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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).
Warehouse & industrial
Goodman signs up Les Mousquetaires
POLAND Goodman is to develop a 73,872 sqm central warehouse and a two-storey 8,513 sqm office building for grocery and DIY retailer Les Mousquetaires in Swadzim, 15 km from the centre of Poznań.
Investment & finance
HB Reavis sells, Tatra buys
SLOVAKIA HB Reavis has sold three buildings in the five-building City Business Center office complex in Bratislava.
Investment & finance
New ownership for Złote Tarasy
POLAND Axa Real Estate Investment Managers France intends to take over the Złote Tarasy office and retail complex in Warsaw, which is valued at over PLN 2 bln. The proposed deal has already been referred to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK).
Investment & finance
Peakside targets projects worth app. EUR 200 mln
POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC Peakside Capital finalised transactions worth EUR 220 mln in 2013. Currently, the group is preparing for more acquisitions and is reviewing properties with a total value app. EUR 200 mln in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. I
Students competition for Bielany retail park green area
POLAND The Bielany retail park in Wrocław, which is owned by Inter IKEA Centre Group Poland, together with the Wrocław University of Technology, the Academy of Fine Arts and Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczna in Wrocław are to hold the ‘Inspired by Wrocław’ competition for the design of a green area, which is to be created in the extended Bielany retail park.
Investment & finance
Honey, who shrunk Warsaw?
POLAND Park Miniatur Województwa Mazowieckiego (PMWM) is planning to build a miniature town in Warsaw with 50 models of the capital’s buildings on a 3.5 ha plot.
Retail & leisure
Full steam ahead for Ferio
POLAND A ceremonial ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the opening of six new stores in the extended Ferio shopping centre in Stare Miasto near Konin.
Marvipol refinances Bielany estate
POLAND Marvipol has acquired a PLN 43 mln loan from Getin Noble Bank to refinance the Bielany Residence estate on ul. Sokratesa in Warsaw.
Retail & leisure
German chain in Galeria Goplana
POLAND The Rossmann drugstore chain is to open a 500 sqm store in Galeria Goplana in Leszno.
Retail & leisure
Extension of Rywal shopping mall delayed
POLAND Inbap, the investor behind the Rywal shopping centre in Biała Podlaska, has announced that the opening of the new extension to the centre has been postponed until Q3 2014 with the new opening date set for August later this year.
CCC and Avans go for My Box
POLAND A CCC footwear shop will occupy 400 sqm while an Avans electromarket will take up 450 sqm in the My Box retail park in Namysłów.
Office & mixed-use development
X, Y, Z in Gdynia
POLAND Eurostyl is to build the Tensor office complex at ul. Łużycka 8 in Gdynia Redłowo.
Leach & Lang advises on transactions worth PLN 40 mln in Kraków
POLAND Leach & Lang Property Consultants has recently advised on three transactions in Kraków with a combined value of PLN 40 mln.
Retail & leisure
CityFit debuts on market
POLAND The first Polish CityFit fitness club is to open in the Plaza Rzeszów shopping centre in May.
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
Polish construction sector faces growing labour shortage
Poland’s construction sector is facing increasing labour shortages, with the industry short of around 150,000 workers. Turnover among engineers has re ...
Carbon Counts in Construction
Polish construction sector under pressure
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
Signum Work Station earns WELL Health-Safety Rating
Signum Work Station, an office building on Domaniewska Street in Warsaw, has received the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Buildi ...
EPP meets 2030 emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule
PAD RES launches 24 MW solar farms in Koszalin district
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
Bucharest Hotel Market Set for Growth
Hotel revenues in Bucharest increased by 5 pct in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year, reaching a level 25.2 pct above pre- ...
Bob W to open fifth Tallinn property at Krulli Quarter
Prague moves into top 10 for hotel investment
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
Vilea joins Christie’s luxury property network
Vilea Property Boutique has become the exclusive Christie’s International Real Estate partner in Poland. The partnership brings the Polish firm into t ...
PGIM sells data centre development
Mint rezidenční fond buys 306 apartments in Prague
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
Unimot renews lease in DL Jagiellońska 1
Unimot has renewed its lease for around 800 sqm in DL Jagiellońska 1, a building owned by DL Invest Group in Częstochowa.
Diuna now 93 pct leased
French Institute opens Warsaw offices in restored Bellona building
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
Dantex plans Nurt residential project in Wilanów
Dantex is planning Nurt, a residential project on Zdrowa Street in Warsaw’s Wilanów district, comprising 20 semi-detached buildings with 40 independen ...
Trust Investment launches sales for final Sky Trust phase
ATAL launches sales of 72 apartments in second phase of Gdansk project
Retail & leisure
NEPI Rockcastle Sells Ozas for EUR 200 mln
NEPI Rockcastle is exiting the Baltics with the EUR 200 mln sale of its Ozas shopping centre in Vilnius to Prosperus Retail Property Fund.
White Star Real Estate expands role at Forum Gliwice
Peserico opens store in Dom Mody Klif in Warsaw
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
Panattoni Park Będzin fully leased
The first stage of Panattoni Park Będzin is now fully leased. The 27,600 sqm building is fully occupied, with the largest deal signed by a leading e-c ...
