News

Robyg to build 750 more apartments in Miasteczko Wilanów

POLAND Robyg group has bought a 4.7 ha plot in Warsaw’s Wilanów district for PLN 34 mln.

Building permit for Nord Point

POLAND ECI has received a building permit to construct the Nord Point office building.

Retail & leisure

Dekada Grójec welcomes first customers

POLAND Dekada has opened its seventh centre in Grójec near Warsaw.

Skanska to renovate road

POLAND Skanska has signed a PLN 16.6 mln contract with the Wąbrzeźno administrative district to renovate a 16 km section of the district road from Wąbrzeźno to Kowalewo Pomorskie (in the Kuyavian- Pomeranian Province).

Construction

Erbud to work on Mangalia

POLAND Erbud has been appointed general contractor for the Mangalia office and service building to be developed on ul. Mangalia in Warsaw.

Era Shopping Park Oradea files for insolvency

ROMANIA Oradea Omilos, a company controlled by ARGO Real Estate Opportunities Fund and owner of the Era Shopping Park Oradea, has filed for and been granted insolvency by the courts.

Hotels

Reikartz launches first Optima

UKRAINE Reikartz Hospitality Group is planning to establish a new hotel chain, with the opening of Optima Hotel in Cherkasy in December.

Office & mixed-use development

New HQ for Bank Pocztowy

POLAND Bank Pocztowy has leased 3,000 sqm of space in the Corner House project on ul. Puławska in Warsaw.

Office & mixed-use development

PSN sells space in Aerodom

RUSSIA Developer PSN Group has sold over 1,000 sqm of office space on the ninth floor of Aerodom Business Centre on Leningradskiy Prospekt in northern Moscow to an undisclosed buyer.

Green projects

Malta House receives ‘Platinum’

POLAND Malta House is the first office building in Poznań and the Wielkopolska region to be LEED certified with a grade of ‘Platinum’.

Architecture and urban planning

Design of new Rotunda revealed

POLAND The GowinSiuta architectural studio, owned by Bartłomiej Gowin and Krzysztof Siuta, has won the ‘Changing the Face 2013’ architectural competition for the renovation of the Rotunda building on Rondo Dmowskiego in central Warsaw, which is occupied a branch of PKO BP bank.

Residential

More apartments to be built in Wrocław by LC Corp

POLAND LC Corp has started work on its sixth project in Wrocław – the Stabłowicka 77 estate.

HB Reavis raises funds for new projects

EUROPE HB Reavis has made its debut on the BondSpot market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange by issuing bonds worth PLN 111 mln (EUR 26.5 mln).

Retail & leisure

Two more Almas for Warsaw

POLAND Two Alma stores are to be opened in Warsaw. Alma Market has signed a lease agreement with Ghelamco Poland for space in the Plac Vogla shopping centre, which has just received a building permit.

Globus to open EUR 266 mln centre in Pushkino

RUSSIA Hiperglobus, the Russian representation of German supermarket chain Globus, is planning the development of a 210,000 sqm mixed-use centre in Pushkino (a city of 100,000 inhabitants) in the Moscow Region.

Retail & leisure

Aura opens in Yaroslavl

RUSSIA The 122,000 sqm Aura shopping centre has opened in Yaroslavl (250 km north of Moscow).

Medulin hotel to reopen after renovation

CROATIA Following a EUR 17 mln renovation, the Belvedere Medulin will be rebranded to Park Plaza Belvedere Medulin.

Skanska walks away from Estonia

ESTONIA Construction company Skanska is pulling out of the Estonian market.

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Investment & finance

Pbb finances half of H&M centre acquisition

POLAND Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has provided a EUR 32.5 mln medium-term loan to CPA®:17-Global, a publicly held REIT of W. P. Carey, to partially refinance its purchase of a distribution centre in Gądki outside Poznań in July.