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Poland Poland up for MIPIM awards
MIPIM announces the finalists of the MIPIM Awards, a real estate competition for completed or yet to be built projects around the world. This year, two Polish projects have been nominated in a total of three categories.
Investment & finance
Poland Greenman takes over Newbridge
Ireland-based Greenman Group, the parent company of grocery real estate investment fund manager Greenman Investments, has expanded into Poland with the acquisition of retail asset manager and developer Newbridge Poland.
Office & mixed-use development
Romania Egis moves to America House
French engineering and construction group Egis has leased 1,100 sqm in America House in Bucharest. The Romanian branch of the company will move into its new headquarters in the summer of 2023.
Warehouse & industrial
POLAND Record-breaking year for 7R
The total value of properties divested in 2022 by 7R totalled more than EUR 430 mln - a record for the Polish warehousing developer.
Warehouse & industrial
POLAND Raben 1st into Hillwood Częstochowa-Miasto
Raben Logistics Polska has leased 5,100 sqm in Hillwood Częstochowa-Miasto, becoming the first tenant to lease space in the city warehousing park, which is under construction.
Warehouse & industrial
Czech Republic CTP Prague North bigger and greener
CTP is nearing the completion of a new building at CTPark Prague North. The new warehouse, with the working name D8.7B, will offer 32,000 sqm upon its completion in March 2023.
Green projects
Romania Towards a sustainable future
Globalworth received 47 various ESG related certifications for its Romanian portfolio in 2022, among them LEED, BREEM, WELL Health & Safety and Access4you accreditations.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland GTC blooms in Warsaw
GTC closed the year by achieving a very high occupancy rate for its office buildings in Warsaw. Particularly important for GTC's result was a contract-laden end of the year. The company signed office leases from its Warsaw portfolio for nearly 20,000 sqm, 34 pct of all transactions were new tenants.
Property and Facility Management
Poland Face to face with Savills
Business Campus, an office complex in Katowice with a combined area of close to 50,000 sqm, has a new property manager. Its owner, a joint venture of the Czech fund INVESTIKA realitní fond and Luxembourg-based private equity investor Bud Holdings, has entrusted real estate advisory firm Savills to provide property management for the complex.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland PINK’s data on the regional office market
Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK) has published figures summarizing office market in major regional markets in Poland for Q4 2022. The data is sourced from advisory companies BNP Paribas Real Estate, CBRE, Colliers, Cushman&Wakefield, JLL, Knight Frank, Newmark Polska, Savills) and includes information on existing modern office stock, new completions, take-up volumes and vacancy rates.
Investment & finance
CEE Romania remains an attractive market
The total volume invested in income-producing real estate assets - office, retail, logistics and industrial spaces and hotels - in the Central and Eastern Europe returned to growth last year. According to Cushman & Wakefield Echinox experts, a positive evolution is mainly driven by the activity recorded in Romania and Slovakia.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland At work by the lake
Three new tenants are moving into Malta Office Park, a Poznań office complex located by the Malta Lake. The total area covered by the contracts is nearly 750 sqm of A-class office space.
Warehouse & industrial
POLAND Bidfood first into biggest Prologis spec shed
Catering products supplier Bidfood Farutex has become the first tenant of Prologis’ largest ever speculative building, having leased 9,795 sqm at Prologis Park Wrocław III.
Office & mixed-use development
Poland Interest and optimisation
In 2022, the demand for offices in Warsaw exceeded 860,000 sqm. The highest tenant activity could be seen in Q1 and Q4 of the previous year. Traditionally, most Warsaw offices were contracted by companies from the financial sector, business services and the IT industry.
Retail & leisure
POLAND Forum Gdańsk has new manager
In January 2023, Sierra Balmain commenced cooperation in the field of lease management and the provision of financial and corporate accounting services for the Forum Gdańsk shopping centre, owned by NEPI Rockcastle.
Retail & leisure
POLAND Dawna Fabryka to replace former factory
The Dawna Fabryka retail park is to be built on the site of the former ZREMB Foundry near the centre of Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland.
Investment & finance
CZECH / SLOVAKIA Arete not stopping after EUR 100 mln loan
Czech industrial real estate investor and developer Arete is to receive more than EUR 100 mln (CZK 2.5 bln) in financing for its portfolio from a consortium of banks made up of Česká spořitelna and Slovenská sporiteľňa.
Investment & finance
CENTRAL EUROPE EUR 40 mln in debt financing for Trei
German residential and retail developer and asset manager Trei Real Estate has obtained EUR 40 mln in debt funding from Berlin Hyp.
Office & mixed-use development
HUNGARY Orbico drinks in H2Offices
Logistics provider Orbico Hungary has leased 1,253 sqm of office space in the first phase of H2Offices complex in Budapest.
Investment & finance
Poland Investing in times of uncertainty
The investment volume of 2022 was shaped by five large deals, which accounted for 40 pct of the total result. Market liquidity fell by 27 pct, from a record 166 transactions in 2021 to 122 completed in 2022, according to experts at Avison Young.
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
Eurobuild celebrates its 300th issue!
We are proud to present the exceptional 300th anniversary issue of ‘EurobuildCEE’ magazine! This is not just a round number, it’s also an important mi ...
The June issue of Eurobuild is now out!
The May issue of EurobuildCEE is out now!
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
More Polish investment in Poland
In the first half of 2025, commercial real estate investment in Poland reached EUR 1.71 bln, broadly in line with the total for the same period in 202 ...
Yanfeng warehouse sold to Clarion Partners
Financing for Sosnowiec V
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
Skyliner II shooting up
The construction of the second phase of the Skyliner office complex in Warsaw, owned by the Karimpol Group, has reached the halfway point. At a height ...
Grant Thornton to move into the Bridge
Exact Sciences enters Lixa D
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
Four retail parks set to grow
Karuzela plans to expand four existing retail parks in Września, Lubliniec, Biała Podlaska, and Ełk. These centres were constructed between 2014 and 2 ...
Agora Mall Arad reopens
Ławica Shopping Park opens in Poznań
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
More jeans from Germany
GXO and Levi Strauss & Co. have opened a fully automated 70,000 sqm logistics centre in Dorsten near Essen to support its European distribution networ ...
