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Investment & finance
Deka sells Florenc Office Center for EUR 34 mln
CZECH REPUBLIC Deka Immobilien has sold the Florenc Office Center in Prague 7 to Czech property fund ZFP Investments investiční společnost for app. EUR 34 mln.
Office & mixed-use development
Nestlé Ocean-bound
POLAND Nestlé Polska and Nestlé Waters Polska have leased over 10,000 sqm of modern office space in the Ocean Business Park in Warsaw. Ocean Business Park is being developed on ul. Domaniewska in Warsaw’s Mokotów business district.
Green projects
Warsaw Spire awarded BREEAM ‘Excellent’
POLAND The Warsaw office complex of Ghelamco has received a BREEAM certificate with a grade of ‘Excellent’.
Skanska takes up two more projects
POLAND Skanska is to redevelop the offices of the Lubuskie Province Governor’s Office in Gorzów at anet cost of PLN 4.6 mln and is also to build a retail centre in Swarzędz (Wielkopolski Province) for PLN 8.5 mln.
Construction
Three offers for redevelopment of railway station in Bydgoszcz
POLAND Three offers have been received in the tender procedure to select a contractor for the first stage of the integrated transport centre in Bydgoszcz.
Retail & leisure
Carrefour starts excavation work in Sochaczew
POLAND The ground breaking ceremony for the Sonata Park retail Park in Sochaczew has been held with Ronan Martin, the vice-president of Carrefour Polska digging the first hole.
Investment & finance
Biedronka has eyes on MarcPol
POLAND Jerónimo Martins Polska, the owner of the Biedronka grocery chain, is planning to open app. 300 new stores this year, some of which are to be acquired from the MarcPol chain.
Budimex builds for Marshal’s Office in Lublin
POLAND Budimex has been appointed by the Marshal’s Office in Lublin to construct the building for its mains offices as well as to construct the Lubelskie Centrum Konferencyjne in a contract worth PLN 89.7 mln net.
Construction
Echo to begin construction work on Osiedle Jarzębinowe
POLAND Echo Investment is about to start work on the construction of the second stage of the Osiedle Jarzębinowe estate on ul. Okopowa in Łódź’s Bałuty district.
Retail & leisure
ECE buys land in Bydgoszcz
POLAND ECE Projektmanagement Polska has signed a PLN 130 mln conditional purchase agreement with its joint venture partner Galeria Kujawska Nova (whose parent company, PBG, is currently undergoing bankruptcy proceedings open to arrangement) for the four plots on which a Bydgoszcz shopping centre project is to be built.
Hotels
Holiday Inn Express to be opened at Sheremetyevo Airport
RUSSIA Holiday Inn Express Moscow - Sheremetyevo Airport with 192 guest-rooms will be opened in 2017 in the vicinity of the the airport’s ‘D’, ‘E’ and ‘F’ terminals.
Office & mixed-use development
DreamWorks park to be located south of Moscow
RUSSIA The city of Moscow is in negotiations with Regions Group of Companies, which intends to develop a DreamWorks theme park in Nagatinskaya Poyma south of Moscow, Sergey Kapkov, the head of the Moscow department of Culture, has announced at the MIPIM international real estate show.
Warehouse & industrial
Ejko comes to Prologis Park Błonie
POLAND Logistics operator Ejko has leased nearly 3,000 sqm of modern warehouse and office space in Prologis Park Błonie near Warsaw.
Plaza Centers still leaking money
CEE REGION Plaza Centers has announced its results for 2013 with a loss for the year of EUR 218 mln. Compared to a loss of EUR 86 mln for the previous year.
Retail & leisure
Zagreb IKEA topped out
CROATIA A 38,000 sqm IKEA furnishings store has been topped out in Zagreb.
Heineken sells historic brewery
ROMANIA Heineken has announced the sale of the Griviţa brewery in Bucharest to a group of real estate investors, including Ionut Dumitrescu, the founder of Eurisko Consulting (a company acquired by CBRE in 2008 for over USD 35 mln).
MirLand increases profitability
RUSSIA MirLand Development Corporation has recorded revenues of USD 103.8 mln for 2013, representing a 147.1 pct increase on the USD 42 mln from the previous year.
Retail & leisure
Karavan second stage opens
UKRAINE A number of stores in the second stage of the Karavan shopping centre in Dnipropetrovsk have opened ahead of the official opening which is to take place in mid-May.
Record profits for AFI
CEE REGION AFI Properties has registered a record profit of EUR 32 mln in 2013 as well as an 85 pct increase in its operating profit to EUR 96.5 mln and an 11 pct y-o-y increase in the company’s net operating income , which totalled EUR 73 mln in 2013.
Investment & finance
Albert to join with Spar
CZECH REPUBLIC Ahold, the Dutch company which runs the Albert chain of supermarkets, has agreed to purchase the Czech operations of the Austrian-based grocery chain Spar for over CZK 5.2 bln (app. EUR 191 mln).
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
Tunnel boring soon to begin
Work is progressing on the High-Speed Rail (KDP) tunnel in Łódź, part of the Port Polska project. At the launch chamber in Retkinia, the concrete supp ...
Budimex begins earthworks on Poland's first nuclear power plant
Budimex wins foundational contract for CPK
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
Poland to benefit from data centre realignment
While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According ...
Data centres spread out across the region
Poland to be the new data hub
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
The Grand Pardubice now Excellent
The Grand department store in Pardubice has achieved an Excellent rating under the internationally recognised BREEAM In-Use sustainability certificati ...
Outstanding in VGP Park Split
Galeria Jurajska recertified
Eurobuild Awards
All the winners of the EurobuildCEE Awards 2025!!
The 15th EurobuildCEE Awards Gala is now behind us and all the winners can be revealed! Special congratulations go to Kazimierz Kirejczyk, who was pre ...
The winners of the Eurobuild Awards 2024!
Call for nominations and jury members!
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
Mercure opens in Oradea
Accor has announced the opening of the Mercure Oradea. The new 90-room hotel is the hospitality group’s 26th location in the country. It is managed by ...
Saltic Zieleniec hotel under construction by Mirbud
Marvipol launches Unique Hotel Kołobrzeg
Human resources
Leadership change at Nepi Rockcastle
Marek Noetzel has been appointed CEO of NEPI Rockcastle and announced a new management team, based entirely on internal promotions.
Change at the top for ULI Europe
ULI announces new chairs
Infrastructure
New railway station planned for Łapy
Polish State Railways (PKP) has launched a tender to appoint a contractor to build a new railway station in Łapy, with bids due by 28 August. Construc ...
EUR 54 bln worth of contracts to be awarded for Port Polska in 2026
Hydrobudowa Gdańsk to modernise Władysławowo quay for BC-Wind
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
Van der Vorm launches real estate bridge financing business
Dutch real estate group Van der Vorm is expanding into a new business line in Poland focused on asset-backed real estate financing. The group's first ...
NEPI Rockcastle expands beyond CEE
EBRD lends NEPI Rockcastle EUR 250 mln
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
Spot rises above the ground
Construction work om Moderna Holding’s Spot development in Sopot has now reached ground level, marking the completion of the main underground works. T ...
Penta to lead redevelopment of Prague's Bubny district
Warsaw now a landlord’s market
Property and Facility Management
Savills takes on TFI PZU retail portfolio
Savills, which already manages an office portfolio in Poland for TFI PZU, has now also been appointed to manage three of the fund's retail assets.
JLL takes on Equal Business Park
Savills takes on two Warsaw buildings
Public buildings
Budimex wins PLN 86 mln Białystok hospital contract
Budimex has been awarded an PLN 86 mln gross contract for the construction of a new specialist outpatient clinic at the L. Zamenhof University Childre ...
Szczecin castle reconstruction completed
Dewin–Biberstein–Promnitz Castle to be restored
Residential
Liberty Tower sells PLN 250 mln in six months
Since sales began in February 2026, 122 contracts have been concluded in the Liberty Tower residential building in Warsaw, which is owned by Cavatina. ...
Still too few student beds
Mercator ready to begin flagship Kraków project
Retail & leisure
Work begins on Park Kaszuby
Finarto Investments has appointed Allcon as the general contractor for Park Kaszuby, a new retail park in Wejherowo. The construction site is due to b ...
Retail stock breaches 14 mln sqm
Retail market revives
Technology
Singu takes over QRmaint
Singu, a European platform for managing commercial property, has today announced the acquisition of QRmaint, one of Europe's fastest-growing providers ...
Łukasiewicz Research Network opens technology laboratory
Skanska installs NHIB in Studio A
Warehouse & industrial
MDC2 Park Ruda Śląska on its way
MDC2 has launched its latest project – MDC2 Park Ruda Śląska, which will have a total area of 48,000 sqm, with a particular focus on production and lo ...
