju and Textil Market are the latest brands to sign up for space in the Galardia shopping centre in Starachowice.
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
Mirbud wins PLN 168 mln contract for Warsaw sports hall
Mirbud has signed a contract with Warsaw University of Technology to build a sports and events hall next to the Syrenka Stadium in Warsaw. The design- ...
Budimex to build archive for Adam Mickiewicz University
Budimex to rebuild the I/43 Road
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
Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes
Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residen ...
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
Data centres spread out across the region
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
PAD RES to construct three solar farms
PAD RES Group has secured PLN 192.5 mln in long-term financing from UniCredit to fund the construction and operation of three photovoltaic farms in Po ...
BRE launches BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit Out V7
Ocean Winds starts BC-Wind service base in Władysławowo
Eurobuild Awards
New venue and date for the Eurobuild Awards Gala!
The 16th Eurobuild Awards Gala is now on the horizon! And there has been a CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION. The Gala will now take place on December 8th, ...
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
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
JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 6th
On 6 August, the 15th JLL Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament for the Real Estate Industry will take place at Warsaw's Monta Beach Volley Club. Eurobu ...
Three days of lakeside cycling: EQT on the Move
Let's play volleyball again
Exclusive
The man from NASA
Czechia stands out as the CEE country with the largest volume of domestic capital invested across the region itself. Now, NASA Capital has entered Pol ...
Strengthening our presence – Wolfgang Molnar of Erste Group Bank
Experienced and out-of-the-box – Josef Malíř of SCF
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
Accor to open Tribe hotel at Kraków Airport
Accor has signed a franchise agreement for the Tribe Kraków Airport hotel. Located next to the airport terminal, the 170-room property is scheduled to ...
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
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
Polish investors turn to commercial property
Polish investors are increasingly putting capital into the domestic commercial property market, with logistics and warehouse facilities, smaller offic ...
Ghelamco sells Warsaw’s The Bridge to Eastnine for EUR 285 mln
Uniqa launches EUR 600 mln fund
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
Unibep moves into DL Tower
Unibep has leased around 200 sqm at DL Tower in Katowice. The space was handed over on 1 September 2026.
Compensa leases around 500 sqm in DL Craft
Mieszko takes 700 sqm at Jerozolimskie Business Park
Property and Facility Management
ISS takes over technical management of Axis in Kraków
ISS has taken over the technical facility management of Axis, an office building in Kraków owned by French fund Corum XL. The company is providing tec ...
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
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
Monting Development starts construction of CU-Cynamonowa Ursynów in Warsaw
Monting Development has secured the final building permit for CU-Cynamonowa Ursynów, a residential project in Warsaw’s Ursynów district. Construction ...
Nova Wola Park receives occupancy permit
Sandberg Capital enters Prague residential market
Retail & leisure
Tenant mix expands in Focus
Focus Bydgoszcz has added several new tenants in recent weeks, with 21 openings planned at the centre in 2026. Occupancy currently stands at 99 pct. N ...
Marino now upgraded
ShockPrice to open in M Park
Technology
Logicor brings smart metering to Polish portfolio
Logicor is set to complete the rollout of smart metering across all 18 of its logistics parks in Poland by the end of 2026, giving tenants real-time v ...
Singu takes over QRmaint
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Warehouse & industrial
Panattoni builds for Copco
Panattoni has started construction of a manufacturing facility for Atlas Copco Group in Okmiany, Lower Silesia. The BTS plant will provide around 5,60 ...
